1. Cell Biology

1.1 Cell Structure

1.1.1 Eukaryotes & Prokaryotes

1.1.2 Animal & Plant Cells

1.1.3 Cell Specialisation

1.1.4 Cell Differentiation

1.1.5 Microscopy

1.1.6 Required Practical: Microscopy

1.2 Cell Division

1.2.1 Chromosomes

1.2.2 Mitosis & the Cell Cycle

1.2.3 Stem Cells

1.3 Transport in Cells

1.3.1 Diffusion

1.3.2 Factors that Affect Diffusion

1.3.3 Diffusion in Multicellular Organisms

1.3.4 Osmosis

1.3.5 Required Practical: Osmosis

1.3.6 Active transport

1.3.7 Transport Summary & Applications

2. Organisation

2.1 Organisation: Digestion

2.1.1 Principles of Organisation

2.1.2 The Human Digestive System

2.1.3 Enzymes & Metabolism

2.1.4 Required Practical: Enzymes

2.1.5 Enzymes & Digestion

2.1.6 Required Practical: Food Tests

2.2 Organisation: The Cardiovascular & Respiratory System

2.2.1 The Lungs

2.2.2 The Heart

2.2.3 Blood Vessels & Blood

2.3 Health & Disease

2.3.1 CHD: A Non-Communicable Disease

2.3.2 Health Issues

2.3.3 Lifestyle & Non-Communicable Diseases

2.3.4 Data & Applications of Lifestyle Disease

2.3.5 Cancer

2.4 Plant Tissues, Organs & Systems

2.4.1 Plant Tissues

2.4.2 Plant Organ System

2.4.3 Transpiration

2.4.4 Translocation

3. Infection & Response

3.1 Communicable Diseases

3.1.1 Communicable (Infectious) Diseases

3.1.2 Viral Diseases

3.1.3 Bacterial Diseases

3.1.4 Fungal Diseases

3.1.5 Protist Diseases

3.1.6 Human Defence Systems

3.1.7 Vaccination

3.1.8 Antibiotics & Painkillers

3.1.9 Discovery & Development of Drugs

4. Bioenergetics

4.1 Photosynthesis

4.1.1 Photosynthetic Reaction

4.1.2 Rate of Photosynthesis

4.1.3 Interactions of Limiting Factors

4.1.4 Required Practical: Photosynthesis Rate

4.1.5 Uses of Glucose from Photosynthesis

4.2 Respiration

4.2.1 Aerobic & Anaerobic Respiration

4.2.2 Response to Exercise

4.2.3 Metabolism

5. Homeostasis & Response

5.1 The Human Nervous System

5.1.1 Structure & Function

5.1.2 The Reflex Arc

5.1.3 Required Practical: Reaction Time

5.2 Hormones: Maintaining Blood Homeostasis

5.2.1 Homeostasis

5.2.2 Human Endocrine System

5.2.3 Control of Blood Glucose Concentration

5.3 Hormones in Humans: Reproduction & Metabolism

5.3.1 Hormones in Human Reproduction

5.3.2 Contraception

5.3.3 The Uses of Hormones to Treat Infertility

5.3.4 Negative Feedback

6. Inheritance, Variation & Evolution

6.1 Reproduction

6.1.1 Sexual & Asexual Reproduction

6.1.2 Meiosis

6.1.4 DNA & the Genome

6.1.6 Genetic Inheritance

6.1.7 Inherited Disorders

6.1.8 Sex Determination

6.2 Variation & Evolution

6.2.1 Variation

6.2.2 Evolution

6.2.3 Selective Breeding

6.2.4 Genetic Engineering

6.3 The Development of Understanding of Genetics & Evolution

6.3.4 Evidence for Evolution

6.3.5 Fossils

6.3.6 Extinction

6.3.7 Resistant Bacteria

6.4 Classification of Living Organisms

6.4.1 Classification

7. Ecology

7.1 Adaptations, Interdependence & Competition

7.1.1 Communities

7.1.2 Abiotic Factors

7.1.3 Biotic Factors

7.1.4 Adaptations

7.2 Organisation of an Ecosystem

7.2.1 Levels of Organisation

7.2.2 Required Practical: Ecosystems

7.2.3 How Materials are Cycled

7.3 Biodiversity & the Effect of Human Interaction on Ecosystems

7.3.1 Biodiversity

7.3.2 Waste Management

7.3.3 Land Use

7.3.4 Deforestation

7.3.5 Global Warming

7.3.6 Maintaining Biodiversity