K5BIO5 Energy transfers personal learning checklist
AQA A-level Biology · Papers 2, 3
Name ____________________ Class __________ Date __________
Tick one box per statement. Red: need help. Amber: partly confident. Green: can do independently.
| I can | Red | Amber | Green |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chloroplasts and light-dependent reactions | |||
| relate chloroplast compartments and pigments to light-dependent reactions | |||
| explain photoionisation, water splitting and electron transfer | |||
| explain chloroplast chemiosmosis and production of ATP and reduced NADP | |||
| The Calvin cycle and limiting factors | |||
| trace carbon fixation, GP reduction and RuBP regeneration | |||
| predict metabolite and photosynthetic-rate changes under altered conditions | |||
| Pigment chromatography and chloroplast practicals | |||
| perform and interpret leaf-pigment chromatography | |||
| investigate a named factor affecting chloroplast-extract electron-transfer activity | |||
| Glycolysis and anaerobic pathways | |||
| trace glycolysis with correct carbon, coenzyme and ATP accounting | |||
| explain NAD regeneration in lactate and ethanol pathways | |||
| Link reaction and Krebs cycle | |||
| trace pyruvate conversion and entry into the Krebs cycle | |||
| account for cycle products per turn and per glucose | |||
| Oxidative phosphorylation and respiratory substrates | |||
| explain electron transfer, proton gradients and ATP synthesis in mitochondria | |||
| predict effects of uncoupling or electron-transfer inhibition on respiration | |||
| explain use of alternative respiratory substrates and qualify ATP-yield estimates | |||
| Investigating respiration in microorganisms | |||
| design and evaluate a controlled respiration investigation using an approved single-celled organism | |||
| calculate and compare respiration rates using an appropriate normalisation | |||
| Biomass, production and energy transfer | |||
| measure dry biomass and estimate its stored chemical energy | |||
| distinguish standing biomass from production and productivity | |||
| calculate producer and consumer net production from defined energy budgets | |||
| explain trophic losses and calculate specified transfer efficiencies | |||
| evaluate farming practices intended to improve production efficiency | |||
| Decomposition, mycorrhizae and nutrient cycling | |||
| distinguish energy transfer from nutrient cycling and explain saprobiont nutrition | |||
| explain mycorrhizal resource exchange and the phosphorus cycle | |||
| Nitrogen transformations and fertiliser effects | |||
| distinguish fixation, ammonification, nitrification and denitrification | |||
| evaluate fertiliser use, leaching and eutrophication mechanisms | |||
| design and interpret a controlled mineral-requirement investigation | |||
Next revision priority: __________________________________________________