The following document contains my structured and easy to read condensed notes filled with great diagrams for all of Biology AQA A level. The boxes for every chapter contain all the concepts you need to know for each chapter with the notes are followed below. Notes are bite sized and will help with...
Energy transfer in and between organisms
● Photosynthesis
○ Light dependant reaction in the grana/thylakoids
○ Light independent reaction/Calvin cycle in the stroma
● Respiration
○ Glycolysis
○ Aerobic respiration
■ Link reaction
■ Krebs cycle
■ Oxidative phosphorylation
○ Anaerobic respiration
■ Lactate (animals)
■ Ethanol and CO2 (plants and microorganisms)
● Energy and ecosystems
○ Food chains
■ Biomass
■ Productivity
○ Use of natural and artificial fertiliser
○ Nutrient cycles
■ Carbon cycle
■ Nitrogen cycle
■ Phosphorus cycle
● Biological processes need energy
● Photosynthesis
○ Stores energy in glucose
, ○ In the chloroplasts
■ The light dependant reaction (LDR)
● Needs light energy
● In the thylakoid membranes
● Photoionisation - oxidation of chlorophyll using light energy
● Photolysis
● Photophosphorylation - cyclic/non-cyclic
■ The light independent reaction (LIR)/calvin cycle
● In the stroma
● CO2 reacts with RuBP to form 2 molecules of GP, catalysed by
rubisco enzyme
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