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Bitesize GCSE Biology

Dr Alex Lathbridge takes you through the main things you need to know for your GCSE Biology exam.

Sounds,9 episodes

Episodes

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Series 1: The Cell
1. Cell Structure
Dr Alex Lathbridge breaks down the key facts about cell structure.
23 Mar 2023,11 mins
Series 1: The Cell
2. Stem Cells
How cells differ in plants and animals and why they're really useful for scientists.
23 Mar 2023,9 mins
Series 1: The Cell
3. Specialised animal and plant cells
Dr Alex Lathbridge breaks down the key facts about specialised animal and plant cells.
23 Mar 2023,9 mins
Series 1: The Cell
4. DNA and the genome
Key facts about DNA: what it is, how it's made and how it works.
23 Mar 2023,9 mins
Series 1: The Cell
5. Protein synthesis
How proteins are made during the processes of transcription and translation.
23 Mar 2023,8 mins
Series 1: The Cell
6. Mitosis and meiosis
Dr Alex Lathbridge breaks down the key facts about cell division.
23 Mar 2023,10 mins
Series 1: The Cell
7. Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
The three ways that things move in and out of cells.
23 Mar 2023,9 mins
Series 1: The Cell
8. Photosynthesis
How plants and algae make their own food by taking energy from sunlight to make glucose.
23 Mar 2023,8 mins
Series 1: The Cell
9. Respiration
How living things break down glucose to release energy, carbon dioxide and water.
23 Mar 2023,10 mins