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Biology guide 25 25 Syllabus Syllabus content Recommended teaching hours Core 95 hours Topic 1: Cell biology 15 1.1 Introduction to cells 1.2 Ultrastructure of cells 1.3 Membrane structure 1.4 Membrane transport 1.5 The origin of cells 1.6 Cell division Topic 2: Molecular biology 21 2.1 Molecules to metabolism 2.2 Water 2.3 Carbohydrates and lipids 2.4 Proteins 2.5 Enzymes 2.6 Structure of DNA and RNA 2.7 DNA replication, transcription and translation 2.8 Cell respiration 2.9 Photosynthesis Topic 3: Genetics 15 3.1 Genes 3.2 Chromosomes 3.3 Meiosis 3.4 Inheritance 3.5 Genetic modification and biotechnology
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Page 1: Core 95 hours - Deer Valley Unified School District · Biology guide 2255 Syllabus Syllabus content Recommended teaching hours Core 95 hours Topic 1: Cell biology 15 1.1 Introduction

Biology guide 2525

Syllabus

Syllabus content

Recommended

teaching hours

Core 95 hours

Topic 1: Cell biology 15

1.1 Introduction to cells

1.2 Ultrastructure of cells

1.3 Membrane structure

1.4 Membrane transport

1.5 The origin of cells

1.6 Cell division

Topic 2: Molecular biology 21

2.1 Molecules to metabolism

2.2 Water

2.3 Carbohydrates and lipids

2.4 Proteins

2.5 Enzymes

2.6 Structure of DNA and RNA

2.7 DNA replication, transcription and translation

2.8 Cell respiration

2.9 Photosynthesis

Topic 3: Genetics 15

3.1 Genes

3.2 Chromosomes

3.3 Meiosis

3.4 Inheritance

3.5 Genetic modification and biotechnology

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Biology guide26

Recommended

teaching hours

Topic 4: Ecology 12

4.1 Species, communities and ecosystems

4.2 Energy flow

4.3 Carbon cycling

4.4 Climate change

Topic 5: Evolution and biodiversity 12

5.1 Evidence for evolution

5.2 Natural selection

5.3 Classification of biodiversity

5.4 Cladistics

Topic 6: Human physiology 20

6.1 Digestion and absorption

6.2 The blood system

6.3 Defence against infectious disease

6.4 Gas exchange

6.5 Neurons and synapses

6.6 Hormones, homeostasis and reproduction

Additional higher level (AHL) 60 hours

Topic 7: Nucleic acids 9

7.1 DNA structure and replication

7.2 Transcription and gene expression

7.3 Translation

Topic 8: Metabolism, cell respiration and photosynthesis 14

8.1 Metabolism

8.2 Cell respiration

8.3 Photosynthesis

Topic 9: Plant biology 13

9.1 Transport in the xylem of plants

9.2 Transport in the phloem of plants

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Recommended

teaching hours

9.3 Growth in plants

9.4 Reproduction in plants

Topic 10: Genetics and evolution 8

10.1 Meiosis

10.2 Inheritance

10.3 Gene pools and speciation

Topic 11: Animal physiology 16

11.1 Antibody production and vaccination

11.2 Movement

11.3 The kidney and osmoregulation

11.4 Sexual reproduction

Options 15 hours (SL)/25 hours (HL)

A: Neurobiology and behaviour

Core topics

A.1 Neural development

A.2 The human brain

A.3 Perception of stimuli

Additional higher level topics

A.4 Innate and learned behaviour

A.5 Neuropharmacology

A.6 Ethology

B: Biotechnology and bioinformatics

Core topics

B.1 Microbiology: organisms in industry

B.2 Biotechnology in agriculture

B.3 Environmental protection

Additional higher level topics

B.4 Medicine

B.5 Bioinformatics

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Biology guide28

C: Ecology and conservation

Core topics

C.1 Species and communities

C.2 Communities and ecosystems

C.3 Impacts of humans on ecosystems

C.4 Conservation of biodiversity

Additional higher level topics

C.5 Population ecology

C.6 Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles

D: Human physiology

Core topics

D.1 Human nutrition

D.2 Digestion

D.3 Functions of the liver

D.4 The heart

Additional higher level topics

D.5 Hormones and metabolism

D.6 Transport of respiratory gases

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29Biology guide 29

Co

re

Top

ic 1

: Ce

ll b

iolo

gy

15

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: T

he

ev

olu

tio

n o

f m

ult

ice

llula

r o

rga

nis

ms

all

ow

ed

ce

ll sp

eci

aliz

ati

on

an

d c

ell

rep

lace

me

nt.

1.1

In

tro

du

cti

on

to

ce

lls

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Loo

kin

g f

or

tre

nd

s a

nd

dis

cre

pa

nci

es—

alt

ho

ug

h m

ost

org

an

ism

s co

nfo

rm t

o c

ell

the

ory

, th

ere

are

exc

ep

tio

ns.

