Biology

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Free Biology study notes for Common Test for University Admissions students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.

Foundation content (Basic Biology)

  • Characteristics of living things and energy

  • Genes and their functions

  • Regulation of the human body and immunity

  • Biodiversity and ecosystems

Evolution of organisms

  • Origin of life and evolution of the cell

  • Mutation and changes in traits

  • Recombination of gene combinations (linkage and crossing over)

  • Mechanisms of evolution and speciation

  • Phylogeny and the three domains

  • Phylogeny and evolution of humans

Life phenomena and substances

  • Cells and molecules (biomembranes, nucleic acids, cytoskeleton)

  • Life phenomena and proteins, enzymes

  • Respiration and ATP synthesis

  • Photosynthesis and ATP synthesis

Expression of genetic information and development

  • DNA replication

  • Transcription, translation and splicing

  • Regulation of gene expression

  • Development and gene expression

  • Techniques for handling genes

Environmental responses of organisms

  • Reception of stimuli and response (eye and muscle)

  • Nervous system, transmission and memory

  • Animal behaviour

  • Plant hormones and environmental responses

  • Plant growth: gametes, fertilization and embryogenesis

Ecology and environment

  • Populations and intraspecific interactions

  • Communities and interspecific interactions

  • Production and energy flow in ecosystems

  • Material cycling (carbon and nitrogen)

  • Ecosystems and human life

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