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AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (8464) — Biology — Higher | KnowledgeSet

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AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (8464) — Biology — Higher

GCSEAQA8464

AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (8464) — Biology — Higher

Study the **Higher-tier biology content** within AQA GCSE Combined Science: **Trilogy (8464)**, including shared and Higher-only requirements. This is one strand of the two-GCSE Combined Science qualification.

4.1.1 Cell structure

4.1.1.1Eukaryotes and prokaryotes

4.1.1.2Animal and plant cells

4.1.1.3Cell specialisation

4.1.1.4Cell differentiation

4.1.1.5Microscopy

4.1.2 Cell division

4.1.2.1Chromosomes

4.1.2.2Mitosis and the cell cycle

4.1.2.3Stem cells

4.1.3 Transport in cells

4.1.3.1Diffusion

4.1.3.3Active transport

4.2.1Principles of organisation

4.2.2 Animal tissues, organs and organ systems

4.2.2.1The human digestive system

4.2.2.2The heart and blood vessels

4.3.1 Communicable diseases

4.3.1.1Communicable (infectious) diseases

4.3.1.2Viral diseases

4.3.1.3Bacterial diseases

4.4.1 Photosynthesis

4.4.1.1Photosynthetic reaction

4.4.1.2Rate of photosynthesis

4.4.1.3Uses of glucose from photosynthesis

4.4.2 Respiration

4.5.1Homeostasis

4.5.2The human nervous system

4.5.3 Hormonal coordination in humans

4.5.3.1Human endocrine system

4.6.1 Reproduction

4.6.1.1Sexual and asexual reproduction

4.6.1.3DNA and the genome

4.7.1 Adaptations, interdependence and competition

4.7.1.1Communities

4.7.1.2Abiotic factors

4.7.1.3Biotic factors

4.7.1.4Adaptations

4.2.2.3

Blood

4.2.2.4Coronary heart disease: a non-communicable disease

4.2.2.5Health issues

4.2.2.6The effect of lifestyle on some non-communicable diseases

4.2.3 Plant tissues, organs and systems

4.2.3.1Plant tissues

4.2.3.2Plant organ system

Fungal diseases

4.3.1.5Protist diseases

4.3.1.6Human defence systems

4.3.1.7Vaccination

4.3.1.8Antibiotics and painkillers

4.3.1.9Discovery and development of drugs

4.4.2.1Aerobic and anaerobic respiration

4.4.2.2Response to exercise

4.4.2.3Metabolism

Control of blood glucose concentration

4.5.3.3Hormones in human reproduction

4.5.3.4Contraception

4.5.3.5The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)

4.5.3.6Feedback systems (HT only)

Genetic inheritance

4.6.1.5Inherited disorders

4.6.1.6Sex determination

4.6.2 Variation and evolution

4.6.2.1Variation

4.6.2.2Evolution

4.6.2.3Selective breeding

4.6.2.4Genetic engineering

4.6.3 The development of understanding of genetics and evolution

4.6.3.1Evidence for evolution

4.6.3.3Extinction

4.6.3.4Resistant bacteria

4.6.4Classification of living organisms

4.7.2 Organisation of an ecosystem

4.7.2.1Levels of organisation

4.7.2.2How materials are cycled

4.7.3 Biodiversity and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems

4.7.3.1Biodiversity

4.7.3.2Waste management

4.7.3.3Land use

4.7.3.4Deforestation

4.7.3.5Global warming

4.7.3.6Maintaining biodiversity