(3

.1)

Eth

ica

l im

plic

ati

on

s o

f re

sea

rch

—re

sea

rch

inv

olv

ing

ste

m c

ells

is g

row

ing

in im

po

rta

nce

an

d r

ais

es

eth

ica

l iss

ue

s. (4

.5)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Acc

ord

ing

to

th

e c

ell

the

ory

, liv

ing

org

an

ism

s a

re c

om

po

sed

of

cells

.

Org

an

ism

s co

nsi

stin

g o

f o

nly

on

e c

ell

carr

y o

ut

all

fun

cti

on

s o

f li

fe in

th

at

cell

.

Su

rfa

ce a

rea

to

vo

lum

e r

ati

o is

imp

ort

an

t in

th

e li

mit

ati

on

of

cell

size

.

Mu

ltic

ellu

lar

org

an

ism

s h

ave

pro

pe

rtie

s th

at

em

erg

e f

rom

th

e in

tera

cti

on

of

the

ir c

ellu

lar

com

po

ne

nts

.

Sp

eci

aliz

ed

tis

sue

s ca

n d

ev

elo

p b

y ce

ll d

iffe

ren

tia

tio

n in

mu

ltic

ellu

lar

org

an

ism

s.

Dif

fere

nti

ati

on

inv

olv

es

the

exp

ress

ion

of

som

e g

en

es

an

d n

ot

oth

ers

in a

cell

’s g

en

om

e.

Th

e c

ap

aci

ty o

f st

em

ce

lls t

o d

ivid

e a

nd

dif

fere

nti

ate

alo

ng

dif

fere

nt

pa

thw

ays

is n

ece

ssa

ry in

em

bry

on

ic d

ev

elo

pm

en

t a

nd

als

o m

ake

s st

em

ce

lls

suit

ab

le f

or

the

rap

eu

tic

use

s.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Ste

m c

ell

rese

arc

h h

as

de

pe

nd

ed

on

th

e w

ork

of

tea

ms

of

scie

nti

sts

in m

an

y

cou

ntr

ies

wh

o s

ha

re r

esu

lts

the

reb

y s

pe

ed

ing

up

th

e r

ate

of

pro

gre

ss.

Ho

we

ve

r, n

ati

on

al g

ov

ern

me

nts

are

infl

ue

nce

d b

y lo

cal,

cult

ura

l an

d r

elig

iou

s

tra

dit

ion

s th

at

imp

ac

t o

n t

he

wo

rk o

f sc

ien

tist

s a

nd

th

e u

se o

f st

em

ce

lls in

the

rap

y.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

ere

is a

dif

fere

nce

be

twe

en

th

e li

vin

g a

nd

th

e n

on

-liv

ing

en

vir

on

me

nt.

Ho

w a

re w

e a

ble

to

kn

ow

th

e d

iffe

ren

ce?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Th

e u

se o

f st

em

ce

lls in

th

e t

rea

tme

nt

of

dis

ea

se is

mo

stly

at

the

exp

eri

me

nta

l

sta

ge

, wit

h t

he

exc

ep

tio

n o

f b

on

e m

arr

ow

ste

m c

ells

. Sci

en

tist

s, h

ow

ev

er,

an

tici

pa

te t

he

use

of

ste

m c

ell

the

rap

ies

as

a s

tan

da

rd m

eth

od

of

tre

ati

ng

a w

ho

le r

an

ge

of

dis

ea

ses

in t

he

ne

ar

futu

re, i

ncl

ud

ing

he

art

dis

ea

se a

nd

dia

be

tes.

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Topic 1: Cell biology

Biology guide30

1.1

In

tro

du

cti

on

to

ce

lls

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Qu

est

ion

ing

th

e c

ell

the

ory

usi

ng

aty

pic

al e

xam

ple

s, in

clu

din

g

stri

ate

d m

usc

le, g

ian

t a

lga

e a

nd

ase

pta

te f

un

ga

l hy

ph

ae

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: In

ve

stig

ati

on

of

fun

cti

on

s o

f li

fe in

Pa

ram

eciu

m a

nd

on

e n

am

ed

ph

oto

syn

the

tic

un

ice

llula

r o

rga

nis

m.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

ste

m c

ells

to

tre

at

Sta

rga

rdt’

s d

ise

ase

an

d o

ne

oth

er

na

me

d c

on

dit

ion

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Eth

ics

of

the

th

era

pe

uti

c u

se o

f st

em

ce

lls f

rom

sp

eci

all

y cr

ea

ted

em

bry

os,

fro

m t

he

um

bili

cal c

ord

blo

od

of

a n

ew

-bo

rn b

ab

y a

nd

fro

m a

n

ad

ult

’s o

wn

tis

sue

s.

Sk

ill: U

se o

f a

lig

ht

mic

rosc

op

e t

o in

ve

stig

ate

th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f ce

lls a

nd

tiss

ue

s, w

ith

dra

win

g o

f ce

lls. C

alc

ula

tio

n o

f th

e m

ag

nif

ica

tio

n o

f d

raw

ing

s

an

d t

he

ac

tua

l siz

e o

f st

ruc

ture

s a

nd

ult

rast

ruc

ture

s sh

ow

n in

dra

win

gs

or

mic

rog

rap

hs.

