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SQA National 5 Biology

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Flashcards for National 5 Biology (course code C807 75, valid from session 2026-27, published by Qualifications Scotland), split into the course's three areas, Cell biology, Biology: multicellular organisms and Biology: life on Earth, and then by key area in the order of the course specification. Delete or suspend any subdeck your course leaves out once the deck is yours.

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What is inside (22 subdecks)

  • Biology: life on Earth156 cards
    • 1 Ecosystems35 cards
    • 2 Distribution of organisms34 cards
    • 3 Photosynthesis22 cards
    • 4 Energy in ecosystems15 cards
    • 5 Food production22 cards
    • 6 Evolution of species28 cards
  • Biology: multicellular organisms193 cards
    • 1 Producing new cells28 cards
    • 2 Control and communication36 cards
    • 3 Reproduction15 cards
    • 4 Variation and inheritance30 cards
    • 5 Transport systems: plants29 cards
    • 6 Transport systems: animals39 cards
    • 7 Absorption of materials16 cards
  • Cell biology146 cards
    • 1 Cell structure28 cards
    • 2 Transport across cell membranes26 cards
    • 3 DNA and the production of proteins19 cards
    • 4 Proteins27 cards
    • 5 Genetic engineering18 cards
    • 6 Respiration28 cards

Some of its cards

  • What happens to most of the energy transferred from one level of a food chain to the next?
    It is lost, mainly as heat, movement or undigested material
  • What shape is a DNA molecule?
    A double-stranded helix
  • What is absorption, in the context of digestion and gas exchange?
    The movement of digested food or other materials from a surface into the blood
  • Which organ, along with the spinal cord, makes up the central nervous system?
    The brain
  • What determines the shape and function of a protein?
    The sequence of amino acids it is made from
  • A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
    Species
  • What two types of molecule make up the cell membrane?
    Phospholipids and proteins
  • Is competition for resources a biotic or an abiotic factor affecting a population?
    Biotic
  • What term describes a cell with two full sets of chromosomes?
    Diploid
  • What is genetic engineering?
    The transfer of genetic information (a gene) from one organism to another

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