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
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