(P

rac

tica

l 1)

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

are

exp

ec

ted

to

be

ab

le t

o n

am

e a

nd

bri

efl

y e

xpla

in t

he

se f

un

cti

on

s

of

life

: nu

trit

ion

, me

tab

olis

m, g

row

th, r

esp

on

se, e

xcre

tio

n, h

om

eo

sta

sis

an

d

rep

rod

uc

tio

n.

Ch

lore

lla o

r Sc

ened

esm

us

are

su

ita

ble

ph

oto

syn

the

tic

un

ice

lls, b

ut

Eug

len

a

sho

uld

be

av

oid

ed

as

it c

an

fe

ed

he

tero

tro

ph

ica

lly.

Sca

le b

ars

are

use

ful a

s a

way

of

ind

ica

tin

g a

ctu

al s

ize

s in

dra

win

gs

an

d

mic

rog

rap

hs.

Aim

s:

Aim

8: T

he

re a

re e

thic

al i

ssu

es

inv

olv

ed

in s

tem

ce

ll re

sea

rch

, wh

eth

er

hu

ma

ns

or

oth

er

an

ima

ls a

re u

sed

. Use

of

em

bry

on

ic s

tem

ce

lls in

vo

lve

s

the

de

ath

of

ea

rly

-sta

ge

em

bry

os,

bu

t if

th

era

pe

uti

c cl

on

ing

is s

ucc

ess

full

y

de

ve

lop

ed

th

e s

uff

eri

ng

of

pa

tie

nts

wit

h a

wid

e v

ari

ety

of

con

dit

ion

s co

uld

be

re

du

ced

.

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Topic 1: Cell biology

Biology guide 31

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Eu

ka

ryo

tes

hav

e a

mu

ch m

ore

co

mp

lex

cell

stru

ctu

re t

ha

n p

rok

ary

ote

s.

1.2

Ult

rast

ruc

ture

of

cell

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

ap

pa

ratu

s—th

e in

ve

nti

on

of

ele

ctr

on

mic

rosc

op

es

led

to

gre

ate

r u

nd

ers

tan

din

g o

f ce

ll st

ruc

ture

. (1.

8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Pro

ka

ryo

tes

hav

e a

sim

ple

ce

ll st

ruc

ture

wit

ho

ut

com

pa

rtm

en

taliz

ati

on

.

Eu

ka

ryo

tes

hav

e a

co

mp

art

me

nta

lize

d c

ell

stru

ctu

re.

Ele

ctr

on

mic

rosc

op

es

hav

e a

mu

ch h

igh

er

reso

luti

on

th

an

lig

ht

mic

rosc

op

es.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Str

uc

ture

an

d f

un

cti

on

of

org

an

ell

es

wit

hin

exo

crin

e g

lan

d c

ells

of

the

pa

ncr

ea

s a

nd

wit

hin

pa

lisa

de

me

sop

hy

ll ce

lls o

f th

e le

af.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Pro

ka

ryo

tes

div

ide

by

bin

ary

fis

sio

n.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

of

the

ult

rast

ruc

ture

of

pro

ka

ryo

tic

cells

ba

sed

on

ele

ctr

on

mic

rog

rap

hs.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

of

the

ult

rast

ruc

ture

of

eu

ka

ryo

tic

cells

ba

sed

on

ele

ctr

on

mic

rog

rap

hs.

Sk

ill: I

nte

rpre

tati

on

of

ele

ctr

on

mic

rog

rap

hs

to id

en

tify

org

an

ell

es

an

d

de

du

ce t

he

fu

nc

tio

n o

f sp

eci

aliz

ed

ce

lls.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Dra

win

gs

of

pro

ka

ryo

tic

cells

sh

ou

ld s

ho

w t

he

ce

ll w

all,

pili

an

d f

lag

ella

, an

d

pla

sma

me

mb

ran

e e

ncl

osi

ng

cy

top

lasm

th

at

con

tain

s 7

0S

rib

oso

me

s a

nd

a

nu

cle

oid

wit

h n

ake

d D

NA

.

