Variation and evolution exam tips

Exam tips

• Genetic engineering exam tip 1

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

  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 objections some people have to genetic engineering and GM crops..

  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 GM crops may be resistant to insect attack or herbicides and may have increased yields..

  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 concerns about effects of GM crops on wild flowers, insects and human health..

  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 (HT only) that enzymes isolate the required gene in genetic engineering..

  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 (HT only) inserting the required gene into a vector such as a bacterial plasmid or virus..

  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 (HT only) using the vector to insert the gene into the required cells at an early stage of development..

  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 interpret information about genetic engineering techniques and make informed judgements about cloning, genetic engineering and GM crops..

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

• Cloning (biology only) exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to describe tissue culture as using small groups of plant cells to grow identical new plants..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Cloning (biology only).

• Cloning (biology only) exam tip 1

  Use precise biological vocabulary when you explain how to explain why tissue culture is useful for preserving rare plant species and commercial nurseries..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Cloning (biology only).