Kidney Homeostasis A-level Biology Summary Worksheets

Kidney summary worksheets for A-level Biology.

What’s included?

1. Structure of the nephron & formation of glomerular filtrate.
2. Selective reabsorption (including co-transport of glucose).
3. The role of the loop of Henle in water reabsorption (maintenance of a sodium ion gradient) - one version suitable for AQA, one version suitable for OCR (includes chloride ions in the explanation).
4. Osmoregulation (role of ADH)

Includes differentiated versions of each worksheet (one scaffolded ‘fill in the blank’ style worksheet, and one with completly blank answer spaces).
Full answer sheets are included, which could also be used as a handout.

Encourage students to add colour to the worksheets to aid formation of visual memories.

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