Dra

win

gs

of

eu

ka

ryo

tic

cells

sh

ou

ld s

ho

w a

pla

sma

me

mb

ran

e e

ncl

osi

ng

cy

top

lasm

th

at

con

tain

s 8

0S

rib

oso

me

s a

nd

a n

ucl

eu

s, m

ito

cho

nd

ria

an

d

oth

er

me

mb

ran

e-b

ou

nd

org

an

ell

es

are

pre

sen

t in

th

e c

yto

pla

sm. S

om

e

eu

ka

ryo

tic

cells

hav

e a

ce

ll w

all

.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Mic

rosc

op

es

we

re in

ve

nte

d s

imu

lta

ne

ou

sly

in d

iffe

ren

t p

art

s o

f th

e w

orl

d a

t

a t

ime

wh

en

info

rma

tio

n t

rav

ell

ed

slo

wly

. Mo

de

rn-d

ay c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

s h

ave

all

ow

ed

fo

r im

pro

ve

me

nts

in t

he

ab

ility

to

co

llab

ora

te, e

nri

chin

g s

cie

nti

fic

en

de

avo

ur.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e w

orl

d t

ha

t w

e in

ha

bit

is li

mit

ed

by

th

e w

orl

d t

ha

t w

e s

ee

. Is

the

re a

ny

dis

tin

cti

on

to

be

dra

wn

be

twe

en

kn

ow

led

ge

cla

ims

de

pe

nd

en

t u

po

n

ob

serv

ati

on

s m

ad

e b

y se

nse

pe

rce

pti

on

an

d k

no

wle

dg

e c

laim

s d

ep

en

de

nt

up

on

ob

serv

ati

on

s a

ssis

ted

by

tech

no

log

y?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 4

.4 W

ave

be

hav

iou

r

Top

ic C

.1 In

tro

du

cti

on

to

ima

gin

g

Top

ic C

.3 F

ibre

op

tics

Aim

s:

Aim

8: D

ev

elo

pm

en

ts in

sci

en

ce, s

uch

as

ele

ctr

on

mic

rosc

op

y, c

an

hav

e

eco

no

mic

be

ne

fits

as

the

y g

ive

co

mm

erc

ial c

om

pa

nie

s o

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

ma

ke p

rofi

ts, b

ut

this

ca

n a

ffe

ct

coo

pe

rati

on

be

twe

en

sci

en

tist

s.

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Topic 1: Cell biology

Biology guide32

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f b

iolo

gic

al m

em

bra

ne

s m

ake

s th

em

flu

id a

nd

dy

na

mic

.

1.3

Me

mb

ran

e s

tru

ctu

re

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Usi

ng

mo

de

ls a

s re

pre

sen

tati

on

s o

f th

e r

ea

l wo

rld

—th

ere

are

alt

ern

ati

ve

mo

de

ls o

f m

em

bra

ne

str

uc

ture

. (1.

11)

Fals

ific

ati

on

of

the

ori

es

wit

h o

ne

th

eo

ry b

ein

g s

up

ers

ed

ed

by

an

oth

er—

ev

ide

nce

fa

lsif

ied

th

e D

avso

n-D

an

ielli

mo

de

l. (1

.9)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ph

osp

ho

lipid

s fo

rm b

ilaye

rs in

wa

ter

du

e t

o t

he

am

ph

ipa

thic

pro

pe

rtie

s o

f

ph

osp

ho

lipid

mo

lecu

les.

Me

mb

ran

e p

rote

ins

are

div

ers

e in

te

rms

of

stru

ctu

re, p

osi

tio

n in

th

e

me

mb

ran

e a

nd

fu

nc

tio

n.

Ch

ole

ste

rol i

s a

co

mp

on

en

t o

f a

nim

al c

ell

me

mb

ran

es.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ch

ole

ste

rol i

n m

am

ma

lian

me

mb

ran

es

red

uce

s m

em

bra

ne

flu

idit

y a

nd

pe

rme

ab

ility

to

so

me

so

lute

s.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

of

the

flu

id m

osa

ic m

od

el.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f e

vid

en

ce f

rom

ele

ctr

on

mic

rosc

op

y th

at

led

to

th

e p

rop

osa

l

of

the

Dav

son

-Da

nie

lli m

od

el.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f th

e f

als

ific

ati

on

of

the

Dav

son

-Da

nie

lli m

od

el t

ha

t le

d t

o t

he

Sin

ge

r-N

ico

lso

n m

od

el.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Am

ph

ipa

thic

ph

osp

ho

lipid

s h

ave

hyd

rop

hili

c a

nd

hyd

rop

ho

bic

pro

pe

rtie

s.

Dra

win

gs

of

the

flu

id m

osa

ic m

od

el o

f m

em

bra

ne

str

uc

ture

ca

n b

e t

wo

dim

en

sio

na

l ra

the

r th

an

th

ree

dim

en

sio

na

l. In

div

idu

al p

ho

sph

olip

id

mo

lecu

les

sho

uld

be

sh

ow

n u

sin

g t

he

sy

mb

ol o

f a

cir

cle

wit

h t

wo

pa

rall

el

line

s a

tta

che

d. A

ra

ng

e o

f m

em

bra

ne

pro

tein

s sh

ou

ld b

e s

ho

wn

incl

ud

ing

gly

cop

rote

ins.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e e

xpla

na

tio

n o

f th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e p

lasm

a m

em

bra

ne

ha

s ch

an

ge

d o

ve

r

the

ye

ars

as

ne

w e

vid

en

ce a

nd

way

s o

f a

na

lysi

s h

ave

co

me

to

lig

ht.

