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Describe and compare the structures of animal and plant cells, and state the functions of the cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosomes, cell wall, chloroplasts and vacuole

Describe the structure of a bacterial cell, including the cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, circular DNA and plasmids, and state that new cells are produced by division of existing cells

Explain how ciliated cells, root hair cells, palisade mesophyll cells, neurones, red blood cells, sperm cells and egg cells are adapted to their functions

Describe the levels of organisation of a multicellular organism as cells, tissues, organs, organ systems and organism, with examples of each

Use the formula magnification = image size ÷ actual size to calculate magnification and actual size in millimetres, and convert between millimetres and micrometres at Extended

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