AQA GCSE Biology (8461) — revision checklist

Eukaryotes and prokaryotes

4.1.1.1

Animal and plant cells

4.1.1.2

Cell specialisation

4.1.1.3

Cell differentiation

4.1.1.4

Microscopy

4.1.1.5

Culturing microorganisms (biology only)

4.1.1.6

Chromosomes

4.1.2.1

Mitosis and the cell cycle

4.1.2.2

Stem cells

4.1.2.3

Diffusion

4.1.3.1

Osmosis

4.1.3.2

Active transport

4.1.3.3

Principles of organisation

4.2.1

The human digestive system

4.2.2.1

The heart and blood vessels

4.2.2.2

Blood

4.2.2.3

Coronary heart disease: a non-communicable disease

4.2.2.4

Health issues

4.2.2.5

The effect of lifestyle on some non-communicable diseases

4.2.2.6

Cancer

4.2.2.7

Plant tissues

4.2.3.1

Plant organ system

4.2.3.2

Communicable (infectious) diseases

4.3.1.1

Viral diseases

4.3.1.2

Bacterial diseases

4.3.1.3

Fungal diseases

4.3.1.4

Protist diseases

4.3.1.5

Human defence systems

4.3.1.6

Vaccination

4.3.1.7

Antibiotics and painkillers

4.3.1.8

Discovery and development of drugs

4.3.1.9

Producing monoclonal antibodies

4.3.2.1

Uses of monoclonal antibodies

4.3.2.2

Detection and identification of plant diseases

4.3.3.1

Plant defence responses

4.3.3.2

Photosynthetic reaction

4.4.1.1

Rate of photosynthesis

4.4.1.2

Uses of glucose from photosynthesis

4.4.1.3

Aerobic and anaerobic respiration

4.4.2.1

Response to exercise

4.4.2.2

Metabolism

4.4.2.3

Homeostasis

4.5.1

Structure and function

4.5.2.1

The brain (biology only)

4.5.2.2

The eye (biology only)

4.5.2.3

Control of body temperature (biology only)

4.5.2.4

Human endocrine system

4.5.3.1

Control of blood glucose concentration

4.5.3.2

Maintaining water and nitrogen balance in the body (biology only)

4.5.3.3

Hormones in human reproduction

4.5.3.4

Contraception

4.5.3.5

The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)

4.5.3.6

Negative feedback (HT only)

4.5.3.7

Control and coordination

4.5.4.1

Use of plant hormones (HT only)

4.5.4.2

Sexual and asexual reproduction

4.6.1.1

Meiosis

4.6.1.2

Advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction (biology only)

4.6.1.3

DNA and the genome

4.6.1.4

DNA structure (biology only)

4.6.1.5

Genetic inheritance

4.6.1.6

Inherited disorders

4.6.1.7

Sex determination

4.6.1.8

Variation

4.6.2.1

Evolution

4.6.2.2

Selective breeding

4.6.2.3

Genetic engineering

4.6.2.4

Cloning (biology only)

4.6.2.5

Theory of evolution (biology only)

4.6.3.1

Speciation (biology only)

4.6.3.2

The understanding of genetics (biology only)

4.6.3.3

Evidence for evolution

4.6.3.4

Fossils

4.6.3.5

Extinction

4.6.3.6

Resistant bacteria

4.6.3.7

Classification of living organisms

4.6.4

Communities

4.7.1.1

Abiotic factors

4.7.1.2

Biotic factors

4.7.1.3

Adaptations

4.7.1.4

Levels of organisation

4.7.2.1

How materials are cycled

4.7.2.2

Decomposition (biology only)

4.7.2.3

Impact of environmental change (biology only) (HT only)

4.7.2.4

Biodiversity

4.7.3.1

Waste management

4.7.3.2

Land use

4.7.3.3

Deforestation

4.7.3.4

Global warming

4.7.3.5

Maintaining biodiversity

4.7.3.6

Trophic levels

4.7.4.1

Pyramids of biomass

4.7.4.2

Transfer of biomass

4.7.4.3

Factors affecting food security

4.7.5.1

Farming techniques

4.7.5.2

Sustainable fisheries

4.7.5.3

Role of biotechnology

4.7.5.4