Organisation Checklist
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Describe the levels of organisation within living organisms
Describe the digestive system and how it works as an organ system (from KS3)
Describe basic features of enzymes (inc rate calculations for chemical reactions)
Describe the lock and key theory as a model of enzyme action and explain how the
shape a of the active sites makes the enzyme specific
Explain the effect of temperature and pH on enzymes
Describe the digestive enzymes, including their names, sites of production and
actions
Describe how the products of digestion are used
Describe the features and functions of bile and state where it is produced and
released from
Required practical 3: use qualitative reagents to test for a range of carbohydrates,
lipids and proteins
Required practical 4: investigate the effect of pH on the rate of reaction of amylase
enzyme
Describe the structure of the human heart and lungs (inc how lungs are adapted for
gaseous exchange)
Explain how the heart moves blood around the body (inc role and position of the
aorta, vena cava, pulmonary artery & vein and coronary arteries)
Explain how the natural resting heart rate is controlled and how irregularities can
be corrected
Describe the structure and function of arteries, veins and capillaries
Use simple compound measures such as rate and carry out rate calculations for
blood flow
Describe blood and identify its different components, inc identifying blood cells
from photographs/diagrams
Describe the functions of blood components, including adaptations to function
Describe what happens in coronary heart disease and what statins are used for
Describe and evaluate treatments for coronary heart disease and heart failure (inc
drugs, mechanical devices or transplant)
Recall that heart valves can become faulty and describe the consequences of this
Describe how patients can be treated in the case of heart failure
Describe health and the explain causes of ill-health and the relationship between
health and disease
Describe how different types of diseases may interact and translate disease
incidence information between graphical and numerical forms
Describe what risk factors are and give examples discussing human and financial
costs of non-communicable diseases at local, national and global levels
Describe what cancer is and explain the difference between benign and malignant
tumours
Describe the known risk factors for cancer, including genetic and lifestyle risk
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factors
Describe plant tissues (epidermal, palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, xylem,
phloem and meristem) and describe their functions
Explain how the structure of plant tissues are related to their function within the
leaf (plant organ) inc stomata and guard cells
Recall the plant parts that form a plant organ system that transports substances
around the plant
Explain how root hair cells, xylem and phloem are adapted to their functions
Describe the process of transpiration and translocation including the role of the
different plant tissues
Explain how the rate of transpiration can be affected by different factors (inc
naming the factors)
Describe the role of stomata and guard cells in the control of gas exchange and
water loss
