describe the structure of arteries, capillaries and and understand 112 their roles describe the structure of the heart and how it functions 109 describe the composition of the red blood cells, white blood 102-104 cells, platelets and plasma understand the role of plasma in the transport of carbon dioxide, 103 digested food, urea, hormones and heat energy explain how adaptations of red blood cells, including shape, structure 103-104 and the presence of haemoglobin, make them suitable for the transport of oxygen describe how the immune system responds to disease using white 105-107 blood cells, illustrated by phagocytes ingesting pathogens and lymphocytes releasing antibodies specific to the pathogen Textbook Read exam Problems pages textbook questions in Nutrition (plants) & Food production (crop plants) textbook describe the structure of the leaf and explain how it is adapted for 51-52 photosynthesis write the word equation and the balanced chemical symbol equation 46 for photosynthesis explain how water is absorbed by root hair cells 95-97 describe the role of xylem in transporting water and mineral salts 95-97 from the roots to other parts of the plant understand the importance in plants of turgid as a means of 34 support describe the process of photosynthesis and understand its importance 47 in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy describe experiments to investigate photosynthesis, showing the 47 evolution of oxygen from a water plant, the production of starch and the requirements of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll
describe the structure of arteries, capillaries and and understand their roles 112 describe the structure of the heart and how it functions 109 describe the composition of the red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma 102-104 understand the role of plasma in the transport of carbon dioxide, digested food, urea, hormones and heat energy 103 explain how adaptations of red blood cells, including shape, structure and the presence of haemoglobin, make them suitable for the transport of oxygen 103-104 describe how the immune system responds to disease using white blood cells, illustrated by phagocytes ingesting pathogens and lymphocytes releasing antibodies specific to the pathogen 105-107 Nutrition (plants) & Food production (crop plants) Textbook pages Read textbook exam questions in textbook Problems describe the structure of the leaf and explain how it is adapted for photosynthesis 51-52 write the word equation and the balanced chemical symbol equation for photosynthesis 46 explain how water is absorbed by root hair cells 95-97 describe the role of xylem in transporting water and mineral salts from the roots to other parts of the plant 95-97 understand the importance in plants of turgid as a means of support 34 describe the process of photosynthesis and understand its importance in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy 47 describe experiments to investigate photosynthesis, showing the evolution of oxygen from a water plant, the production of starch and the requirements of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll 47
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