AS BIOLOGY FLYING START [complete for your first lesson]
Data analysis and interpretation task
Name:
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The graph above shows cigarettes smoked per person per year (green line) and lung cancer deaths
per hundred thousand between the years 1900 and 1980 (red line).
Please answer the following questions:
1) DESCRIBE the curve for lung cancer deaths in men ? (3)
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2) Using the graph estimate the number of cigarettes smoked per person per year in 1920 ? (1)
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3) EXPLAIN why the number of lung deaths is given per 100,000 people ? (2)
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4) CALCULATE the % increase in lung cancer deaths from 1940 to 1960 – show your working ?
(2)
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5) Smoking causes cancer – EVALUATE this statement ? (4)
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Bridging the Gap.
Let’s see how much biology you can remember from Science GCSE.
Are the following statements true or false?
True
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Enzymes make reactions happen.
Photosynthesis converts carbon
dioxide to oxygen
All arteries carry oxygenated
blood.
Particle only move in one direction
when they diffuse.
An adult human lung contains 750
million alveoli. This is to provide a
large surface area for gaseous
exchange.
Skin is a tissue
Arteries have a thick muscular wall
so that they can pump blood.
Muscles expand and contract.
Pasta and potatoes are examples
of carbohydrates.
Plants breathe carbon dioxide
whereas animals breathe oxygen.
The coronary arteries supply the
heart muscle with oxygen and
glucose.
Proteins are long chain polymers
made up of the monomer glucose.
Nerves carry messages.
Plant cells have a cell wall. Animal
cells have a cell membrane.
A gene is a length of DNA that
carries the genetic code for a
single protein.
Meitosis is a form of cell division.
The more ice-creams sold in a day
the more cases of heat stroke are
reported. Therefore ice-cream
causes heat stroke.
The overuse of antibiotics make
bacteria mutate into resistant
strains.
Enzymes are killed at a high
temperature.
Respiration means the same thing
as breathing.
False
If you have chosen false explain why.
Biology Flying Start : GET ORGANISED !
To be successful in Biology, you will need to
1. Go on a shopping trip to buy your Biology Kit. You will need
 Loose Leaf file with sheets of paper in
 10 cardboard dividers
 Pen, pencil and Ruler
 A few coloured pencils or pens
 Scientific Calculator (Casio £7.99 from Argos is OK)
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http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6705505.htm
All of these you will need for your very first lesson
2. Buy a Text book – AQA Biology AS, written by Glenn and Susan
Toole, Nelson Thornes – ISBN-10: 0198351763
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Biology-Level-Year-SecondStudent/dp/0198351763/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1435584601&sr=85&keywords=aqa+biology+toole
3. Revision Guide – These can be loaned out for free but if you
would like a copy that you can write in….
http://www.amazon.co.uk/372/dp/1782942831/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1435584727&sr=83&keywords=aqa+biology+cgp
And Finally …..
4. You will also need a print out of year 1 P8-55 available at :
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-alevel/biology-7401-7402