Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint Stage 8 Biology

Course Contents:

• Topic Questions for Biology  with Mark Schemes
• These topic questions have been taken from  Cambridge Lower Secondary Past Papers. Additional Exam-Style- Questions, Created by Subject-Experts are also present.
• All questions come with mark schemes
• Special Progress Tracking MCQ's have been added for additional practice.
• Stage 8 Cambridge Lower Secondary  Biology Notes have been included.
• This course is also ideal as a 'Pre-IGCSE Course

Syllabus Details:

• Structure and function
•  Identify ball-and-socket and hinge joints, and explain how antagonistic muscles move the bones at a hinge joint.
• Describe the components of blood and their functions (limited to red blood cells transporting oxygen, white blood cells protecting against pathogens and plasma transporting blood cells, nutrients and carbon dioxide).
• Describe how the structure of the human respiratory system is related to its function of gas exchange (in terms of lung structure and the action of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles) and understand the difference between breathing and respiration.
• Describe the diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide between blood and the air in the lungs.
• Identify the constituents of a balanced diet for humans as including protein,carbohydrates, fats and oils, water, minerals (limited to calcium and iron) and vitamins (limited to A, C and D), and describe the functions of these nutrients.
• Understand that carbohydrates and fats can be used as a store of energy in animals, and animals consume food to obtain energy and nutrients.
• Discuss how human growth, development and health can be affected by lifestyle,including diet and smoking.
• Know that aerobic respiration occurs in the mitochondria of plant and animal cells, and gives a controlled release of energy.
•  Know and use the summary word equation for aerobic respiration (glucose + oxygen ->carbon dioxide + water).
•  Identify different ecosystems on the Earth, recognising the variety of habitats that exist within an ecosystem.
•  Describe the impact of the bioaccumulation of toxic substances on an ecosystem.
• Describe how a new and/or invasive species can affect other organisms 

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