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State whether a cell is “prokaryotic” or www.bbc.com/
“eukaryotic” bitesize/guides/
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Describe the features of bacterial
(prokaryotic) cells
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Compare the size of cells and be able to www.bbc.com/
make order of magnitude calculations and bitesize/guides/
zpqpqhv/revision/10
use standard form
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Recall the structures found in animal and zpqpqhv/revision/7
plant (eukaryotic) cells including algal cells https://
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zpqpqhv/revision/8
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Use estimations and explain when they www.bbc.com/
should be used to judge the relative size bitesize/guides/
zpqpqhv/revision/2
or area of sub-cellular structures (eg. Why
won’t a bacterial cell have a
mitochondria?)
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Required practical 1: use a light www.bbc.com/
microscope to observe, draw and label a bitesize/guides/
zpqpqhv/revision/4
selection of plant and animal cells
Cell structure

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www.bbc.com/
REQUIRED PRACTICAL VIDEO: bitesize/guides/
https://www.youtube.com/watch? zpqpqhv/revision/3

v=jBVxo5T-
ZQM&list=PL9IouNCPbCxU6sNg_x5rvlsL
wA6gNCVzj&index=1
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bitesize/guides/
Describe the functions of the structures in zpqpqhv/revision/7
animal and plant (eukaryotic) cells https://
www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
zpqpqhv/revision/8
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Describe what a specialised cell is, www.bbc.com/
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including examples for plants and animals zpqpqhv/revision/12
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Describe what differentiation is, including www.bbc.com/
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differences between animals and plants z2kmk2p/revision/4
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Define the terms magnification and www.bbc.com/
resolution bitesize/guides/
zpqpqhv/revision/1
Compare electron and light microscopes
in terms of their magnification and
resolution
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Carry out calculations involving www.bbc.com/
magnification using the formula: bitesize/guides/
zpqpqhv/revision/2
magnification = image size/ actual object
 size (The “I=AM” equation) and use
standard form
Describe how bacteria reproduce and the 16

conditions needed
Describe how to prepare an 17

uncontaminated culture using aseptic

technique and why this is important
Calculate cross-sectional areas of 18

colonies or clear areas around colonies

using πr²
Culturing microorganisms

Calculate the number of bacteria in a 16

population after a certain time if given

the mean division time e.g. the mean
division time is 200 colonies per an hour.
How many colonies will there be in 4
hours?
Express answers for last two points in 16-18

standard form
Required practical 2: investigate the 17-18

effect of antiseptics or antibiotics on

bacterial growth using agar plates and
measuring zones of inhibition
REQUIRED PRACTICAL VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BkbLI2mAMP8
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Describe how genetic information is www.bbc.com/
stored in the nucleus of a cell using the bitesize/guides/
z2kmk2p/revision/1
keywords “genes” and “chromosomes”.
State the chromosomes are found in pairs
in body cells (23 pairs)
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Describe the stages of the cell cycle bitesize/guides/
zs8y4qt/revision/2
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Describe what happens during mitosis (in
Cell division

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the cell cycle) and why mitosis is bitesize/guides/
z2kmk2p/revision/2
important
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Describe stem cells, including sources of www.bbc.com/
stem cells in plants and animals and their bitesize/guides/
z2kmk2p/revision/3
roles
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Describe how stem cells are used to make bitesize/guides/
z2kmk2p/revision/5
plant clones and how they are used in https://
therapeutic cloning www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z2kmk2p/revision/7
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Discuss the potential risks, benefits and www.bbc.com/
 bitesize/guides/
issues with using embryonic and adult z2kmk2p/revision/6
stem cells in medical
research/treatments. For example, their
use in treating diabetes and paralysis.
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Describe the process of diffusion, www.bbc.com/
including examples such as in a leaf, the bitesize/guides/
zs63tv4/revision/1
lungs and the liver.
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Explain how diffusion is affected by www.bbc.com/
different factors such as the concentration bitesize/guides/
zs63tv4/revision/2
gradient, the temperature and the size of
the surface area of the cell.
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Define and explain "surface area to www.bbc.com/
volume ratio", and how this relates to bitesize/guides/
zs63tv4/revision/3
single-celled and multicellular organisms
(including calculations)
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Explain how the effectiveness of an www.bbc.com/
exchange surface can be increased, bitesize/guides/
zpxv6yc/revision/3
Transport in cells

