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A-Level Biology
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- 1Cell structure
- 2Biological molecules
- 3Enzymes
- 4Cell membranes and transport
- 5The mitotic cell cycle
- 6Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
- 7Transport in plants
- 8Transport in mammals
- 9Gas exchange
- 10Infectious diseases
- 11Immunity
- 12Energy and respiration
- 13Photosynthesis
- 14Homeostasis
- 15Control and coordination
- 16Inheritance
- 17Selection and evolution
- 18Classification, biodiversity and conservation
- 19Genetic technology
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March session
- A-Level Biology — Question index
- 1.1 The microscope in cell studies
- 1.2 Cells as the basic units of living organisms
- 2.1 Testing for biological molecules
- 2.2 Carbohydrates and lipids
- 2.3 Proteins
- 3.1 Mode of action of enzymes
- 3.2 Factors that affect enzyme action
- 4.1 Fluid mosaic membranes
- 4.2 Movement into and out of cells
- 5.1 Replication and division of nuclei and cells
- 5.2 Chromosome behaviour in mitosis
- 6.1 Structure of nucleic acids and replication of DNA
- 6.2 Protein synthesis
- 7.1 Structure of transport tissues
- 7.2 Transport mechanisms
- 8.1 The circulatory system
- 8.2 Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 8.3 The heart
- 9.1 The gas exchange system
- 10.1 Infectious diseases
- 10.2 Antibiotics
- 11.1 The immune system
- 11.2 Antibodies and vaccination
- 12.1 Energy
- 12.2 Respiration
- 13.1 Photosynthesis as an energy transfer process
- 14.1 Homeostasis in mammals
- 14.2 Homeostasis in plants
- 15.1 Control and coordination in mammals
- 15.2 Control and coordination in plants
- 16.1 Passage of information from parents to offspring
- 16.2 The roles of genes in determining the phenotype
- 16.3 Gene control
- 17.1 Variation
- 17.2 Natural and artificial selection
- 17.3 Evolution
- 18.1 Classification
- 18.2 Biodiversity
- 18.3 Conservation
- 19.1 Principles of genetic technology
- 19.2 Genetic technology applied to medicine
- 19.3 Genetically modified organisms in agriculture
- 1. Cell structure
- 2. Biological molecules
- 3. Enzymes
- 4. Cell membranes and transport
- 5. The mitotic cell cycle
- 6. Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
- 7. Transport in plants
- 8. Transport in mammals
- 9. Gas exchange
- 10. Infectious diseases
- 11. Immunity
- 12. Energy and respiration
- 13. Photosynthesis
- 14. Homeostasis
- 15. Control and coordination
- 16. Inheritance
- 17. Selection and evolution
- 18. Classification, biodiversity and conservation
- 19. Genetic technology
- 1.1 The microscope in cell studies
- 1.2 Cells as the basic units of living organisms
- 2.1 Testing for biological molecules
- 2.2 Carbohydrates and lipids
- 2.3 Proteins
- 2.4 Water
- 3.1 Mode of action of enzymes
- 3.2 Factors that affect enzyme action
- 4.1 Fluid mosaic membranes
- 4.2 Movement into and out of cells
- 5.1 Replication and division of nuclei and cells
- 5.2 Chromosome behaviour in mitosis
- 6.1 Structure of nucleic acids and replication of DNA
- 6.2 Protein synthesis
- 7.1 Structure of transport tissues
- 7.2 Transport mechanisms
- 8.1 The circulatory system
- 8.2 Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 8.3 The heart
- 9.1 The gas exchange system
- 10.1 Infectious diseases
- 10.2 Antibiotics
- 11.1 The immune system
- 11.2 Antibodies and vaccination
- 12.1 Energy
- 12.2 Respiration
- 13.1 Photosynthesis as an energy transfer process
- 13.2 Investigation of limiting factors
- 14.1 Homeostasis in mammals
- 14.2 Homeostasis in plants
- 15.1 Control and coordination in mammals
- 15.2 Control and coordination in plants
- 16.1 Passage of information from parents to offspring
- 16.2 The roles of genes in determining the phenotype
- 16.3 Gene control
- 17.1 Variation
- 17.2 Natural and artificial selection
- 17.3 Evolution
- 18.1 Classification
- 18.2 Biodiversity
- 18.3 Conservation
- 19.1 Principles of genetic technology
- 19.2 Genetic technology applied to medicine
- 19.3 Genetically modified organisms in agriculture
- 1. Cell structure
- 2. Biological molecules
- 3. Enzymes
- 4. Cell membranes and transport
- 5. The mitotic cell cycle
- 6. Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
- 7. Transport in plants
- 8. Transport in mammals
- 9. Gas exchange
- 10. Infectious diseases
- 11. Immunity
- 12. Energy and respiration
- 13. Photosynthesis
- 14. Homeostasis
