AQA A-level biology. Student guide. Practical biology

✍ Scribed by Pauline Lowrie

• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 107
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book title
Copyright
Contents
About this book
How the practical element is assessed
Skills Guidance
Practical advice
Required practical activities
1 Factors affecting the rate of enzyme-controlled reactions
2 Preparing and observing a root tip squash
3 Using a calibration curve to estimate water potential
4 Factors affecting membrane permeability
5 Dissection of an organ or system from an animal or plant
6 Using aseptic techniques to investigate the effect of antimicrobials
7 Using chromatography to investigate leaf pigments
8 Factors affecting dehydrogenase activity in chloroplasts
9 Factors affecting the rate of respiration in single-celled organisms
10 The effect of an environmental variable on animal movement
11 Using a calibration curve to find an unknown concentration
12 The effect of environmental factors on species distribution
Questions & Answers
1 The effect of pH on starch hydrolysis
2 Preparing an onion root tip squash
3 The effect of sucrose concentration on osmosis
4 The effect of temperature on membrane permeability
5 Estimating the number of stomata
6 The effect of antibiotics on bacterial growth
7 Using chromatography to investigate leaf pigments
8 Investigating photosynthesis using a chloroplast suspension
9 Using a respirometer to investigate oxygen uptake
10 The effect of light on maggot behaviour
11 Using a calibration curve to find glucose concentration
12 The effect of distance from a tree on leaf size
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Z