including examples of adaptations for

small intestines, lungs, gills roots & leaves
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Describe the process of osmosis (including www.bbc.com/
calculation of water uptake & percentage bitesize/guides/
zs63tv4/revision/4
gain and loss of mass of plant tissue)
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Required practical 3: investigate the www.bbc.com/
effect of a range of concentrations of salt bitesize/guides/
zs63tv4/revision/5
or sugar solutions on the mass of plant
tissue (such as potato or carrot)
REQUIRED PRACTICAL VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ef2Ts2AKhq8&index=3&list=PL9IouNC
PbCxU6sNg_x5rvlsLwA6gNCVzj
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Describe the process of active transport, www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
including examples - gut and roots zs63tv4/revision/8
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Explain the differences between diffusion, www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
osmosis and active transport zs63tv4/revision/9
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Describe the levels of organisation within www.bbc.com/
Principles of organisation &

bitesize/guides/
living organisms e.g. cell, tissue etc zpxv6yc/revision/1
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Describe the digestive system and how it www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
works as an organ system (from KS3) z89mk2p/revision/4
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Describe what an enzyme is www.bbc.com/
Use rate calculations for chemical bitesize/guides/
z89mk2p/revision/5
reactions
Describe the lock and key theory as a
model of enzyme action and explain how
 the shape a of the active sites makes the
enzyme specific
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Explain the effect of temperature and pH www.bbc.com/
on enzymes (including be able to interpret bitesize/guides/
z89mk2p/revision/6
graphs/ tables)
Name the digestive enzymes, including
their substrates and products, sites of
production and actions
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State what the products of digestion are z89mk2p/revision/1
used for https://
www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z89mk2p/revision/2
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Describe the features and functions of bile www.bbc.com/
and state where it is produced and bitesize/guides/
z89mk2p/revision/8
released from
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Required practical 4: use qualitative www.bbc.com/
Animal tissues, organs and organ systems

reagents to test for a range of bitesize/guides/

z89mk2p/revision/3
carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
REQUIRED PRACTICAL VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=zbZxFxXN6m4&list=PL9IouNCPbCxU6s
Ng_x5rvlsLwA6gNCVzj&index=4
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Required practical 5: investigate the www.bbc.com/
effect of pH on the rate of reaction of bitesize/guides/
z89mk2p/revision/7
amylase enzyme
REQUIRED PRACTICAL VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=JyXXoevEWc8&list=PL9IouNCPbCxU6s
Ng_x5rvlsLwA6gNCVzj&index=5
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www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z6h4jxs/revision/1
Describe the structure of the human lungs https://
www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z6h4jxs/revision/2
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www.bbc.com/
Describe the structure of the human heart bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/2
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Explain how the heart moves blood www.bbc.com/
around the body (including role and bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/3
position of the aorta, vena cava,
pulmonary artery & vein and coronary
arteries)
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Explain how the natural resting heart rate www.bbc.com/
is controlled and how irregularities can be bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/4
corrected
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Describe the structure and function of www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
arteries, veins and capillaries zsncsrd/revision/5
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Use simple compound measures such as www.bbc.com/
rate and carry out rate calculations for bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/12
blood flow
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Describe blood and identify its different www.bbc.com/
components, including identifying blood bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/6
cells from photographs/diagrams https://
www.bbc.com/
Describe the functions of blood bitesize/guides/
36
zsncsrd/revision/7
components, including adaptations to
their function
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www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/8
https://
Describe what happens in coronary heart www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
disease and what statins are used for zsncsrd/revision/9
https://
www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/10
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Describe and evaluate treatments for www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
coronary heart disease and heart failure zsncsrd/revision/11
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Recall that heart valves can become faulty www.bbc.com/
and describe the consequences of this bitesize/guides/
zsncsrd/revision/3
Describe how patients can be treated in
the case of heart failure
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Describe a healthy lifestyle and suggest www.bbc.com/
how an unhealthy lifestyle can link to bitesize/guides/
z9dhjty/revision/1
disease.

