Compare, Distinguish and List terms
Compare: Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items, referring to
both (all) of them throughout.
Compare the relative sizes of molecules, cell membrane thickness, viruses, bacteria,
organelles
and cells, using the appropriate SI unit.
Compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Compare the use of carbohydrates and lipids in energy storage.
Compare the structure of RNA and DNA.
Compare growth due to apical and lateral meristems in dicotyledonous plants.
Compare the movements of the hip joint and the knee joint.
Compare the processes of spermatogenesis and oogenesis, including the number of gametes and
the timing of the formation and release of gametes.
Compare allopatric and sympatric speciation.
Compare convergent and divergent evolution.
Compare rod and cone cells.
Distinguish: Give the differences between two or more different items.
Distinguish between organic and inorganic compounds.
Distinguish between autotroph and heterotroph.
Distinguish between consumers, detritivores and saprotrophs.
Distinguish between the following phyla of plants, using simple external recognition features:
bryophyta, filicinophyta, coniferophyta and angiospermophyta.
Distinguish between the following phyla of animals, using simple external recognition features:
porifera, cnidaria, platyhelminthes, annelida, mollusca and arthropoda.
Distinguish between absorption and assimilation.
Distinguish between antigens and antibodies.
Distinguish between ventilation, gas exchange and cell respiration.
Distinguish between type I and type II diabetes.
Distinguish between unique or single-copy genes and highly repetitive sequences in nuclear DNA.
Distinguish between the sense and antisense strands of DNA.
Distinguish between pollination, fertilization and seed dispersal.
Distinguish between autosomes and sex chromosomes.
Distinguish between genetic and cultural evolution.
Distinguish, with examples, between analogous and homologous characteristics.
Distinguish between innate and learned behaviour.
List Give a sequence of names or other brief answers with no explanation.
List the functions of membrane proteins.
List three examples each of monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides.
List three factors that set limits to population increase.
List seven levels in the hierarchy of taxa—kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and
species—using an example from two different kingdoms for each level.
List three roles of testosterone in males.
List ways in which mineral ions in the soil move to the root.
List three examples of excitatory and three examples of inhibitory psychoactive drugs.