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Flashcards for OCR GCSE Biology A, Gateway Science (J247), split into Paper 3 and Paper 4 and then by topic in the specification's order, with a subdeck of practical activity groups and one of working scientifically and maths skills. Higher-tier cards say so. Delete or suspend any subdeck your course leaves out once the deck is yours.

Adding it gives you your own copy, with every subdeck below. Each card then comes back just before you would forget it, and every one you get right or wrong counts towards your mastery of its topic. You can delete or suspend the parts you are not studying once it is yours.

What is inside (31 subdecks)

  • B7 Practical skills30 cards
    • Practical Activity Groups (B7)30 cards
  • Paper 3399 cards
    • B1 Cell level systems125 cards
      • B1.1 Cell structures37 cards
      • B1.2 What happens in cells42 cards
      • B1.3 Respiration23 cards
      • B1.4 Photosynthesis23 cards
    • B2 Scaling up114 cards
      • B2.1 Supplying the cell44 cards
      • B2.2 The challenges of size70 cards
    • B3 Organism level systems160 cards
      • B3.1 The nervous system62 cards
      • B3.2 The endocrine system49 cards
      • B3.3 Maintaining internal environments49 cards
  • Paper 4334 cards
    • B4 Community level systems74 cards
      • B4.1 Ecosystems74 cards
    • B5 Genes, inheritance and selection103 cards
      • B5.1 Inheritance79 cards
      • B5.2 Natural selection and evolution24 cards
    • B6 Global challenges157 cards
      • B6.1 Monitoring and maintaining the environment23 cards
      • B6.2 Feeding the human race33 cards
      • B6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health101 cards
  • Working scientifically and maths skills114 cards
    • 1. Development of scientific thinking15 cards
    • 2. Experimental skills and strategies17 cards
    • 3. Analysis and evaluation38 cards
    • 4. Scientific vocabulary, quantities and units21 cards
    • 5. Maths skills23 cards

Some of its cards

  • Do plants respire?
    Yes, plants respire all the time, as well as photosynthesising during daylight
  • Homeostasis
    The maintenance of a constant internal environment in the body
  • Hormone
    A chemical messenger that travels in the blood to a target organ, where it has an effect
  • What system of units should be used in science unless it is inappropriate?
    SI units
  • What is the relationship between health and disease?
    Disease is a major cause of poor health, though other factors such as diet, stress and life events also affect health
  • Is breathing (ventilation) the same thing as respiration?
    No; ventilation is the physical movement of air in and out of the lungs, while respiration is the chemical process that releases energy from food in cells
  • The net movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
    Diffusion
  • The brain and spinal cord
    Central nervous system
  • Name three ways experimental data can be presented
    Descriptively, in a table, or as a diagram or graph
  • What is used to develop a hypothesis before an investigation?
    Existing scientific theories and explanations

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