Cambridge Pre-U Syllabus - Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge Pre-U Syllabus - Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge Pre-U Syllabus - Cambridge International Examinations
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58<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>Pre</strong>-U Draft<br />
Reagents, materials and apparatus required for investigations using DNA and electrophoresis – see, for<br />
example:<br />
www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/worksheets/scotland/dna.htm<br />
[H] – Appropriate disinfectants<br />
Gibberellin, auxin<br />
Ecological/fieldwork equipment<br />
Apparatus for sampling, e.g. ‘open’ and ‘grid’ quadrats, point quadrats<br />
Apparatus for measuring abiotic factors, e.g. oxygen meter, flow meter, etc.<br />
Beating tray (‘homemade’)<br />
Pooter (‘homemade’)<br />
Sweeping net (muslin)<br />
Plankton net and dip net (if aquatic environment is being sampled)<br />
Pitfall trap/jam jar; suitable cover to prevent water entry<br />
Trays for hand sorting<br />
Specimens<br />
Flowers of monoecious and dioecious species<br />
Flowers and pollen of wind-pollinated and insect-pollinated plants<br />
Seeds of a C3 plant and of a C4 plant<br />
Cereal seed<br />
Dwarf/bush pea or sweet pea seeds<br />
Variety of endospermous seeds and non-endospermous seeds<br />
Cultures of live yoghurt<br />
Appropriate cultures of microorganisms, e.g. Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis<br />
Insect (e.g. locust or cockroach), fish (complete or head only), and mammalian trachea and lungs to<br />
investigate gas exchange systems<br />
Examples of animal and plant cells/tissues to use for temporary mounts<br />
Examples of organisms representing the three Kingdoms that are not animals or plants<br />
Protoctista (e.g. Amoeba, Euglena, Paramecia, Vorticella or locally available equivalents); Prokaryotae (e.g.<br />
bacterial smear, cyanobacteria); Fungi (e.g. yeast, Penicillium)<br />
Prokaryote and eukaryote fossils as real specimens, simulations, and various types of image<br />
<strong>Pre</strong>pared microscope slides<br />
Mitosis and meiosis<br />
Anther and ovule<br />
VS fruit of Zea mays, VS fruit of Capsella or other plant with non-endospermous seeds<br />
TS stem, TS root and TS leaf of a dicotyledonous mesophyte (e.g. Ligustrum or Prunus or local equivalent)<br />
TS stem, TS leaf of a dicotyledonous hydrophyte (e.g. Nuphar, Nymphaea or local equivalent)<br />
TS leaf of a xerophyte (e.g. Erica, Ammophila, Nerium or local equivalent)<br />
Stomach and ileum<br />
Pancreas and pituitary gland<br />
Heart, arteries, veins and capillaries<br />
Mammalian blood smear<br />
Liver<br />
Kidney<br />
TS spinal cord, cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, nerves<br />
teased myelinated neurones