What this topic covers
B6: Global challenges has 3 subtopics:
- B6.1 Monitoring and maintaining the environment
- B6.2 Feeding the human race
- B6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health
GCSE OCR Higher Biology
B6: Global challenges – GCSE OCR Higher Biology revision notes
Revise B6: Global challenges for GCSE OCR Higher Biology, including B6.1 Monitoring and maintaining the environment and B6.2 Feeding the human race.
Environment, food security and health challenges. 69 lessons in 3 subtopics.
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Subtopics
B6: Global challenges lessons by subtopic
69 lessons, grouped by subtopic.
B6.1 Monitoring and maintaining the environment
- Environmental Factors Affecting Ecosystems
- Evaluating Environmental Change Impact
- What is Biodiversity and Why Does it Matter?
- Human Impact on Biodiversity
- Types and Sources of Pollution
- Human Impact on Pollution and Biodiversity
- How Human Activities Reduce Land for Wildlife
- Causes of Large-Scale Deforestation
- Understanding Global Warming and Its Biological Impact
- Human Impacts on Biodiversity
- Conservation Programmes and Habitat Protection
- Global and Local Environmental Solutions
B6.2 Feeding the human race
- What is Selective Breeding and How Does it Work?
- The Impact and Problems of Selective Breeding
- The Process of Genetic Engineering
- Applications of Genetic Engineering
- Benefits, Risks and Ethics of Genetic Engineering
- Animal Cloning Techniques
- Plant Cloning Methods
- What is Food Security and Its Challenges
- Biological and Environmental Threats to Food Security
- Improving Food Production Efficiency in Farming
- Declining Fish Stocks and Their Conservation
- Biotechnology Solutions for Food Production
- GM Crops and Improved Nutrition
B6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health
- Setting up sterile cultures and bacterial growth
- Measuring and calculating bacterial populations
- What are stem cells and where are they found?
- Medical uses and applications of stem cells
- Stem cells in agriculture and conservation
- Understanding Coronary Heart Disease and Its Treatments
- Heart Valve Problems and Heart Failure Solutions
- Evaluating Cardiovascular Disease Treatments
- Understanding Health and Disease Interactions
- Immune System Problems and Allergic Reactions
- Analysing Disease Data and Epidemiology
- Risk Factors and Lifestyle Effects on Health (Part 1/2)
- Risk Factors and Lifestyle Effects on Health (Part 2/2)
- The Impact and Data Analysis of Non-Communicable Diseases
- Understanding Cancer and Tumour Types
- Cancer Risk Factors
- Types of Pathogens and How They Spread
- How Pathogens Cause Disease
- Preventing the Spread of Disease
- Common Viral Diseases
- Food Poisoning - Salmonella Infection
- Sexually Transmitted Infections - Gonorrhoea
- Rose Black Spot Disease
- Malaria: A Protist Disease
- Physical Barriers Against Pathogens
- The Immune System Response
- How Vaccination Works
- Individual and Population Protection Through Vaccination
- How Antibiotics Work and Their Limitations
- Treating Symptoms vs Killing Pathogens
- Sources of medicines and their discovery
- Testing new medicines: from laboratory to clinic
- Clinical trials and finding the right dose
- What are monoclonal antibodies and their key properties
- The hybridoma technique for producing monoclonal antibodies
- Diagnostic and Laboratory Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies
- Therapeutic Uses and Limitations of Monoclonal Antibodies
- Recognising Plant Disease Symptoms
- Methods for Identifying Plant Diseases
- Mineral Deficiencies in Plants
- Physical Defence Responses in Plants
- Chemical Defence Responses in Plants
- How Antibiotic Resistance Develops
- Preventing Antibiotic Resistance
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