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Y7 Biology
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Biology Year 7 Grade Descriptors
B1 – Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Explain what types of cells are found in the human body and how they interact.
Apply knowledge to explain fully, from cells to organ systems how the human body is organised.
Explain the adaptations of sperm cells in detail using knowledge of respiration and enzymes.
Calculate surface area to volume ratio explaining in detail how they relate.
Explain in detail factors which affect diffusion.
Calculate magnification, image size and actual size using a formula and real-life specimen.
Apply knowledge to explain in detail how you would set up a practical to view a specimen and complete a detailed risk assessment.
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B2 – Diet and Health.
Evaluate diets based on their calculations.
Use data to support analysis of individuals’ energy and nutrient needs.
Fully describe the functions of all parts of the Human digestive system and their adaptations.
Fully describe the role of human digestive enzymes and bile in the digestion of food.
Predict findings on the effects of drug misuse using statistics and various sources.
Higher
B3 – Genetics and evolution
Describe how proteins are made.
Compare and contrast Darwin and Lamarck different theories of evolution.
Fully describe the classification of organisms from Kingdom to Species, commenting on possible evolutionary links.
Explain how to produce genetically engineered Insulin.
Critically evaluate the use of zoos and seed banks using statistics and research to support.
B1 – Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Explain how animal and plant cells are specialised.
Explain in detail the levels of organisation in a specific organ system.
Explain the adaptations of sperm cells in detail using knowledge of mitochondria.
Calculate surface area to volume ratio.
Calculate magnification, image size and actual size using a formula.
Apply knowledge to explain in detail how you would set up a practical to view a specimen and complete a basic risk assessment.
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B2 – Diet and Health.
Evaluate possible solutions to malnutrition
Apply knowledge to describe ways of treating deficiency diseases.
Explain why some nutrients, for example, vitamins are required only in small quantities, while others are required in more bulk.
Explain how the adaptations of the small intestine increase the rate of absorption.
Describe the role of human digestive enzymes and bile in the digestion of food.
Research the effects of the misuse of a drug other than alcohol
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B3 – Genetics and evolution
Explain how the DNA codes for amino acids.
Explain the role of proteins.
Explain how Darwin and Wallace developed the theory of evolution by natural selection using specific examples.
Describe the classification of organisms from Kingdom to Species.
Describe in detail the use of genetic engineering to produce medicines.
Evaluate the use of zoos and seed banks by thinking about their benefits and drawbacks.
B1 – Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Fully describe the structure of generalised animal and plant cells and explain the function of all components.
Fully describe the differences between cells, tissues and organs
Explain the adaptations of specialised animal and plant cells.
Calculate surface area and volume of a cube.
Apply knowledge to explain in detail how you would set up a practical to view a specimen and focus a microscope.
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B2 – Diet and Health.
Describe possible solutions to malnutrition.
Evaluate a meal and decide whether it contains the correct balance of nutrients or not.
Apply your knowledge of the functions of nutrients to design meal plans suitable for different people based on their age and lifestyle.
Explain why some people need more energy than others using energy calculations.
Explain the functions of each part of the digestive system and briefly link to adaptations.
Describe the role of human digestive enzymes in the digestion of food.
Evaluate the danger of different drugs by thinking about the side effects and how addictive they are.
Discuss benefits and drawbacks of different ways to solve the problem of alcohol misuse in the UK.
B3 – Genetics and evolution
Explain in detail how the DNA codes for certain characteristics
Explain how Darwin and Wallace developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Describe binomial nomenclature and why it is useful.
Evaluate the use of genetic modification and selective breeding.
Describe the benefits and drawbacks of zoos and seed banks.
Middle
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B1 – Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Describe the structure of generalised animal and plant cells and briefly explain the function of some components.
Describe the levels of organisation in a specific organ system.
Describe in detail the adaptations of specialised animal and plant cells.
Describe where diffusion occurs in the human body.
Apply knowledge to explain how you would set up a practical to view a specimen and focus a microscope.
B2 – Diet and Health
Explain the importance of a balanced diet.
Explain some problems caused by malnutrition.
