Term 1
Biosphere and biomes - (not a lot, just definitions mostly)
What is a biome definition
What is a biosphere definition
What is Ecosystem definition
What is Ecology definition
Identify biome
Environment and ecosystems -
Know definitions
Abiotic and biotic -
Know definitions
Energy flow -
Difference between food chain and web
Web is a lot of chains
Know trophic levels
Know energy decreases with each trophic level
Water and oxygen cycles -
Study flow charts to understand the cycles
Classification schemes and main groupings-
Know the two naming systems (binominal, genus and species, genus always capital)
Underline everything ^
Main grouping (protista, animalia, plantae, etc.)
Term 2
History of life -
Geological time scale etc.
About 43 marks
Cambrium explosion, what it is and what it meant
Hard study this topic
Know what is a mass extinction, when is it classified as mass extinction
Know relative dating and radiometric
Chemistry of life -
33 Marks
Know vitamins and minerals etc. Deficiency and function for multiple choice
Don’t rly have to know mono, di saccharide etc (fructose, galactose, etc.) (know terminology)
Organic compound
Function and structure of cells (importantish)
Know magnification for this topic (def there, 3-5 marks)
Know the organelles definitions
Drawing mitochondria or chloroplast know diagrams
Term 3
Cell division -
Mitosis
90 marks
Give diagrams, arrange diagrams, labels, draw the next phase, centromere and centriole are
different
Cancer, what is cancer, what causes cancer
Animal and plant tissues -
Diagrams, identify what tissue (cardiac muscle, etc.)
Structure of the leaf, know cuticle
Transport system in plants -
Transpiration, transpiration pull, capillarity, etc. Know all phases
Path way of water
Know diff between dicot stem cross section and root cross section
Labels and functions
Support system in animals -
Human skeleton, know skeleton, bones, labels and functions
Support, protection of organs (heart by rib cage)
Term 4
Transport system in animals
Path way of blood, talk about oxygenated or deoxygenated blood
Label interior of the heart
Know cardiac cycle, timings of systole diastole etc.
Know muscle that seperated the two sides of the heart, all labels (septum)
Know pedicardium sac
Know the double circulatorial system (heart to lungs, heart to body)
Structure, labels and functions
Remember the conducting tissue (SA node, AV node, fibers of purkinje)