Defining Biology as a Field of Study

The Process and Limits of the Scientific Method

Principles of Experimentation

Common Features Shared by Living Organisms

Defining Life

The Characteristics of Living Things

Why Organisms Need Food

Chemical Elements Present in Food

Formation of Biomolecular Units

Biomolecule Types, Components and Food Sources

Anabolic and Catabolic Reactions

Structural Roles of Biomolecules

Metabolic Roles of Biomolecules

Mineral Requirements in Plants and Animals

Importance of Water to Organisms

Defining Ecology

Defining and Illustrating Ecosystems

The Biosphere

Defining Habitat

Abiotic, Biotic and Climatic Factors

Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

Ecological Niche

Nutrient Recycling: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

Human Impact: Pollution, Conservation and Waste

Limitations of the Pyramid of Numbers

Population Control: Competition, Predation, Parasitism, Symbiosis

Predator-Prey Dynamics and Human Population Change

Fieldwork Overview of a Selected Ecosystem

Selecting Apparatus for Ecological Study

Surveying Organism Distribution

Abiotic Factors and Habitat Choice

Structural, Competitive and Behavioural Adaptations

Constructing Food Webs from Field Data

Analysing and Reporting Ecological Study Results

Using the Light and Electron Microscope

Plant and Animal Cell Structure Under the Microscope

Cell Ultrastructure

Prokaryotic Versus Eukaryotic Cells

Defining Metabolism

Solar and Cellular Energy Sources

Enzyme Structure, Function and Immobilisation

Photosynthesis: Mechanism and Rate

Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration

Diffusion, Osmosis and Membrane Permeability

Active Site Theory and Enzyme Denaturation

Role of ATP and NADP in Cell Energy Transfer

Light and Dark Stages of Photosynthesis

Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle and Electron Transport

Cell Continuity and the Chromosome

Haploid and Diploid Number