Un

de

r

wh

at

circ

um

sta

nce

s is

it im

po

rta

nt

to le

arn

ab

ou

t th

eo

rie

s th

at

we

re la

ter

dis

cre

dit

ed

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.3 C

arb

oh

ydra

tes

an

d li

pid

s

Top

ic 2

.6 S

tru

ctu

re o

f D

NA

an

d R

NA

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Topic 1: Cell biology

Biology guide 33

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Me

mb

ran

es

con

tro

l th

e c

om

po

siti

on

of

cells

by

ac

tiv

e a

nd

pa

ssiv

e t

ran

spo

rt.

1.4

Me

mb

ran

e t

ran

spo

rt

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Exp

eri

me

nta

l de

sig

n—

acc

ura

te q

ua

nti

tati

ve

me

asu

rem

en

t in

osm

osi

s e

xpe

rim

en

ts a

re e

sse

nti

al.

(3.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Pa

rtic

les

mo

ve

acr

oss

me

mb

ran

es

by

sim

ple

dif

fusi

on

, fa

cilit

ate

d d

iffu

sio

n,

osm

osi

s a

nd

ac

tiv

e t

ran

spo

rt.

Th

e f

luid

ity

of

me

mb

ran

es

all

ow

s m

ate

ria

ls t

o b

e t

ake

n in

to c

ells

by

en

do

cy

tosi

s o

r re

lea

sed

by

exo

cy

tosi

s. V

esi

cle

s m

ov

e m

ate

ria

ls w

ith

in c

ells

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Str

uc

ture

an

d f

un

cti

on

of

sod

ium

–p

ota

ssiu

m p

um

ps

for

ac

tiv

e

tra

nsp

ort

an

d p

ota

ssiu

m c

ha

nn

els

fo

r fa

cilit

ate

d d

iffu

sio

n in

axo

ns.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Tis

sue

s o

r o

rga

ns

to b

e u

sed

in m

ed

ica

l pro

ced

ure

s m

ust

be

ba

the

d in

a s

olu

tio

n w

ith

th

e s

am

e o

smo

lari

ty a

s th

e c

yto

pla

sm t

o p

rev

en

t

osm

osi

s.

Sk

ill: E

stim

ati

on

of

osm

ola

rity

in t

issu

es

by

ba

thin

g s

am

ple

s in

hy

po

ton

ic a

nd

hy

pe

rto

nic

so

luti

on

s. (

Pra

cti

cal 2

)

Gu

ida

nce

:

Osm

osi

s e

xpe

rim

en

ts a

re a

use

ful o

pp

ort

un

ity

to s

tre

ss t

he

ne

ed

fo

r a

ccu

rate

ma

ss a

nd

vo

lum

e m

ea

sure

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

exp

eri

me

nts

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Kid

ne

y d

ialy

sis

art

ific

iall

y m

imic

s th

e f

un

cti

on

of

the

hu

ma

n k

idn

ey

by

usi

ng

ap

pro

pri

ate

me

mb

ran

es

an

d d

iffu

sio

n g

rad

ien

ts.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 6

.5 N

eu

ron

s a

nd

sy

na

pse

s

Aim

s:

Aim

8:

Org

an

do

na

tio

n r

ais

es

som

e in

tere

stin

g e

thic

al i

ssu

es,

incl

ud

ing

th

e

alt

ruis

tic

na

ture

of

org

an

do

na

tio

n a

nd

co

nce

rns

ab

ou

t sa

le o

f h

um

an

org

an

s.

Aim

6:

Dia

lysi

s tu

bin

g e

xpe

rim

en

ts c

an

ac

t a

s a

mo

de

l of

me

mb

ran

e a

cti

on

.

Exp

eri

me

nts

wit

h p

ota

to, b

ee

tro

ot

or

sin

gle

-ce

lle

d a

lga

e c

an

be

use

d t

o

inv

est

iga

te r

ea

l me

mb

ran

es.

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Topic 1: Cell biology

Biology guide34

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

ere

is a

n u

nb

roke

n c

ha

in o

f li

fe f

rom

th

e f

irst

ce

lls o

n E

art

h t

o a

ll ce

lls in

org

an

ism

s a

liv

e t

od

ay.

1.5

Th

e o

rig

in o

f ce

lls

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Test

ing

th

e g

en

era

l pri

nci

ple

s th

at

un

de

rlie

th

e n

atu

ral w

orl

d—

the

pri

nci

ple

th

at

cells

on

ly c

om

e f

rom

pre

-exi

stin

g c

ells

ne

ed

s to

be

ve

rifi

ed

. (1.

9)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ce

lls c

an

on

ly b

e f

orm

ed

by

div

isio

n o

f p

re-e

xist

ing

ce

lls.

Th

e f

irst

ce

lls m

ust

hav

e a

rise

n f

rom

no

n-l

ivin

g m

ate

ria

l.