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Calculate energy requirements
Explain the functions of each part of the digestive system and link to physical and/or chemical digestion.
Identify common enzymes and what they digest.
Identify ways to solve the problems of alcohol misuse in the UK.
B3 – Genetics and evolution
Evaluate the importance of the discovery of the DNA
Explain why people have different characteristics, referring to the role of DNA.
Describe the stages of natural selection.
Describe the uses of genetic engineering.
Describe how zoos and seed banks help to prevent extinction and maintain Earth's biodiversity.
B1 - Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Describe the structure of generalised plant and animal cells and identify all components.
Describe the differences between cells, tissues and organs with examples.
Describe the adaptations of specialised animal and plant cells.
Describe diffusion using scientific keywords.
Apply knowledge to describe how you would set up a practical to view a specimen
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B2 – Diet and Health
Explain several good sources of each food group
Explain why some people need more energy than others.
Explain the functions of each part of the digestive system
Explain the importance of bacteria in the human digestive system.
Identify enzymes as proteins which aid digestion of food.
Describe the dangers of drugs thinking about the side effects and how addictive they are.
B3 – Genetics and evolution
Describe the difference between DNA, genes and chromosomes.
Describe the work of Watson, Crick, Wilkins and Franklin in the development of the DNA model.
Explain why siblings look similar but usually not identical.
Describe what is meant by natural selection.
Explain why scientists classify organisms
Describe the term genetically modified organisms
B1 - Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Basically describe the structure of generalised plant and animal cells and identify all components.
Describe the differences between cells, tissues and organs.
Simply describe the adaptations of specialised animal and plant cells.
Basically describe diffusion.
Apply knowledge to simply describe how you would set up a practical to view a specimen.
B2 – Diet and Health
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Describe what a balanced diet is
Explain why diets may be different for different people.
Describe the functions of each part of the digestive system
Describe the difference between medicinal and recreational drugs
B3 – Genetics and evolution
Describe how the base pairs are arranged in DNA
Describe examples of variation which can be genetic and environmental.
Describe that variation within a population leads to evolution.
Use keys to identify species
Describe how to use selective breeding to breed an animal with a desired characteristic
Identify other methods to promote biodiversity.
B1 - Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Basically describe the structure of generalised plant and animal cells and identify some components.
Identify organs involved in organ systems.
Simply describe what is meant by a specialised cell.
State that the movement of some substances across a cell membrane is due to diffusion.
Describe the role of each part of a light microscope.
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B2 – Diet and Health
State some problems caused by imbalances in the diet
Describe what happens to food as it passes through each section of the digestive system
Describe how we get the energy we need from our food
Describe the difference between legal and illegal drugs.
Lower
B3 – Genetics and evolution
Describe the structure of DNA
Describe the difference between continuous and discontinuous variation
Describe how given adaptations help an organism to survive.
Describe how scientists classify organisms
Define the term biodiversity.
B1 - Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Identify the basic structure of generalised plant and animal cells.
Identify examples of organs.
State examples of specialised cells.
Label a diagram of a light microscope.
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B2 – Diet and Health
Name some nutrients and some good sources of those
State the seven food groups nutrients
List some ways in which we use energy
State the function of digestion.
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State the names of some drugs
B3 – Genetics and evolution
State that genes are instructions for characteristics
State what is meant by variation
Recall that some variation is genetic and some is environmental.
Describe an organism's adaptations.
State an example of a species
State that selective breeding is used by farmers to breed animals with useful characteristics
State some reasons why zoos and seed banks are set up.
B1 - Cells, tissues, organs. Diffusion. Microscopy.
Identify a cell from a diagram.
Identify that all organisms are made up of cells.
State that some cells are specialised in the human body.
Identify that microscopes are used to view cells and micro-organisms.
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B2 – Diet and Health
State some of the seven food groups.
Identify the main parts of the digestive system on a diagram.
Recall what a drug is
B3 – Genetics and evolution
State that children look like their parents because they inherit genes
State what living things need in order to survive.
Recall what a species is
Recall that animals with the best features are bred together.
Recall what a seed bank is