Biology

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Free Biology study notes for Senior High School students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.

Basic Biology (1) Characteristics of Organisms

  • Commonality and diversity of organisms

  • Organisms and energy (metabolism and ATP)

  • Genetic information and DNA

  • Genetic information and protein synthesis

  • Inquiry: common features of diverse organisms

Basic Biology (2) Regulation of the Human Body

  • Transmission of information

  • Mechanisms maintaining the internal environment

  • The working of immunity

  • Inquiry: features of nervous, endocrine and immune regulation

Basic Biology (3) Biodiversity and Ecosystems

  • Vegetation and succession

  • Ecosystems and biological diversity

  • Ecosystem balance and conservation

  • Inquiry: diversity and organism-environment relationships

Biology (1) Evolution of Organisms

  • Origin of life and evolution of the cell

  • Changes in genes (mutation)

  • Changes in gene combinations

  • Mechanisms of evolution

  • Phylogeny and evolution of organisms

  • Phylogeny and evolution of humans

  • Inquiry: characteristics of evolution

Biology (2) Life Phenomena and Substances

Biology (3) Gene Expression and Development

  • Genetic information and its expression

  • Regulation of gene expression

  • Development and gene expression

  • Technologies for handling genes

  • Inquiry: characteristics of gene-expression regulation

Biology (4) Environmental Responses of Organisms

  • Reception of stimuli and response

  • Animal behaviour

  • Environmental responses of plants

  • Inquiry: features of responses to environmental change

Biology (5) Ecology and Environment

  • Populations

  • Biological communities

  • Material production and material cycling in ecosystems

  • Ecosystems and human life

  • Inquiry: relationships among organisms and with the environment

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