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Edexcel GCSE Combined Science Biology 1SC0
Key Concepts in Biology
Topic overviewEukaryotic and prokaryotic cellsSpecialised cells and their adaptationsMicroscopes and magnification calculationsSize, scale and units in cell biologyEnzyme action and denaturationFactors affecting enzyme activityEnzymes in synthesis and digestion, and rate calculationsDiffusion, osmosis and active transportOsmosis in potatoes and percentage change in mass
Cells and Control
Genetics
Topic overviewMeiosis and the formation of gametesDNA structure, genes and the genomeExtracting DNA from fruitAlleles, genotype and phenotypeMonohybrid crosses and sex determinationProbability and ratios from genetic crossesCauses of variation: genes and environmentThe Human Genome ProjectGenetic variation and the effects of mutation
Natural Selection and Genetic Modification
Health, Disease and the Development of Medicines
Topic overviewHealth, disease and susceptibilityPathogens and common infectionsHow pathogens spread, and the virus life cycleSexually transmitted infectionsPhysical barriers and chemical defencesThe immune system, immunisation and herd immunityAntibiotics and developing new medicinesLifestyle factors and non-communicable diseaseTreatments for cardiovascular disease
Plant Structures and Their Functions
Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis
Exchange and Transport in Animals
Topic overviewWhy multicellular organisms need exchange surfacesAlveoli and gas exchangeThe blood and its componentsArteries, veins and capillariesThe heart and the circulatory systemCellular respiration as an exothermic reactionAerobic and anaerobic respiration comparedInvestigating the rate of respirationCardiac output, stroke volume and heart rate
Ecosystems and Material Cycles
Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis
- 7 subtopics
- 21 things to know
- Paper 2
What Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis covers
Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis is examined in Paper 2, Biology 2. It covers hormones, endocrine glands and homeostasis, adrenalin, thyroxine and negative feedback, the menstrual cycle and its hormones, hormonal and barrier contraception, clomifene and IVF, blood glucose control and type 1 diabetes, and type 2 diabetes and body mass.
Where it is assessed
Paper 2
Biology 2: Biology in Combined Science: 1 hour 10 minutes, 60 marks, 16.67% of the qualification.
Check the Pearson Edexcel specification ↗The 7 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Hormones, endocrine glands and homeostasisHormones as chemical messengers carried in the blood to target organs with specific receptors, the pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, testes and ovaries and what they release, homeostasis and the changes it responds to, and receptors, coordination centres and effectors.Open →
- Adrenalin, thyroxine and negative feedbackHow adrenalin from the adrenal glands prepares the body for fight or flight by raising heart rate, blood pressure, blood flow to the muscles, blood glucose and breathing rate, thyroxine and metabolic rate, and negative feedback control of thyroxine through TRH and TSH.Open →
- The menstrual cycle and its hormonesThe stages of the 28-day menstrual cycle from menstruation to ovulation, oestrogen thickening and progesterone maintaining the uterus lining, the roles of FSH and LH from the pituitary gland and progesterone from the corpus luteum, and how these hormones interact to control ovulation and start the next cycle.Open →
- Hormonal and barrier contraceptionHow oestrogen and progesterone in hormonal contraception prevent pregnancy, pills, injections, implants and patches, condoms and diaphragms as barrier methods, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and what perfect-use and typical-use effectiveness figures show.Open →
- Assisted reproductive technology and IVFAssisted reproductive technology, clomifene therapy and how it raises FSH and LH to trigger ovulation, the stages of IVF and why FSH and LH are given, and why IVF often fails and the risk of multiple pregnancy.Open →
- Controlling blood glucose, and type 1 diabetesHow the pancreas releases insulin to lower blood glucose by storing it as glycogen, why levels rise after meals and fall in exercise, glucagon raising blood glucose and working antagonistically with insulin by negative feedback, and the cause, onset, symptoms and insulin treatment of type 1 diabetes.Open →
- Type 2 diabetes and body massThe cause and risk factors of type 2 diabetes, how it differs from type 1 and is controlled, calculating body mass index and waist to hip ratio and their limits, correlation and cause, and scatter diagrams showing positive, negative or no correlation with lines of best fit.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Explain how the effects of adrenalin prepare the body for fight or flight.
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Explain the roles of oestrogen and progesterone after ovulation and how the next cycle begins.
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What is a hormone?
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Explain how oestrogen given as a contraceptive prevents pregnancy.
Process
Outline the main stages of IVF treatment.
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Which hormone is released when blood glucose concentration rises too high, and by which organ?
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What is meant by the target organ of a hormone?
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Which glands release adrenalin, and in what kind of situation is it released?
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What happens during roughly the first five days of the menstrual cycle?
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Explain how hormonal contraception can make the uterus unsuitable for pregnancy.
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Why is FSH given before eggs are collected for IVF?
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Explain why blood glucose concentration falls during hard exercise.
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What causes type 2 diabetes?
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Which gland lies just beneath the brain and releases hormones that control several other endocrine glands?
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Explain how an increased heart rate helps the body during the fight or flight response.
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What is ovulation, and when does it usually happen in a 28-day cycle?
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Explain why a contraceptive pill has to be taken regularly to work.
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Why is LH also given during IVF treatment?
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Which hormone is released when blood glucose concentration falls too low?
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How does type 2 diabetes differ from type 1 in terms of insulin production?
Take Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Insulin vs Glucagon
Insulin: pancreatic hormone making liver cells store glucose as glycogen. Glucagon: pancreatic hormone making the liver break glycogen down into glucose.
Type 1 diabetes vs Type 2 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes: immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. Type 2 diabetes: body cells stop responding properly to insulin.
FSH vs LH
FSH: pituitary hormone that makes an egg mature inside a follicle. LH: pituitary hormone whose mid-cycle surge triggers ovulation.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What is a hormone?
Model answer
A hormone is a chemical messenger made by an endocrine gland and carried around the body in the blood.
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How does a hormone travel from the gland that makes it to the part of the body it affects?
Model answer
It is released straight into the bloodstream and carried dissolved in the blood plasma.
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What is meant by the target organ of a hormone?
Model answer
The target organ is the organ a hormone acts on, because its cells carry receptors that the hormone binds to.
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Which gland lies just beneath the brain and releases hormones that control several other endocrine glands?
Model answer
The pituitary gland.
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Where in the body is the thyroid gland found, and which hormone does it release?
Model answer
It is found in the neck, and it releases thyroxine.
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Which organ lying behind the stomach releases hormones that control blood glucose?
Model answer
The pancreas.
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Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis revision questions
- What does Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis cover in Edexcel GCSE Combined Science Biology?
- 7 subtopics: hormones, endocrine glands and homeostasis, adrenalin, thyroxine and negative feedback, the menstrual cycle and its hormones, hormonal and barrier contraception, assisted reproductive technology and ivf, controlling blood glucose, and type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes and body mass. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis organised?
- By the Edexcel 1SC0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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