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A-level Biology downloads
Free printable workbooks for every lesson, each with a separate answer book of mark schemes, plus revision posters, flashcard packs and Anki decks. Use them for your own revision, but please do not redistribute or sell them.
Jump to: Scientific method and quantitative biology · Cells, microscopy and biological organisation · Biological molecules, water and inorganic ions · Enzymes and metabolic control · Membranes and transport across cells · Nucleic acids, genomes and protein synthesis · Cell cycles, reproduction and development · Exchange surfaces and gas exchange · Plant transport and mineral nutrition · Animal transport and cardiovascular biology · Nutrition, digestion and health evidence · Pathogens, disease and immunity · Respiration and cellular energy · Photosynthesis and primary productivity · Nervous coordination, receptors and muscles · Hormonal communication, plant responses and homeostasis · Inheritance and population genetics · Gene regulation, genomics and biotechnology · Classification, biodiversity and conservation · Evolution and speciation · Ecology, populations and environmental change
Workbooks, lesson by lesson
The print edition has a white background and room to write. The screen edition is navy, for a tablet. Keep the answer book closed until you have written your answer. Questions set on a diagram are on the question pages online, where the diagram is shown.
Scientific method and quantitative biology
- Variables and controls: what an experiment can show
- Handling data: units, scales, rates and uncertainty
- Averages, spread and the null hypothesis
- Choosing, carrying out and concluding a statistical test
Cells, microscopy and biological organisation
- Eukaryotic cell structure and organelles
- Microscopy, magnification and resolution
- Prokaryotic cells and viruses
- Cell specialisation and biological organisation
- Plan diagrams and tissue sections
Biological molecules, water and inorganic ions
- Carbohydrate structure and function
- Lipids: triglycerides, phospholipids and ester bonds
- Water and inorganic ions
- Protein structure and function
Enzymes and metabolic control
- Enzyme action and specificity
- Factors affecting enzyme rate: temperature, pH and concentration
- Enzyme inhibition and metabolic control
- Cofactors, coenzymes and where enzymes work
Membranes and transport across cells
- Membrane structure and the fluid mosaic model
- Diffusion and osmosis
- Active transport, co-transport and bulk transport
Nucleic acids, genomes and protein synthesis
- DNA and RNA structure
- DNA replication
- The genetic code and transcription
- Translation and protein synthesis
Cell cycles, reproduction and development
- The cell cycle and mitosis
- Stem cells and cell potency
- Gametes, fertilisation and early development
- Sexual reproduction in flowering plants
- Homeobox genes, Hox genes and apoptosis
- Cloning in plants and animals
Exchange surfaces and gas exchange
- Surface area to volume ratio: why size limits diffusion
- Gas exchange in mammals: lungs and ventilation
- Gas exchange in insects, fish and plants
Plant transport and mineral nutrition
- Xylem and the transpiration stream
- Transpiration and stomatal control
- Phloem translocation and the mass-flow hypothesis
Animal transport and cardiovascular biology
- The heart and cardiac cycle
- Blood vessels, tissue fluid and lymph
- Haemoglobin and oxygen dissociation curves
Nutrition, digestion and health evidence
- Digestion and absorption in the human gut
- Diet, energy and how to read a health claim
- Cholesterol, atheroma and what a risk factor means
Pathogens, disease and immunity
- Pathogens and non-specific defences
- The specific immune response
- Antibodies, vaccination and the four kinds of immunity
- Infectious disease: transmission and control
- Plant disease and plant defences
Respiration and cellular energy
- Glycolysis, ATP and the link reaction
- The Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
- Anaerobic respiration and the respiratory quotient
- Exercise, sports medicine and performance-enhancing drugs
Photosynthesis and primary productivity
- Chloroplast structure and the light-dependent reactions
- The Calvin cycle
- Limiting factors and primary productivity
Nervous coordination, receptors and muscles
- Organisation of the nervous system
- Receptors: transduction and the reflex arc
- The action potential and its propagation
- The synapse: transmission, and why it runs one way
- Muscles and movement: the sliding-filament model
- Brain imaging, development and learning
Hormonal communication, plant responses and homeostasis
- Hormonal communication and negative feedback
- Regulation of blood glucose and diabetes mellitus
- Osmoregulation and kidney function
- The liver: detoxification, deamination and the making of urea
- Thermoregulation in endotherms and ectotherms
- Plant responses: tropisms, auxins and the classic experiments
Inheritance and population genetics
- Meiosis and the sources of genetic variation
- Monohybrid inheritance and genetic diagrams
- Dihybrid inheritance, linkage, epistasis and the chi-squared test
- Population genetics and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Gene regulation, genomics and biotechnology
- Control of gene expression
- Mutation, gene expression and cancer
- Recombinant DNA technology
- Genome analysis, genetic screening and gene therapy
- Industrial biotechnology and fermentation
- Pharming, recombinant medicines and synthetic biology
Classification, biodiversity and conservation
- Classification, phylogeny and molecular evidence
- The five kingdoms, species concepts and viruses
- Measuring biodiversity
- Conservation in situ and ex situ
Evolution and speciation
- Natural selection: variation, selection and allele frequency
- Evidence for evolution, resistance and genetic drift
- Speciation and reproductive isolation
- Continuous and discontinuous variation
- Artificial selection and selective breeding
Ecology, populations and environmental change
- Populations and their limits
- Nutrient cycles: nitrogen, phosphorus and eutrophication
- Succession and environmental change
- The carbon cycle and climate change
- Managing ecosystems sustainably
Revision posters
One printable page per topic, with the key diagrams and points to remember. See all the revision posters.
Printable packs
The same cards on paper, eight to an A4 sheet, in a navy edition and an ink-saving print edition. Print double-sided, flipping on the long edge, and each answer lands behind its question. Then cut along the borders. The whole-lesson check cards are not in the packs, but you will find them in the player and the Anki decks.
- Scientific method and quantitative biology · navy · print31 cards
- Cells, microscopy and biological organisation · navy · print60 cards
- Biological molecules, water and inorganic ions · navy · print36 cards
- Enzymes and metabolic control · navy · print28 cards
- Membranes and transport across cells · navy · print32 cards
- Nucleic acids, genomes and protein synthesis · navy · print34 cards
- Cell cycles, reproduction and development · navy · print49 cards
- Exchange surfaces and gas exchange · navy · print35 cards
- Plant transport and mineral nutrition · navy · print23 cards
- Animal transport and cardiovascular biology · navy · print45 cards
- Nutrition, digestion and health evidence · navy · print23 cards
- Pathogens, disease and immunity · navy · print63 cards
- Respiration and cellular energy · navy · print38 cards
- Photosynthesis and primary productivity · navy · print29 cards
- Nervous coordination, receptors and muscles · navy · print94 cards
- Hormonal communication, plant responses and homeostasis · navy · print59 cards
- Inheritance and population genetics · navy · print45 cards
- Gene regulation, genomics and biotechnology · navy · print83 cards
- Classification, biodiversity and conservation · navy · print29 cards
- Evolution and speciation · navy · print44 cards
- Ecology, populations and environmental change · navy · print56 cards
Anki decks
Every flashcard is also available as a free Anki deck, one per unit, on the flashcard downloads page.