Th

e o

rig

in o

f e

uk

ary

oti

c ce

lls c

an

be

exp

lain

ed

by

the

en

do

sym

bio

tic

the

ory

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ev

ide

nce

fro

m P

ast

eu

r’s

exp

eri

me

nts

th

at

spo

nta

ne

ou

s

ge

ne

rati

on

of

cells

an

d o

rga

nis

ms

do

es

no

t n

ow

occ

ur

on

Ea

rth

.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Ev

ide

nce

fo

r th

e e

nd

osy

mb

ioti

c th

eo

ry is

exp

ec

ted

. Th

e o

rig

in o

f e

uk

ary

ote

cilia

an

d f

lag

ella

do

es

no

t n

ee

d t

o b

e in

clu

de

d.

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e a

wa

re t

ha

t th

e 6

4 c

od

on

s in

th

e g

en

eti

c co

de

hav

e

the

sa

me

me

an

ing

s in

ne

arl

y a

ll o

rga

nis

ms,

bu

t th

at

the

re a

re s

om

e m

ino

r

va

ria

tio

ns

tha

t a

re li

kely

to

hav

e a

ccru

ed

sin

ce t

he

co

mm

on

ori

gin

of

life

on

Ea

rth

.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Bio

log

y is

th

e s

tud

y o

f li

fe, y

et

life

is a

n e

me

rge

nt

pro

pe

rty.

Un

de

r w

ha

t

circ

um

sta

nce

s is

a s

yst

em

s a

pp

roa

ch p

rod

uc

tiv

e in

bio

log

y a

nd

un

de

r

wh

at

circ

um

sta

nce

s is

a r

ed

uc

tio

nis

t a

pp

roa

ch m

ore

ap

pro

pri

ate

? H

ow

do

scie

nti

sts

de

cid

e b

etw

ee

n c

om

pe

tin

g a

pp

roa

che

s?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 5

.1 E

vid

en

ce f

or

ev

olu

tio

n

Aim

s:

Aim

6: P

ast

eu

r’s

exp

eri

me

nt

can

be

re

pe

ate

d u

sin

g m

od

ern

ap

pa

ratu

s.

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Topic 1: Cell biology

Biology guide 35

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Ce

ll d

ivis

ion

is e

sse

nti

al b

ut

mu

st b

e c

on

tro

lle

d.

1.6

Ce

ll d

ivis

ion

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Se

ren

dip

ity

an

d s

cie

nti

fic

dis

cov

eri

es—

the

dis

cov

ery

of

cyc

lins

wa

s a

ccid

en

tal.

(1.4

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Mit

osi

s is

div

isio

n o

f th

e n

ucl

eu

s in

to t

wo

ge

ne

tica

lly id

en

tica

l dau

gh

ter

nu

cle

i.

Ch

rom

oso

me

s co

nd

en

se b

y su

pe

rco

ilin

g d

uri

ng

mit

osi

s.

Cy

tok

ine

sis

occ

urs

aft

er

mit

osi

s a

nd

is d

iffe

ren

t in

pla

nt

an

d a

nim

al c

ells

.

Inte

rph

ase

is a

ve

ry a

cti

ve

ph

ase

of

the

ce

ll c

ycle

wit

h m

an

y p

roce

sse

s

occ

urr

ing

in t

he

nu

cle

us

an

d c

yto

pla

sm.

Cyc

lins

are

inv

olv

ed

in t

he

co

ntr

ol o

f th

e c

ell

cyc

le.

Mu

tag

en

s, o

nco

ge

ne

s a

nd

me

tast

asi

s a

re in

vo

lve

d in

th

e d

ev

elo

pm

en

t o

f

pri

ma

ry a

nd

se

con

da

ry t

um

ou

rs.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Th

e c

orr

ela

tio

n b

etw

ee

n s

mo

kin

g a

nd

inci

de

nce

of

can

cers

.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f p

ha

ses

of

mit

osi

s in

ce

lls v

iew

ed

wit

h a

mic

rosc

op

e o

r in

a m

icro

gra

ph

.

Sk

ill: D

ete

rmin

ati

on

of

a m

ito

tic

ind

ex

fro

m a

mic

rog

rap

h.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e s

eq

ue

nce

of

ev

en

ts in

th

e f

ou

r p

ha

ses

of

mit

osi

s sh

ou

ld b

e k

no

wn

.

Pre

pa

rati

on

of

tem

po

rary

mo

un

ts o

f ro

ot

squ

ash

es

is r

eco

mm

en

de

d b

ut

ph

ase

s in

mit

osi

s ca

n a

lso

be

vie

we

d u

sin

g p

erm

an

en

t sl

ide

s.

To a

vo

id c

on

fusi

on

in t

erm

ino

log

y, t

ea

che

rs a

re e

nco

ura

ge

d t

o r

efe

r to

th

e

two

pa

rts

of

a c

hro

mo

som

e a

s si

ste

r ch

rom

ati

ds,

wh

ile

th

ey

are

att

ach

ed

to

ea

ch o

the

r b

y a

ce

ntr

om

ere

in t

he

ea

rly

sta

ge

s o

f m

ito

sis.

