GCSE

Biology

Head of subject: Mr Swanwick
Exam board: Pearson Edexcel
Exam code(s): 1BI0
Entry requirements: None

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Introduction to your subject

In GCSE Biology you will learn how:

+ Life processes depend on molecules whose structure is related to their function.
+ Cells, tissues, organs and organ systems enable living processes to be performed effectively.
+ Living organisms form populations, communities and ecosystems, which interact with each other, with the environment and with humans in many different ways.
+ Living organisms are interdependent and show adaptations to their environment.
+ Life on Earth is dependent on photosynthesis in which light energy is trapped to fix carbon dioxide and combined with hydrogen from water to make organic compounds and oxygen.
+ Organic compounds are used as fuels in cellular respiration to allow the other chemical reactions necessary for life.
+ The chemicals in ecosystems are continually cycling through the natural world.
+ The characteristics of a living organism are influenced by its genome and by its environment.
+ Evolution occurs by natural selection and accounts for biodiversity and how organisms are all related.

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