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Biology

Antibiotics - penicillin, tetracycline, bactericidal, resistance.
Hormones - glands, oestrogen, tesosterone, adrenaline.
Predation - Competition, predator-prey cycle.
DNA - nucleotides, bases, replication, polymerase chain.

Chemistry

The Atom - structure, charges, atomic and mass number.
Halogens - patterns in properties, halide reactions, chlorine.
Noble Gases - group 8 properties, and uses.
Titration - how to carry it out and make calculations.

Physics

Mains Electricity - how a plug is wired, power calculations.
Motion and Speed - acceleration, speed-time graph.
Stars - formation and death of stars: their life cycle.
Electromagnetic Spectrum - groups and their uses.

Psychology

Social Facilitation - presence and sport performance.
Representing Data - tables, histograms, correlations.
Psychoanalytic Theory of Gender- Oedipus and Electra
Amnesia - types of amnesia, causes (trauma, alcohol).

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Psychoanalytic

During the phallic stage it was believed that gender developed. In boys this was as a result of the Oedipus complex and in girls it was the Electra complex. Both Electra and Oedipus are characters from Greek mythology...


Sound

Ultrasound is also used in medicine for ultrasound imaging, this works by using echoes of ultrasound to create a picture of the inside of the body. It is preferable to other methods because it doesn't result in any ...


Steel Manufacture

Oxygen gas is blown through the oxygen lance at high pressure, this reacts with impurities such as carbon and sulphur and oxidises them. These leave as gas (carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide) and pure iron...


Proteins

Proteins are long molecules made up of amino acids which has an amine, R and carboxylic acid group. Amino acids are joined by a condensation reaction: polymerisation. They have primary, secondary and tertiary structure and folding.