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Cells success criteria
Lesson 1
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Lesson 6
Cell structure
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Say that cells are the basic units of living things.
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The importance of cells in
Biology
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How to prepare a slide and view
it using a microscope
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Explain the purpose of using stains when
viewing cells.
Calculate the size of cells when using a
microscope
Calculate the average size of cell.
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Identify three structures of an animal cell
Structure of plant and animal
cells
Identify three structures found in plant cells and
not in animal cells.
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Explain the function of the 6 structures found in
Structure of animal and plant
a plant cell.
cells
Diffusion and Osmosis
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The process of diffusion.
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Why diffusion is important
Lesson 7
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The structure of cell membrane
Lesson 8
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That osmosis is a special case of
diffusion
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Osmosis in plant cells
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Lesson 12
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Explain what diffusion is.
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Explain the importance of diffusion to
organisms.
Name two substances that enter a cell and one
that leave a respiring cell by diffusion.
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Explain what is meant by the cell membrane
being selectively permeable.
Describe the test for starch
Describe the test for glucose.
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Explain the process of osmosis.
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Explain how a plant cell becomes turgid
Explain how a plant cell becomes plasmolysed
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An experiment to demonstrate
osmosis.
Explain why an experiment must be repeated
Calculate an average
Calculate a percentage increase
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The effect of osmosis on animal
cells
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Explain what happens to an animal cell when
placed in a strong sucrose solution
Explain what happens to an animal cell when
placed in a weak sucrose solution
Cell division
Lesson 13
Lesson 14
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Cell division is a means of
increasing the number of cells in
an organism
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The stages of mitosis
Lesson 15
What enzymes are
Lesson 16
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How to write word equations
for enzyme reactions
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Breakdown reactions
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Enzymes are specific
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Synthesis reactions
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Effect of temperature on
proteins
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Effect of pH on enzymes
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Explain the role of the nucleus in a cell
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Describe and identify the stages of mitosis.
Explain why it is important that the chromosome
complement of daughter cells in multicellular
organisms is maintained
Enzymes
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Explain why enzymes are required for the
functioning of living cells.
Explain the meaning of the term “catalyst”
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Give an example of an enzyme involved in the
chemical breakdown of a substance.
Identify substrates and products in a reaction.
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Name the substrates and products for the
breakdown reactions of the following enzymes:
 Catalase
 Pepsin
 Amylase
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Explain the term “specific” as applied to
enzymes and their substrates.
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Name the substrate, products of the enzyme
Phosphorylase.
Explain the need for a control in an experiment.
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Say what enzymes are made of
Describe the effect of temperature on enzyme
activity.
Explain the term “optimum” as applied to the
range of conditions in which enzymes operate
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Describe the effect of a range of pH on the
activity of pepsin and catalase
The Need for Energy
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Lesson 23
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The need for energy
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An experiment to see how
much energy is released from
food.
Lesson 24
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That cells need oxygen for
aerobic respiration
Lesson 25
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That cells release energy and
carbon dioxide during
respiration.
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State three reasons why living cells need energy.
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State that fats and oils contain more chemical
energy per gram than carbohydrates or protein.
Identify why a food calorimeter is suitable for
measuring the energy released from food.
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State that cells need oxygen to release energy
from food during aerobic respiration.
Describe aerobic respiration in terms of a word
equation.
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State that carbon dioxide is given off by cells
during tissue respiration and is derived from
food.
State that heat energy may be released from cells
during respiration
Explain the importance of energy released from
food during respiration to the metabolism of cells