The Francis School - On-Line High School

Biology

Text:  The Living Environment
Publisher:
  AMSCO
ISBN:  877200645


Unit 1 - Chapters 1-4
 Evolution
 The Process of Evolution
 Evidence of Evolution
 The Origin and Extinction of Species
 Human Evolution

Unit 1 Test: Evolution

Unit 2 - Chapters 5-9
 Energy, Matter, and Organization
 From Atoms to Cells
 Chemical Activity in the Cell
 The Flow of Energy-Photosynthesis and Respiration
 Getting Food to Cells: Nutrition
 Matter on Move: Gas Exchange and Transport

Unit 2 Test- Energy, Matter and Organization

   
  Unit 3 - Chapters 10-14
Maintaining a Dynamic Equilibrium
 The Need for Homeostasis
 Integration and Control: Nervous and Hormonal Regulation
 Animal Behavior
 Excretion and Water Balance
 Disease and Immunity, Wellness and Fitness

Unit 3 Test- Maintaining a Dynamic Equilibrium


Unit 4 - Chapters 15-18
 Reproduction, Growth, and Development
 How Cells Divide
 Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
 Human Reproduction
 Growth and Development


Unit 4 Test- Reproduction, Growth, and Development
 
Unit 5 - Chapters 19-23
 Genetics and Molecular Biology
 DNA Structure and Function
Genes and Gene Action
 Patterns of Inheritance
 Human Genetics
 Biotechnology

Unit 5 Test- Genetics and Molecular Biology


Unit 6 - Chapters 24-25
 Interaction and Interdependence
 An Introduction to Ecology
 Populations and Communities
 Ecosystems
 People and Environment
 
 Saving the Biosphere

 Unit 6 Test- Interaction and Independence

 

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