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1)The domain and process of science The method and practice of scientific inquiry           2

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1)The domain and process of science

The method and practice of scientific inquiry

 

 

 

 

 

2. The chemical basis of life

 

3. The cell as the basic unit of life

 

4. The different sizes and types of cells and how cells are studied.

 

5. The basic structures found in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

 

6. The synthesis of macromolecules is a major function of cells.

 

7. Cells carry out energy transformations.

 

8. Evolution and the diversity of life (Ch 1)

 

 

 

 

9. DNA and the continuity of life

10. The interrelationships of living organisms (Ch 6)

 

11 Autotrophs are the producers of the biosphere.

 

12 Photosynthesis helps moderate global climate change.

 

13. The concept of organizational levels and the emergent properties of life

 

14. The basic conditions that define life. The characteristics that describe living organisms

 

 

 

 

15. Be able to compare the major kingdoms of living organisms.

 

Concept 3 Chemistry of life (Ch 2, 3 and 6)

1. The chemical basis for life, including both inorganic and organic molecules.

The structure and chemical properties of atoms

 

 

 

Concept 4 Metabolism (Ch 5)

1. Understand and be able to compare the metabolic processes carried out by living organisms in the different kingdoms.

Energy and the laws that govern energy transformations.

                                                                                                                  

 

 

2. The inter-relationships of these metabolic processes.

 

Concept 5 Cell biology (Ch 4&5)

1. The structure and function of cellular components

The functions of vesicles and vacuoles, the cytoskeleton and cellular junctions.

 

 

 

 

2. Compare cellular organization among the kingdoms.

See Concept 2 Unity and diversity of life (Ch 1) 3. Be able to compare the major kingdoms of living organisms.

 

 

Concept 6 Cell division and reproduction (Ch 8)

1. The events of the cell cycle

                                                 

 

2. Predict resulting offspring from various parental crosses

Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses are used to show Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance.

 

3. The relationship between chromosomal behavior and genetic transmission

Chromosomes are the carriers of genes.

 

Concept 8 Molecular genetics (Ch 10)

1. The chemistry of DNA including its structure, replication and expression

 

Concept 9 Evolutionary biology and population genetics

1. The diversity of life existing today has arisen through the process of evolution. (Ch 13) Evolution is the unifying concept in biology that explains the relationships of all living things.

The development of evolutionary theory.

 

 

2. Understand and be able to describe the forces that increase and decrease genetic diversity in a population.

Species have been defined in more than 1 way.

 

 

 

Concept 10 Diversity of life

 

1. Be able to compare the major kingdoms of living organisms

The fossil record reveals the history of life on Earth.