Biology SL
Biology SL
Ashby Merson-Davies
Providing a thorough review of the syllabus topics, this IB Biology revision guide was written specifically for the needs of Standard Level students. Structured thematically to aid understanding with more than 200+ pages of content, this easy-to-use guide is detail rich with IB Biology questions, diagrams, and top tips to help you achieve exam success.
ISBN: 9781913433215
227 pages
Key features of the Biology SL study guide:
In-depth IB Biology revision guide covering all topics of the SL syllabus.
600 IB Biology questions included throughout the chapters and quizzes to help you test your understanding.
Advice on interpreting command terms and maximising marks.
Easy to learn and reproduce diagrams you can use in your exams.
Additional Information Boxes featuring helpful details for each chapter to enhance your understanding.
Need-to-Know Boxes highlighting essential information you must understand for exam success.
Call Out Symbols alerting you to critical information such as diagrams you need to be able to draw or identify, and labels you need to know how to annotate.
Question Boxes throughout each chapter providing you with a chance to apply your learning.
Exam-style problems for Genetics with worked examples.
Glossaries at the end of each chapter to help you make note of key terms.
Advice on how to prepare for exam day, including what to bring with you.
Contents of the Biology SL study guide:
Mathematical Requirements and Statistics
Size units in Biology
Relative sizes
Scale bars
Calculating magnification
Averages
Variables
Standard deviation
Graphs
Error bars
Hypotheses and significance testing
Statistics – chi-squared test
Nomograms
Molecular Biology Part 1
Molecules
Carbon
Water
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Condensation and hydrolysis
Body mass index (BMI)
Molecular visualisation software
Molecular Biology Part 2
Amino acids
Proteins
Nucleic acids
Transcription
mRNA codon table
Translation
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
DNA profiling
Cell Biology
Cell theory
Surface area to volume ratio
Functions of life
Cell differentiation
Emergent properties
Stem cells
Electron microscopes
Prokaryotic cells
Eukaryotic cells
Plant cells
Comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Comparing plant and animal cells
Membranes
Transmembrane transport
The origin of cells
Cell division
Mitosis
Cell division and cancer
The correlation between smoking and the incidence of cancer
Meiosis
Genetic variety
Non-disjunction
Age and non-disjunction
Karyotyping
Cell Metabolism
Metabolism
Enzymes
Photosynthesis
Factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis and Limiting factors
Respiration
Human Physiology
The human gut
Gas exchange
The blood system
Defence against infectious disease
The nervous system
The endocrine system
Reproduction
Ecology
Species, communities and ecosystems
Energy flow
Ecosystems
Carbon cycling
Climate change
Carbon fluxes
Genetics
Chromosomes
Human genome project
Sickle cell anaemia – a base substitution mutation
Comparing chromosome and gene numbers of different species
Cairn’s technique for measuring DNA molecules
Radiation and gene mutation
Gene modification and Biotechnology
Theoretical Genetics
Genetics problems
Evolution and Biodiversity
Evolution
Classification of biodiversity
Clades, cladistics and cladograms