Biology
A Level · WJEC / Eduqas
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View topicsEduqas A-Level Biology is taken in England and covers basic biochemistry and cell organisation, biodiversity and physiology of body systems, energy and homeostasis, and variation, inheritance and options, with a final unified paper that assesses practical and mathematical skills across the whole course.
The optional topic (chosen by the school from immunology and disease, human musculoskeletal anatomy, or neurobiology and behaviour) gives Eduqas biology a different flavour from board to school. The unified paper is where mathematical and practical skills are concentrated, and students who treat statistics as peripheral to biology tend to lose a disproportionate number of marks there.
Important Topics
- Biochemistry & Cell OrganisationBiological molecules, cell structure, membranes, enzymes and cell division.
- Biodiversity & PhysiologyClassification, adaptation, gas exchange, transport and nutrition.
- Energy & HomeostasisPhotosynthesis, respiration, microbiology, homeostasis and the nervous system.
- Variation & InheritanceGenetics, mutation, evolution, population genetics and gene technology.
- Optional TopicImmunology and disease, musculoskeletal anatomy, or neurobiology.
- Mathematical SkillsStatistical testing, chi-square, standard deviation and data handling.
- Practical BiologySpecified practicals, experimental design and evaluation.
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