Unit 2: Cells and multicellular organisms Biology
The cell is the basic unit of life. Although cell structure and function are very diverse, all cells possess some common features: all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells need to exchange materials with their immediate external environment in order to maintain …
Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL044
Cells require inputs of suitable forms of energy, including light energy or chemical energy in complex molecules, and matter, including gases, simple nutrients, ions, and removal of wastes, to survive
ACSBL044 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL052
Photosynthesis is a biochemical process that in plant cells occurs in the chloroplast and that uses light energy to synthesise organic compounds; the overall process can be represented as a balanced chemical equation
ACSBL052 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL053
Cellular respiration is a biochemical process that occurs in different locations in the cytosol and mitochondria and metabolises organic compounds, aerobically or anaerobically, to release useable energy in the form of ATP; the overall process can be …
ACSBL053 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum