FHSST Biology/Contents/Index

Detailed Index

Chapter 1: Cells and genetics

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

Chapter 2: Indigenous knowledge systems and biotechnology

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

Chapter 3: Ethics and legislation

 * 1) Tissue culture
 * 2) Cloning
 * 3) Genetic modification
 * 4) Beliefs, attitudes and values
 * 5) Diseases
 * 6) Genetic counselling

Chapter 1: Energy
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 * 1)  [[FHSST_Biology/Contents/Index/SCP/Energy/Photosynthesis|Photosynthesis
 * 1)  Energy release

Chapter 2: Food

 * 1)  Manufacture and preservation
 * 2)  Human nutrition
 * 3)  Related diseases and allergies

Chapter 3: Mass transport systems

 * 1) Plants
 * 2) Gaseous exchange
 * 3) Water transport
 * 4) Humans
 * 5) Gaseous exchange, related diseases and allergies
 * 6) Blood transport and related diseases
 * 7) Blood transfusions and life support systems
 * 8) Endocrine system and related diseases
 * 9) Excretion

Chapter 4: Other Systems and ethics

 * 1) Nervous system
 * 2) Support systems in plants and humans
 * 3) Reproduction
 * 4) Reproductive systems
 * 5) Related diseases
 * 6) Reproduction ethics
 * 7) Sperm banks
 * 8) Surrogacy
 * 9) Test Tube babies
 * 10) Abortion
 * 11) Sexuality ethics

Chapter 1: Ecosystems

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

Chapter 2: Human Influence
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 * 1) [[FHSST_Biology/Contents/Index/ES/Human Influence/Air|Air
 * 1) Ozone, global warming and the greenhouse effect
 * 2) Acid rain
 * 3) Land
 * 4) Water
 * 5) Industrialisation
 * 6) Effect of pollutants on humans

Chapter 3: Resource Management

 * 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 issues
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 * 1) Ownership and use
 * 2) [[FHSST_Biology/Contents/Index/ES/Land issues/Urban decay|Urban decay
 * 1) Agriculture
 * 2) [[FHSST_Biology/Contents/Index/ES/Land issues/Nature and game reserves|Nature and game reserves
 * 1) Deforestation and desertification
 * 2) Political, legal, economic, ethical and environmental influences

Chapter 2: Biodiversity

 * 1) Biodiversity studies
 * 2) Significance and value of Biodiversity
 * 3) Threats to biodiversity
 * 4) Conservation
 * 5) Conservation methods and ethics
 * 6) Species extinction
 * 7) Red Data book
 * 8) Endangered species list

Chapter 3: Population studies

 * 1) Characteristics
 * 2) Growth and fluctuation
 * 3) Limiting factors
 * 4) Social behaviour
 * 5) Predation
 * 6) Competition
 * 7) Managing populations

Chapter 5: Origin of species

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