Biology in Focus Year 11

✍ Scribed by Glenda Chidrawi; Sarah Bradstock; Margaret Robson; Elizabeth Thrum; Stephanie Hollis; Sarah Jones

• Publisher: Cengage
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 440
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Pages
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Author and reviewer teams
Acknowledgements
Using Biology in Focus
Syllabus Mapping
Chapter 1: Working scientifically and depth studies
The nature of biology
Solving scientific problems: depth studies
Planning your depth study
Communicating your understanding
Module 1: Cells as the basis of life
Chapter 2: Cell structure and technologies
Types of cells
 Technologies used to determine cell structure
 Sizes of cells
 Organelles in cells
 Cell membranes – gateway to cells
  Chapter summary
Chapter review questions
Chapter 3: Cell function
Movement of materials in and out of cells
Cell requirements
Enzymes
Biochemical processes in cells
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
End-of-module review
Module 2: Organisation of living things
Chapter 4: Organisation of cells
Comparing different types of organisms
Structural organisation of multicellular organisms
Cell organisation, specialisation and functioning
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
Chapter 5: Nutrient and gas requirements
 Autotroph structure and function
 Gas exchange structures
Mammalian digestive system
Comparing nutrient and gas requirements
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
Chapter 6: Transport
Transport systems in plants
Hypotheses, theories and models about plant function
Transport systems in animals
 Change in composition of the transport medium
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
End-of-module review
Module 3: Biological diversity
Chapter 7: Effects of the environment on organisms
 Ecosystems
Selection pressures in an ecosystem
Changes in populations over time
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
Chapter 8: Adaptations and survival
Adaptations
Structural adaptations
Physiological adaptations
Behavioural adaptations
Charles Darwin, adaptations and natural selection
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
Chapter 9: The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
 Biological diversity and the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
 Microevolutionary changes and speciation
Using Darwin and Wallace’s ideas: convergent evolution and divergent evolution
Punctuated equilibrium versus gradualism
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
Chapter 10: Evidence to support the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
 Evidence in support of the Theory
Modern examples of evolutionary change
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
End-of-module review
Module 4: Ecosystem dynamics
Chapter 11: Population dynamics
Organisation within ecosystems
 A recent extinction event: the Australian megafauna
  Chapter summary
Chapter review questions
Chapter 12: Past ecosystems
 Analysing palaeontological and geological evidence
 Using technology to investigate the past
 Evolution of Australian biota
Changing Australian ecosystems: abiotic and biotic changes over time
  Chapter summary
  Chapter review questions
Chapter 13: Future management of ecosystems
 Human-induced changes in ecosystems
 Models to predict impacts on biodiversity
 Restoring damaged ecosystems
  Chapter summary
Chapter review questions
End-of-module review
Appendix
Answers
Glossary
Index