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Flashcards for SQA Advanced Higher Biology (C807 77), split into the course's three areas, Cells and proteins, Organisms and evolution and Investigative biology, and then by key area in the order of the course specification (version 5.0, session 2026-27). Laboratory and field techniques, protein and cell biology, evolution and parasitism, and the experimental design and statistics used across the course all have their own subdecks.

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What is inside (31 subdecks)

  • Cells and proteins294 cards
    • 1 Laboratory techniques for biologists61 cards
    • 2 Proteins77 cards
      • (a) The proteome5 cards
      • (b) The synthesis and transport of proteins22 cards
      • (c) Protein structure, ligand binding and conformational change50 cards
    • 3 Membrane proteins49 cards
    • 4 Communication and signalling58 cards
    • 5 Protein control of cell division49 cards
  • Investigative biology164 cards
    • 1 Scientific principles and process41 cards
    • 2 Experimentation96 cards
      • (a) Validity, reliability, accuracy and precision8 cards
      • (b) Pilot study5 cards
      • (c) Experimental design42 cards
      • (d) Sampling10 cards
      • (e) Reliability6 cards
      • (f) Presentation of data25 cards
    • 3 Reporting and critical evaluation of biological research27 cards
  • Organisms and evolution289 cards
    • 1 Field techniques for biologists58 cards
    • 2 Evolution55 cards
    • 3 Variation and sexual reproduction47 cards
    • 4 Sex and behaviour36 cards
    • 5 Parasitism93 cards
      • (a) Niche21 cards
      • (b) Parasitic life cycles17 cards
      • (c) Transmission and virulence12 cards
      • (d) Defence against parasitic attack23 cards
      • (e) Immune evasion7 cards
      • (f) Challenges in treatment and control13 cards

Some of its cards

  • How many hosts does a parasite need to complete its life cycle?
    It depends: some need only one host, but many need more than one
  • How do endoparasites evade detection by mimicking their host?
    By mimicking host antigens
  • A small trial run, carried out before the main investigation, to help plan the procedure, check validity and test techniques
    Pilot study
  • What are proteins polymers of?
    Amino acid monomers
  • Independent variable
    The variable that is deliberately changed or manipulated by the investigator
  • A multi-dimensional summary of the tolerances and requirements of a species
    Ecological niche
  • What should a scientific report's title do?
    Explain clearly what the report is about
  • Why is a representative sample of a population selected, rather than measuring every individual?
    Because measuring every individual is often impractical
  • The study of how infectious diseases break out and spread through a population
    Epidemiology
  • Hypothesis
    A testable explanation or prediction, proposed to account for an observation

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