Unit 4: Maintaining the internal environment Biology
In order to survive, organisms must be able to maintain system structure and function in the face of changes in their external and internal environments. Changes in temperature and water availability, and the incidence and spread of infectious disease, …
Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
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
Unit 1: Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life Biology
The current view of the biosphere as a dynamic system composed of Earth’s diverse, interrelated and interacting ecosystems developed from the work of eighteenth and nineteenth century naturalists, who collected, classified, measured and mapped the distribution …
Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Heredity and continuity of life Biology
Heredity is an important biological principle as it explains why offspring (cells or organisms) resemble their parent cell or organism. Organisms require cellular division and differentiation for growth, development, repair and sexual reproduction. In …
Unit 3 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Biology Biology
Units Biology is the study of the fascinating diversity of life as it has evolved and as it interacts and functions. Investigation of biological systems and their interactions, from cellular processes to ecosystem dynamics, has led to biological knowledge …
Structure of Biology | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL114
Endothermic animals have varying thermoregulatory mechanisms that involve structural features, behavioural responses and physiological and homeostatic mechanisms to control heat exchange and metabolic activity
ACSBL114 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL110
Homeostasis involves a stimulus-response model in which change in external or internal environmental conditions is detected and appropriate responses occur via negative feedback; in vertebrates, receptors and effectors are linked via a control centre …
ACSBL110 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL125
The spread of a specific disease involves a wide range of interrelated factors (for example, persistence of the pathogen within hosts, the transmission mechanism, the proportion of the population that are immune or have been immunised, and the mobility …
ACSBL125 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum