FHSST Biology/Contents/Index

Detailed Index

Section 1: Tissues, Cells and Molecular StudiesEdit

Chapter 1: Cells and geneticsEdit

  1. Cell Structure 
  2. Micro-organism structure
  3. Tissues and organs
  4. DNA and chromosomes
  5. Cell division
    1. Mitosis
    2. Meiosis
  6. Genes, inheritance and genetic disorders
  7. Disease and immunity

Chapter 2: Indigenous knowledge systems and biotechnologyEdit

  1. Food industry
  2. Traditional techonologies
  3. Medical biotechnologies
  4. Genetic engineering
  5. Cloning
  6. DNA fingerprinting and forensics

Chapter 3: Ethics and legislationEdit

  1. Tissue culture
  2. Cloning
  3. Genetic modification
  4. Beliefs, attitudes and values
    1. Diseases
    2. Genetic counselling

Section 2: Structure, Control and Processes in basic life systems of Plants and HumansEdit

Chapter 1: EnergyEdit

  1. Photosynthesis
  2. Energy release

Chapter 2: FoodEdit

  1. Manufacture and preservation
  2. Human nutrition
  3. Related diseases and allergies

Chapter 3: Mass transport systemsEdit

  1. Plants
    1. Gaseous exchange
    2. Water transport
  2. Humans
    1. Gaseous exchange, related diseases and allergies
    2. Blood transport and related diseases
    3. Blood transfusions and life support systems
    4. Endocrine system and related diseases
    5. Excretion

Chapter 4: Other Systems and ethicsEdit

  1. Nervous system
  2. Support systems in plants and humans
  3. Reproduction
    1. Reproductive systems
    2. Related diseases
    3. Reproduction ethics
      1. Sperm banks
      2. Surrogacy
      3. Test Tube babies
      4. Abortion
  4. Sexuality ethics

Section 3: Environmental StudiesEdit

Chapter 1: EcosystemsEdit

  1. Biospheres, biomes and ecosystems
  2. Resources
    1. Biotic (living) and Abiotic (non-living) resources
    2. Nutrient cycles
    3. Energy flow within environments

Chapter 2: Human InfluenceEdit

  1. Air
    1. Ozone, global warming and the greenhouse effect
    2. Acid rain
  2. Land
  3. Water
  4. Industrialisation
  5. Effect of pollutants on humans

Chapter 3: Resource ManagementEdit

  1. Exploitation
  2. Sustainability
  3. Eco-tourism
  4. Rehabilitation of environments
  5. Waste management
  6. Air, land and water-born disease management

Chapter 4: Land issuesEdit

  1. Ownership and use
  2. Urban decay
  3. Agriculture
  4. Nature and game reserves
  5. Deforestation and desertification
  6. Political, legal, economic, ethical and environmental influences

Chapter 5: Local environmental issuesEdit

Section 4: Diversity, Change and ContinuityEdit

Chapter 1: History and nature of scienceEdit

Chapter 2: BiodiversityEdit

  1. Biodiversity studies
  2. Significance and value of Biodiversity
  3. Threats to biodiversity
  4. Conservation
    1. Conservation methods and ethics
    2. Species extinction
    3. Red Data book
    4. Endangered species list

Chapter 3: Population studiesEdit

  1. Characteristics
  2. Growth and fluctuation
  3. Limiting factors
  4. Social behaviour
    1. Predation
    2. Competition
  5. Managing populations

Chapter 4: Parasitism and diseaseEdit

Chapter 5: Origin of speciesEdit

  1. Theories
    1. Evolution
    2. Mutation
    3. Adaptation
    4. Natural selection
    5. Macro-evolution
    6. Speciation
    7. Creationism
  2. Fossil studies
  3. South Africa as the cradle of mankind?
  4. Mass extinction theories
  5. Biological evidence for evolutionary populations