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Concise Revision Course: CSEC® Biology
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Book Description
The CSEC® Biology Concise Revision Course provides full coverage of the CSEC® Biology syllabus. This book provides comprehensive and authoritative guidance for the course. It adopts a practical, supportive approach to help students with their learning. Revision exam and assessment guidance questions throughout consolidate this learning.
• Full coverage of the CSEC® Biology course
• Advice on organising your revision includes tips on exam technique, explanations of exam command words, and guidance on drawing graphs, tables and diagrams
• Revision questions at the end of each topic help to secure knowledge and understanding
• Exam-style questions at the end of each section provide effective practice for the actual exam
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- The pathway to success
- 1 An introduction to living organisms
- The characteristics of living organisms
- Classification of living organisms
- Revision questions
- 2 Living organisms in their environment
- Definitions
- Carrying out an ecological study
- The impact of abiotic factors on living organisms
- Revision questions
- 3 Interrelationships between living organisms
- Feeding relationships
- Symbiotic relationships
- Other interrelationships
- Energy flow in ecosystems
- Recycling
- Revision questions
- 4 The impact of humans on the environment
- The impact of human activities on natural resources
- The negative impact of human activity on the environment
- Conservation and restoration of the environment
- The growth and survival of populations
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 1 to 4
- 5 Cells
- Plant and animal cells
- Microbe cells
- Cell specialisation
- Revision questions
- Movement of substances into and out of cells
- Revision questions
- 6 The chemistry of living organisms
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Recognising carbohydrates, proteins and lipids
- Enzymes
- Revision questions
- 7 Nutrition
- The types of nutrition
- Photosynthesis in green plants
- Mineral nutrition in plants
- Revision questions
- Heterotrophic nutrition in humans
- A balanced diet
- Diet and the treatment andcontrol of disease
- Vegetarianism
- Revision questions
- Digestion in humans
- Absorption
- Egestion
- Assimilation
- Control of blood glucose levels
- Revision questions
- 8 Respiration and gaseous exchange
- Respiration
- Revision questions
- Gaseous exchange and breathing
- Breathing and gaseous exchange in humans
- The gaseous exchange surface in a fish
- Gaseous exchange in flowering plants
- The effects of smoking
- Revision questions
- 9 Transport systems
- Transport systems in multicellular organisms
- The circulatory system in humans
- Blood
- Blood and defence againstdisease
- Blood vessels
- The heart
- Circulation
- Revision questions
- Transport systems in flowering plants
- Movement of water through a flowering plant
- Movement of mineral salts through a flowering plant
- Storage of food in living organisms
- Revision questions
- 10 Excretion and osmoregulation
- Excretion
- The kidneys and excretion in humans
- Osmoregulation in humans
- Kidney failure and dialysis
- Revision questions
- 11 Movement
- Types of movement
- The human skeleton
- Functions of the human skeleton
- Movement in humans
- Movement of the human forelimb
- The importance of locomotion in animals
- Revision questions
- 12 Irritability
- Definitions
- Responses of green plants to stimuli
- Responses of invertebrates
- The nervous system of humans
- Simple reflex actions
- The human brain
- Physiological effects of drug abuse
- Social and economic effects of drug abuse
- Revision questions
- The human eye
- Sight defects and how they are corrected
- The human skin
- Revision questions
- 13 Growth
- Methods of measuring growth
- Growth in plants
- A comparison of growth in plants and animals
- Revision questions
- 14 Reproduction
- Asexual and sexual reproduction compared
- Sexual reproduction in humans
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Revision question
- Sexual reproduction in flowering plants
- Fertilisation in flowering plants
- Revision questions
- 15 Disease
- Vectors and the spread of pathogenic diseases
- Treatment and control of disease
- Physiological diseases
- Social, environmental and economic implications of disease
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 5 to 15
- 16 Inheritance and variation
- An introduction to chromosomes and genes
- Cell division
- Revision questions
- Inheritance
- Co-dominance
- Pedigree charts
- Mechanism of sex determination
- Sex-linked characteristics
- Some important genetic terms
- Variation
- Revision questions
- 17 Species, selection and genetic engineering
- Species
- The formation of new species – speciation
- Extinction of species
- The role of natural selection in biological evolution
- Artificial selection
- Genetic engineering
- Other applications of gene technology
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 16 to 17
- Index
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