https:// 39
Non- Communicable diseases

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bitesize/guides/
Describe how different types of diseases z9dhjty/revision/5
https://
may interact. www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z9dhjty/revision/6
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www.bbc.com/
Describe graphs showing incidents of a bitesize/guides/
z9dhjty/revision/8
disease and how these can be
https://
represented in numerical data. www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z9dhjty/revision/7
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Describe what risk factors are and give www.bbc.com/
examples discussing human and financial bitesize/guides/
z372ng8/revision/5
costs of non communicable diseases at
local, national and global levels
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Describe what cancer is and explain the www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
difference between benign and malignant z9dhjty/revision/2
tumours https://
www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
Describe the known risk factors for z9dhjty/revision/3

cancer, including genetic and lifestyle risk https://

factors www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z9dhjty/revision/4
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Describe plant tissues (epidermal, www.bbc.com/
palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, bitesize/guides/
z9kx8mn/revision/1
xylem, phloem and meristem) and
https://
describe their functions www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
Explain how the structure of plant tissues z9kx8mn/revision/2
are related to their function within the
leaf (plant organ) inc stomata and guard
cells
Plant tissues, organs and system

https:// 42
www.bbc.com/
Recall the plant parts that form a plant bitesize/guides/
z9kx8mn/revision/1
organ system that transports substances https://
around the plant www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z9kx8mn/revision/3
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Explain how root hair cells, xylem and www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
phloem are adapted to their functions z37fmsg/revision/1
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Describe the process of transpiration and www.bbc.com/
translocation including the role of the bitesize/guides/
z9kx8mn/revision/5
different plant tissues
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Explain how the rate of transpiration can www.bbc.com/
be affected by different factors and name bitesize/guides/
z9kx8mn/revision/6
the factors
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Describe the role of stomata and guard www.bbc.com/
cells in the control of gas exchange and bitesize/guides/
z37fmsg/revision/1
water loss
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Explain what a pathogen is and how www.bbc.com/
pathogens are spread (inc how viruses, bitesize/guides/
zcqs2nb/revision/1
bacteria, protists and fungi are spread in
Communicable diseases

animals and plants)

Explain how pathogenic bacteria and 46

viruses cause damage in the body

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Explain how the spread of diseases can be www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
reduced or prevented zcqs2nb/revision/6
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Describe measles, HIV and tobacco mosaic www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
virus as examples of viral pathogens zcqs2nb/revision/2
https:// 48
Describe salmonella food poisoning and www.bbc.com/
gonorrhoea as examples of bacterial bitesize/guides/
 zcqs2nb/revision/3
pathogens
https:// 47
Describe the signs, transmission and www.bbc.com/
treatment of rose black spot infection in bitesize/guides/
zcqs2nb/revision/5
plants as an example of fungal pathogens
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Describe the symptoms, transmission www.bbc.com/
(with mosquitos as a vector) and control bitesize/guides/
zcqs2nb/revision/4
of malaria.
https:// 49
Describe defences that stop pathogens www.bbc.com/
entering the human body (inc skin, nose, bitesize/guides/
zcqs2nb/revision/8
trachea & windpipe, stomach)
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Recall the role of the immune system www.bbc.com/
Describe how white blood cells destroy bitesize/guides/
zcqs2nb/revision/9
pathogens
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www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
Describe how vaccination works, including zxcmk2p/revision/1
at the population level https://
www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
zxcmk2p/revision/2
https:// 51
www.bbc.com/
Explain how antibiotics and painkillers are bitesize/guides/
zxcmk2p/revision/3
used to treat diseases, including their https://
limitations www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
zxcmk2p/revision/4
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Describe how sources for drugs have www.bbc.com/
changed over time and give some bitesize/guides/
zxcmk2p/revision/5
examples
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Describe how new drugs are tested, www.bbc.com/
including pre-clinical testing and clinical bitesize/guides/
zxcmk2p/revision/6
trials (including double blind trials and
placebos)
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Describe what monoclonal antibodies are www.bbc.com/
Monoclonal antibodies

