Section 1 The Cell
1.1 Chemical constituents
1.2 Cell structure
1.3 Transport of substances in and out of the cell
1.4 Enzymes
Section 2 Energetics
2.1 Photosynthesis
2.2 Chemosynthesis
2.3 Respiration
Section 3 Genetics and Evolution
3.1 Genetics
3.2 Evolution
Section 4 Variety of Life and Relations of Organisms with their Environment
4.1 Variety of life
4.2 Classification
4.3 Ecology
Section 5 Human Activities and the Environment
5.1 Human impact on the environment
5.2 Human responsibility for environmental conservation
Section 6 Health and Diseases
6.1 Some factors affecting health
6.2 Transmission of pathogens and prevention of infection
6.3 Defence against pathogens
6.4 Some non-infectious diseases
Section 7 Nutrition
7.1 Modes of nutrition
7.2 Nutrients required by photosynthetic plants
7.3 Heterotrophic nutrition
Section 8 Gas Exchange and Transport
8.1 Gas exchange
8.2 Transport
Section 9 Support and Movement
9.1 Support in animals
9.2 Movement in animals
9.3 Support in plants
9.4 Movement in plants
Section 10 Sensitivity, Response and Coordination
10.1 Detection of environmental conditions in mammals
10.2 Nervous coordination in mammals
10.3 Hormonal coordination in mammals
10.4 Response to the environment in flowering plants
Section 11 Homeostasis
11.1 Homeostasis
11.2 Water balance
11.2 Regulation of body temperature
11.3 Regulation of blood glucose level
Section 12 Continuity of life, Growth and Development
12.1 Reproduction
12.2 Growth and development
Section 13 Practical work (subsumed in the teaching periods suggested for Sections 1-12.)