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The Complete Biology for Cambridge IGCSE Student Book’s stretching approach is trusted by teachers around the world to support advanced understanding and achievement. With plenty of engaging material, practice questions and practical ideas, this print and digital pack contains everything your students need to succeed in Cambridge IGCSE Biology.
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The best-selling Complete Biology for Cambridge IGCSE Student Book is trusted by teachers around the world to support understanding and achievement. The popular, stretching approach will help students to reach their full potential. Written by an experienced author, this updated print and online pack is full of engaging content with up-to-date examples to cover all aspects of the Cambridge syllabus.
The step-by-step approach will lead students through the course in a logical learning order building knowledge and practical skills with regular questions and practical activities. Extension material will stretch the highest ability students and prepare them to take the next step in their learning. Practice exam questions will consolidate student understanding and prepare them for exam success.
Each book is accompanied by a wealth of extra digital support for students including practice exam questions, revision checklists and advice on how to prepare for an examination.
Complete Chemistry, Biology and Physics are for students following the Cambridge International Examinations updated syllabuses for Cambridge IGCSE. These three books provide clear, well-written course material and a wealth of questions and exercises, including exam-level revision. In addition to this, an accompanying CD-ROM provides interactive questions, mock exam papers with questions from real past papers, and revision checklists to aid learning. With a highly
illustrative and colourful design, this engaging recourse is deal for the international student.
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Characteristics and classification of living organisms
Biology is the study of life and living organisms
The variety of life
Plants
Invertebrate animals
Vertebrate animals: five classes
Questions on characteristics and classification
Organisms are made up of cells
The organisation of living organisms
Questions on cells and organisation
Organisation and maintenance of organisms
Movement in and out of cells: diffusion
Movement in and out of cells: osmosis
Questions on diffusion and osmosis
All living things are made up of organic molecules
Testing for biochemicals
Enzymes control biochemical reactions in the living organisms
Enzyme experiments and the scientific method
Questions on enzymes and biological molecules
Photosynthesis and plant nutrition
The rate of photosynthesis
Leaf structure and photosynthesis
The control of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis and the environment
Plants and minerals
Questions on photosynthesis and plant nutrition
Food and the ideal diet: carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
Food and the ideal diet: vitamins, minerals, water and fibre
Food is the fuel that drives the processes of life
Balancing energy intake and energy demand: problems causing malnutrition
Animal nutrition converts food molecules to a usable form
Ingestion provides food for the gut to work on
Digestion prepares useful food molecules for absorption
Absorption and assimilation make food available
Questions on animal nutrition and health
Uptake of water and minerals by roots
Transport systems in plants
Transpiration: water movement through the plants
The leaf and water loss
Transport systems in animals use blood as the transport medium
The circulatory system
Capillaries: materials are exchanged between blood and tissues, and tissue is formed
The heart is the pump for the circulatory system
Coronary heart disease
Questions on circulation
Health and disease
Pathogens are organisms that cause disease
Preventing disease: safe food
Individuals and the community can fight disease together
Combating infection: blood and defence against disease
Antibodies and the immune response
Respiration provides the energy for life
Contraction of muscles requires energy supplied by respiration
The measurement of respiration
Gas exchange supplies oxygen for respiration
Breathing ventilates the lungs
Questions on gas exchange
Smoking and disease
How do we know that smoking causes disease?
Excretion: removal of the waste products of metabolism
Dialysis and the treatment of kidney failure
Homeostasis: maintaining a steady state
Control of body temperature
Questions on excretion and homeostasis
Coordination: the nervous system
Neurones can work together in reflex arcs
Integration by the central nervous system
Receptors and senses: the eye as a sense organ
Questions on receptors and senses
The endocrine system
Questions on hormones
Drugs and disorders of the nervous system
Sensitivity and movement in plants: tropisms
Development of organisms and the continuity of life
Reproduction is an important characteristic of living organisms
Reproduction in flowering plants: flowers
Pollination: the transfer of male sex cells to female flower parts
Fertilisation and the formation of seed and fruit
Germination of seeds
Questions on plant reproduction
Reproduction in humans
The menstrual cycle
Copulation and conception
Contraception
Pregnancy: the role of the placenta
Pregnancy: development and antenatal care
Birth and the newborn baby
Sexually transmitted infections
Questions on human reproduction
Variation and inheritance
DNA, proteins and the characteristics of organisms
How the code is carried
Cell division
Inheritance
Studying patterns of inheritance
Inherited medical conditions and codominance
Sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes
Questions on inheritance
Variation
Causes of variation
Variation and natural selection: the evolution of species
Natural selection
Artificial selection
Questions on variation
Organisms and their environment
Ecology and ecosystems
Flow of energy: food chains and food webs
Feeding relationships: pyramids of numbers, biomass and energy
Decay is a natural process
The carbon cycle
The nitrogen cycle
Water is recycled too!
Questions on ecosystems, decay and cycles
Factors affecting population size
Human population growth
Bacteria are useful in biotechnology and genetic engineering
Humans use enzymes from bacteria
Using fungi to produce antibiotics: drugs to control bacterial disease
Baking and brewing: the economic importance of yeast
Questions on bacteria
Genetic engineering
Food supply: humans and agriculture
Land use for agriculture
Damage to ecosystems: malnutrition and famine
Human impacts on the environment: pollution
Pollution of water: eutrophication
Humans may have a positive effect on the environment: conservation of species
Managing fish stocks: science and the fishing industry
Conservation efforts worldwide
Conservation of resources: recycling water by the treatment of sewage
Saving fossil fuels: fuel from fermentation
Recycling: management of solid waste
Questions on human impacts on ecosystems
Practical biology
Practical assessment
Laboratory equipment
Answers
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