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Topic 7: Human Nutrition

5 subtopics · Diet, the digestive system, the three enzymes, and how absorption works

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Heads up — every Biology exam here is Challenge level. There are no standard mocks for Biology: all six papers for this topic are deliberately harder than a normal Cambridge paper. So read your scores in that light — a mark that looks low here would usually be higher on a real paper.
7.1
Diet — Seven Nutrients and Two Deficiency Diseases
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The seven nutrients, their sources and jobs, and what goes wrong without them
7.2
The Digestive System — Organs and the Five Processes
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Ingestion to egestion, and which organ does what
7.3
Physical Digestion — Teeth, Churning and Bile
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Why physical digestion matters and what bile actually does
7.4
Chemical Digestion — The Three Enzymes
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Amylase, protease and lipase — substrate, product and where each works
7.5
Absorption — Getting Nutrients Into the Blood
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The villus, its adaptations, and the route each nutrient takes
7.6
Exam Technique & the Vocabulary That Scores
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The precise words Cambridge wants and the marks people throw away
📝 Topic 7 Challenge Exams
3 × Paper 2 (MCQ) · 3 × Paper 4 (Theory) · all Challenge level
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