bitesize/guides/
and why they are useful zt8t3k7/revision/1
https:// 53
Describe how monoclonal antibodies are www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
produced zt8t3k7/revision/1
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Explain how monoclonal antibodies are www.bbc.com/
used for diagnosis, research, chemical bitesize/guides/
zt8t3k7/revision/2
testing and disease treatments
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Evaluate the advantages and www.bbc.com/
disadvantages of monoclonal antibodies bitesize/guides/
zt8t3k7/revision/3
(inc side effects)
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Describe some observable signs of plant www.bbc.com/
disease, and how plant diseases can be bitesize/guides/
Plant

z3tgw6f/revision/1
identified
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Give examples of plant pathogens www.bbc.com/
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z3tgw6f/revision/1
https:// 55
www.bbc.com/
disease and defences
bitesize/guides/
Give examples of plant ion deficiencies z3tgw6f/revision/2

and their effects https://

www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z3tgw6f/revision/4
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www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
Describe physical, chemical and z3tgw6f/revision/5

mechanical defence responses of plants https://

www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
z3tgw6f/revision/6
https:// 57
Describe what happens in photosynthesis, www.bbc.com/
including using a word equation and bitesize/guides/
zs4mk2p/revision/1
recognise the chemical formulas for
carbon dioxide, water, oxygen & glucose
Explain why photosynthesis is an
endothermic reaction
https:// 57
Recall the limiting factors of www.bbc.com/
photosynthesis bitesize/guides/
zs4mk2p/revision/2
Explain how limiting factors affect the rate 58-59

of photosynthesis, including graphical

interpretation (limited to one factor)
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HT ONLY: Explain how the limiting factors www.bbc.com/
of photosynthesis interact, including bitesize/guides/
zs4mk2p/revision/4
graphical interpretation (two/three
Photosynthesis

factors on one graph)

https:// 60
HT ONLY: Explain how limiting factors are www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
important to the economics of zs4mk2p/revision/3
https://
greenhouses, including data www.bbc.com/
interpretation bitesize/guides/
zs4mk2p/revision/8
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HT ONLY: Explain and use inverse www.bbc.com/
proportion in the context of bitesize/guides/
zs4mk2p/revision/7
photosynthesis
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Required practical 6: investigate the www.bbc.com/
effect of light intensity on the rate of bitesize/guides/
zs4mk2p/revision/5
photosynthesis using an aquatic organism
such as pondweed
REQUIRED PRACTICAL VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=cBCKedXdFeE&list=PL9IouNCPbCxU6sN
g_x5rvlsLwA6gNCVzj&index=6
https:// 57
Describe how the glucose produced in www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
photosynthesis is used by plants zs4mk2p/revision/1
 Describe what happens in respiration 61-62
https://
including using a word equation and www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
recognise the chemical formulas for zp4mk2p/revision/1

carbon dioxide, water, oxygen & glucose

https://
Describe aerobic and anaerobic www.bbc.com/
respiration with regard to the need for bitesize/guides/
zp4mk2p/revision/2
oxygen, the differing products and the
relative amounts of energy transferred
Recognise the equations for aerobic
respiration, anaerobic respiration in
muscles and anaerobic respiration in
plants and yeast cells.
https:// 62
Recall that fermentation is a form of www.bbc.com/
Respiration

anaerobic respiration and describe its bitesize/guides/

zp4mk2p/revision/3
economic importance.
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Describe what happens to heart rate, www.bbc.com/
breathing rate and breath volume during bitesize/guides/
zp4mk2p/revision/4
exercise and why these changes occur
Explain what happens when muscles do
not have enough oxygen and define the
term oxygen dept
https:// 63
HT ONLY: Explain what happens to www.bbc.com/
bitesize/guides/
accumulated lactic acid in the body zp4mk2p/revision/5
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Explain the importance of sugars, amino www.bbc.com/
acids, fatty acids and glycerol in the bitesize/guides/
zp4mk2p/revision/6
synthesis and breakdown of
carbohydrates, proteins and lipids
Explain what metabolism is, including
examples