- 15. Control and coordination
- 16. Inheritance
- 17. Selection and evolution
- 18. Classification, biodiversity and conservation
- 19. Genetic technology
- 1. Cell structure
- 2. Biological molecules
- 3. Enzymes
- 4. Cell membranes and transport
- 5. The mitotic cell cycle
- 6. Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
- 7. Transport in plants
- 8. Transport in mammals
- 9. Gas exchange
- 10. Infectious diseases
- 11. Immunity
- 12. Energy and respiration
- 13. Photosynthesis
- 14. Homeostasis
- 15. Control and coordination
- 16. Inheritance
- 17. Selection and evolution
- 18. Classification, biodiversity and conservation
- 19. Genetic technology
Exercise sheets
- Complete pack — exercise sheets + past papers
- 1 Cell structure — Part 1
- 1 Cell structure — Part 2
- 2 Biological molecules — Part 1
- 2 Biological molecules — Part 2
- 3 Enzymes — Part 1
- 3 Enzymes — Part 2
- 4 Cell membranes and transport — Part 1
- 4 Cell membranes and transport — Part 2
- 5 The mitotic cell cycle — Part 1
- 5 The mitotic cell cycle — Part 2
- 6 Nucleic acids and protein synthesis — Part 1
- 6 Nucleic acids and protein synthesis — Part 2
- 7 Transport in plants — Part 1
- 7 Transport in plants — Part 2
- 8 Transport in mammals — Part 1
- 8 Transport in mammals — Part 2
- 9 Gas exchange — Part 1
- 9 Gas exchange — Part 2
- 10 Infectious diseases — Part 1
- 10 Infectious diseases — Part 2
- 11 Immunity — Part 1
- 11 Immunity — Part 2
- 12 Energy and respiration — Part 1
- 12 Energy and respiration — Part 2
- 13 Photosynthesis — Part 1
- 13 Photosynthesis — Part 2
- 14 Homeostasis — Part 1
- 14 Homeostasis — Part 2
- 15 Control and coordination — Part 1
- 15 Control and coordination — Part 2
- 16 Inheritance — Part 1
- 16 Inheritance — Part 2
- 17 Selection and evolution — Part 1
- 17 Selection and evolution — Part 2
- 18 Classification, biodiversity and conservation — Part 1
- 18 Classification, biodiversity and conservation — Part 2
- 19 Genetic technology — Part 1
- 19 Genetic technology — Part 2
Past papers
- 1.1 The microscope in cell studies
- 1.2 Cells as the basic units of living organisms
- 2.1 Testing for biological molecules
- 2.2 Carbohydrates and lipids
- 2.3 Proteins
- 3.1 Mode of action of enzymes
- 3.2 Factors that affect enzyme action
- 4.1 Fluid mosaic membranes
- 4.2 Movement into and out of cells
- 5.1 Replication and division of nuclei and cells
- 5.2 Chromosome behaviour in mitosis
- 6.1 Structure of nucleic acids and replication of DNA
- 6.2 Protein synthesis
- 7.1 Structure of transport tissues
- 7.2 Transport mechanisms
- 8.1 The circulatory system
- 8.2 Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 8.3 The heart
- 9.1 The gas exchange system
- 10.1 Infectious diseases
- 10.2 Antibiotics
- 11.1 The immune system
- 11.2 Antibodies and vaccination
- 12.1 Energy
- 12.2 Respiration
- 13.1 Photosynthesis as an energy transfer process
- 13.2 Investigation of limiting factors
- 14.1 Homeostasis in mammals
- 14.2 Homeostasis in plants
- 15.1 Control and coordination in mammals
- 15.2 Control and coordination in plants
- 16.1 Passage of information from parents to offspring
- 16.2 The roles of genes in determining the phenotype
- 16.3 Gene control
- 17.1 Variation
- 17.2 Natural and artificial selection
- 17.3 Evolution
- 18.1 Classification
- 18.2 Biodiversity
- 18.3 Conservation
- 19.1 Principles of genetic technology
- 19.2 Genetic technology applied to medicine
- 19.3 Genetically modified organisms in agriculture
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How to use these papers
Biology past papers are most useful when you mark them as a marker would, not as a student would. The schemes list discrete points, and the gap between "I said roughly that" and "I said the point" is where most of the lost marks live. Highlight the exact phrase in your answer that earns each scheme point; if you cannot find one, you did not earn it.
Collect the command words as you go. Across a few papers you will see the same verbs — describe, explain, suggest, compare — attached to the same kinds of question, and knowing which one wants a mechanism is worth more than another pass through the content.
The practical papers reward experimental reasoning rather than recall, so they can be attempted early in your revision rather than saved until the content is finished. Working them alongside the theory also fixes the vocabulary faster, because you have to use it to describe a result.