Unit 1: Assessment criteria

1. Identify the different levels of organisation of living things, define the concept of biomolecule and recognise both organic and inorganic biomolecules.
2. Recognise human cells as heterotrophic and eukaryotic and define these concepts
3. Explain how a multicellular organism grows.
4. Explain the process of cell differentiation.
5. Explain what a stem cell is and what we can use them for in Medicines.
6. Given a diagram of a cell, recognize the organelles , explain their functions and describe their structure.
7. Explain what a tissue, an organ and a system are and give examples of each level of organization.
8. Classify and describe the function of the different kinds of human tissues.
9. Given an image of a tissue, recognise the type of tissue.
10. Know the main characteristics of optical and electron microscopes.