Fro

m a

na

ph

ase

on

wa

rds,

wh

en

sis

ter

chro

ma

tid

s h

ave

se

pa

rate

d t

o f

orm

ind

ivid

ua

l

stru

ctu

res,

th

ey

sho

uld

be

re

ferr

ed

to

as

chro

mo

som

es.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Bio

log

ists

in la

bo

rato

rie

s th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e w

orl

d a

re r

ese

arc

hin

g in

to t

he

cau

ses

an

d t

rea

tme

nt

of

can

cer.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

A n

um

be

r o

f sc

ien

tifi

c d

isco

ve

rie

s a

re c

laim

ed

to

be

inci

de

nta

l or

sere

nd

ipit

ou

s. T

o w

ha

t e

xte

nt

mig

ht

som

e o

f th

ese

sci

en

tifi

c d

isco

ve

rie

s b

e

the

re

sult

of

intu

itio

n r

ath

er

tha

n lu

ck?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Th

e m

ito

tic

ind

ex

is a

n im

po

rta

nt

pro

gn

ost

ic t

oo

l fo

r p

red

icti

ng

th

e r

esp

on

se

of

can

cer

cells

to

ch

em

oth

era

py.

Aim

s:

Aim

8: T

he

to

ba

cco

ind

ust

ry c

ou

ld b

e d

iscu

sse

d. S

up

pre

ssio

n o

f th

e r

esu

lts

of

rese

arc

h b

y to

ba

cco

co

mp

an

ies

into

th

e h

ea

lth

eff

ec

ts o

f sm

ok

ing

to

ba

cco

wa

s u

ne

thic

al.

Sm

ok

ing

ca

use

s co

nsi

de

rab

le s

oci

al h

arm

, bu

t, w

ith

th

e

exc

ep

tio

n o

f la

ws

on

pro

du

cti

on

an

d s

up

ply

in B

hu

tan

, ha

s n

ev

er

be

en

ma

de

ille

ga

l.

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Biology guide36

Co

re

Top

ic 2

: Mo

lecu

lar

bio

log

y

21 h

ou

rs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: L

ivin

g o

rga

nis

ms

con

tro

l th

eir

co

mp

osi

tio

n b

y a

co

mp

lex

we

b o

f ch

em

ica

l re

ac

tio

ns.

2.1

Mo

lecu

les

to m

eta

bo

lism

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Fals

ific

ati

on

of

the

ori

es—

the

art

ific

ial s

yn

the

sis

of

ure

a h

elp

ed

to

fa

lsif

y v

ita

lism

. (1.

9)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Mo

lecu

lar

bio

log

y e

xpla

ins

liv

ing

pro

cess

es

in t

erm

s o

f th

e c

he

mic

al

sub

sta

nce

s in

vo

lve

d.

Ca

rbo

n a

tom

s ca

n f

orm

fo

ur

cov

ale

nt

bo

nd

s a

llo

win

g a

div

ers

ity

of

sta

ble

com

po

un

ds

to e

xist

.

Lif

e is

ba

sed

on

ca

rbo

n c

om

po

un

ds

incl

ud

ing

ca

rbo

hyd

rate

s, li

pid

s, p

rote

ins

an

d n

ucl

eic

aci

ds.

Me

tab

olis

m is

th

e w

eb

of

all

the

en

zym

e-c

ata

lyse

d r

ea

cti

on

s in

a c

ell

or

org

an

ism

.

An

ab

olis

m is

th

e s

yn

the

sis

of

com

ple

x m

ole

cule

s fr

om

sim

ple

r m

ole

cule

s

incl

ud

ing

th

e f

orm

ati

on

of

ma

cro

mo

lecu

les

fro

m m

on

om

ers

by

con

de

nsa

tio

n

rea

cti

on

s.

Ca

tab

olis

m is

th

e b

rea

kdo

wn

of

com

ple

x m

ole

cule

s in

to s

imp

ler

mo

lecu

les

incl

ud

ing

th

e h

ydro

lysi

s o

f m

acr

om

ole

cule

s in

to m

on

om

ers

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic 4

Ch

em

ica

l bo

nd

ing

an

d s

tru

ctu

re

Op

tio

n B

Bio

che

mis

try

Aim

s:

Aim

7: I

CT

ca

n b

e u

sed

fo

r m

ole

cula

r v

isu

aliz

ati

on

of

carb

oh

ydra

tes,

lip

ids

an

d p

rote

ins

in t

his

su

b-t

op

ic a

nd

in 2

.3 a

nd

2.4

.

Aim

6: F

oo

d t

est

s su

ch a

s th

e u

se o

f io

din

e t

o id

en

tify

sta

rch

or

Be

ne

dic

t’s

rea

ge

nt

to id

en

tify

re

du

cin

g s

ug

ars

co

uld

be

ca

rrie

d o

ut.

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Topic 2: Molecular biology

Biology guide 37

2.1

Mo

lecu

les

to m

eta

bo

lism

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ure

a a

s a

n e

xam

ple

of

a c

om

po

un

d t

ha

t is

pro

du

ced

by

liv

ing

org

an

ism

s b

ut

can

als

o b

e a

rtif

icia

lly

syn

the

size

d.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

mo

lecu

lar

dia

gra

ms

of

glu

cose

, rib

ose

, a s

atu

rate

d f

att

y a

cid

an

d a

ge

ne

raliz

ed

am

ino

aci

d.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f b

ioch

em

ica

ls s

uch

as

sug

ars

, lip

ids

or

am

ino

aci

ds

fro

m

mo

lecu

lar

dia

gra

ms.

