Variation and evolution exam tips

Exam tips

• Selective breeding exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain that selected parents are bred, then offspring with desired characteristics are bred over many generations..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Selective breeding.

• Selective breeding exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to identify useful or appearance-based traits selected by humans, including disease resistance, more meat or milk, gentle dog nature and large or unusual flowers..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Selective breeding.

• Selective breeding exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain that selective breeding can lead to inbreeding..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Selective breeding.

• Selective breeding exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain that inbreeding can make some breeds prone to disease or inherited defects..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Selective breeding.

• Selective breeding exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain benefits, risks and ethical issues of selective breeding when given appropriate information..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Selective breeding.

• Genetic engineering exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to describe genetic engineering as modifying the genome of an organism by introducing a gene from another organism..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Genetic engineering.

• Genetic engineering exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain that genetic engineering can give an organism a desired characteristic..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Genetic engineering.

• Genetic engineering exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to describe crop plants engineered for disease resistance or bigger and better fruits..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Genetic engineering.

• Genetic engineering exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to describe bacterial cells engineered to produce useful substances such as human insulin..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Genetic engineering.

• Genetic engineering exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain potential benefits and risks of genetic engineering in agriculture..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Genetic engineering.