GCSE AQA Biology Paper 1 Grade 9 Notes

From one full Grade 9 student to another.

These are the notes I made during my GCSE years, allowing me to be get a grade 9 in my biology GCSE.

Please note that these notes are specific to the AQA Separate Science Trilogy course (8461 AQA course code). Using only these notes may not be suitable for other courses or exam boards - please check with your teacher if you are unsure.

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Paper 1 consists of the following:

B1 - Cell Structure & Transport

• B1.1 - The world of the microscope
• B1.2 - Animal and plant cells
• B1.3 - Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
• B1.4 - Specialisation in animal cells
• B1.5 - Specialisation in plant cells
• B1.6 - Diffusion
• B1.7 - Osmosis
• B1.8 - Osmosis in plants
• B1.9 - Active transport
• B1.10 - Exchanging materials

B2 - Cell Division

• B2.1 - Cell division
• B2.2 - Growth and differentiation
• B2.3 - Stem cells
• B2.4 - Stem cell dilemmas

B3 - Organisation & The Digestive System

• B3.1 - Tissues and organs
• B3.2 - The human digestive system
• B3.3 - The chemistry of food
• B3.4 - Catalysts and enzymes
• B3.5 - Factors affecting enzyme action
• B3.6 - How the digestive system works
• B3.7 - Making digestion effective
• B3.EXT - Food tests

B4 - Organising Plants & Animals

• B4.1 - The blood
• B4.2 - The blood vessels
• B4.3 - The heart
• B4.4 - Helping the heart
• B4.5 - Breathing and gas exchange
• B4.6 - Tissues and organs in plants
• B4.7 - Transport systems in plants
• B4.8 - Evaporation and transpiration
• B4.9 - Factors affecting transpiration (same page as B4.8)

B5 - Communicable Disease

• B5.1 - Health and disease
• B5.2 - Pathogens and disease
• B5.3 - Growing bacteria in the lab
• B5.4 - Preventing bacterial growth
• B5.5 - Preventing infections
• B5.6 - Viral diseases
• B5.7 - Bacterial diseases
• B5.8 - Diseases caused by fungi and protists
• B5.9 - Human defence responses
• B5.10 - More about plant diseases
• B5.11 - Plant disease responses

B6 - Preventing & Treating Disease

• B6.1 - Vaccination
• B6.2 - Antibiotics and painkillers
• B6.3 - Discovering drugs
• B6.4 - Developing drugs
• B6.5 - Making monoclonal antibodies
• B6.6 - Using monoclonal antibodies

B7 - Non-Communicable Disease

• B7.1 - Non-communicable disease
• B7.2 - Cancer
• B7.3 - Smoking and the risk of disease
• B7.4 - Diet, exercise and disease
• B7.5 - Alcohol and other carcinogens

B8 - Photosynthesis

• B8.1 - Photosynthesis
• B8.2 - The rate of photosynthesis
• B8.3 - How plants use glucose
• B8.4 - Making the most of photosynthesis

B9 - Respiration

• B9.1 - Aerobic respiration
• B9.2 - The response to exercise
• B9.3 - Anaerobic respiration
• B9.4 - Metabolism and the liver