Gu

ida

nce

:

On

ly t

he

rin

g f

orm

s o

f D

-rib

ose

, alp

ha

–D

-glu

cose

an

d b

eta

-D-g

luco

se a

re

exp

ec

ted

in d

raw

ing

s.

Su

ga

rs in

clu

de

mo

no

sacc

ha

rid

es

an

d d

isa

cch

ari

de

s.

On

ly o

ne

sa

tura

ted

fa

t is

exp

ec

ted

an

d it

s sp

eci

fic

na

me

is n

ot

ne

cess

ary

.

Th

e v

ari

ab

le r

ad

ica

l of

am

ino

aci

ds

can

be

sh

ow

n a

s R

. Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f

ind

ivid

ua

l R-g

rou

ps

do

es

no

t n

ee

d t

o b

e m

em

ori

zed

.

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e a

ble

to

re

cog

niz

e f

rom

mo

lecu

lar

dia

gra

ms

tha

t

trig

lyce

rid

es,

ph

osp

ho

lipid

s a

nd

ste

roid

s a

re li

pid

s. D

raw

ing

s o

f st

ero

ids

are

no

t e

xpe

cte

d.

Pro

tein

s o

r p

art

s o

f p

oly

pe

pti

de

s sh

ou

ld b

e r

eco

gn

ize

d f

rom

mo

lecu

lar

dia

gra

ms

sho

win

g a

min

o a

cid

s lin

ked

by

pe

pti

de

bo

nd

s.

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Topic 2: Molecular biology

Biology guide38

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Wa

ter

is t

he

me

diu

m o

f li

fe.

2.2

Wa

ter

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Use

th

eo

rie

s to

exp

lain

na

tura

l ph

en

om

en

a—

the

th

eo

ry t

ha

t h

ydro

ge

n b

on

ds

form

be

twe

en

wa

ter

mo

lecu

les

exp

lain

s th

e p

rop

ert

ies

of

wa

ter.

(2

.2)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Wa

ter

mo

lecu

les

are

po

lar

an

d h

ydro

ge

n b

on

ds

form

be

twe

en

th

em

.

Hyd

rog

en

bo

nd

ing

an

d d

ipo

lari

ty e

xpla

in t

he

co

he

siv

e, a

dh

esi

ve

, th

erm

al

an

d s

olv

en

t p

rop

ert

ies

of

wa

ter.

Su

bst

an

ces

can

be

hyd

rop

hili

c o

r h

ydro

ph

ob

ic.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

mp

ari

son

of

the

th

erm

al p

rop

ert

ies

of

wa

ter

wit

h t

ho

se o

f

me

tha

ne

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

wa

ter

as

a c

oo

lan

t in

sw

ea

t.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Mo

de

s o

f tr

an

spo

rt o

f g

luco

se, a

min

o a

cid

s, c

ho

lest

ero

l, fa

ts,

ox

yge

n a

nd

so

diu

m c

hlo

rid

e in

blo

od

in r

ela

tio

n t

o t

he

ir s

olu

bili

ty in

wa

ter.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld k

no

w a

t le

ast

on

e e

xam

ple

of

a b

en

efi

t to

liv

ing

org

an

ism

s

of

ea

ch p

rop

ert

y o

f w

ate

r.

Tra

nsp

are

nc

y o

f w

ate

r a

nd

ma

xim

um

de

nsi

ty a

t 4

°C d

o n

ot

ne

ed

to

be

incl

ud

ed

.

Co

mp

ari

son

of

the

th

erm

al p

rop

ert

ies

of

wa

ter

an

d m

eth

an

e a

ssis

ts in

th

e

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

the

sig

nif

ica

nce

of

hyd

rog

en

bo

nd

ing

in w

ate

r.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Th

ere

are

ch

all

en

ge

s fo

r th

e in

cre

asi

ng

hu

ma

n p

op

ula

tio

n in

sh

ari

ng

wa

ter

reso

urc

es

eq

uit

ab

ly f

or

dri

nk

ing

an

d ir

rig

ati

on

, ele

ctr

icit

y g

en

era

tio

n a

nd

a

ran

ge

of

ind

ust

ria

l an

d d

om

est

ic p

roce

sse

s.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Cla

ims

ab

ou

t th

e “

me

mo

ry o

f w

ate

r” h

ave

be

en

ca

teg

ori

zed

as

pse

ud

osc

ien

tifi

c. W

ha

t a

re t

he

cri

teri

a t

ha

t ca

n b

e u

sed

to

dis

tin

gu

ish

scie

nti

fic

cla

ims

fro

m p

seu

do

scie

nti

fic

cla

ims?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 4

.3 C

arb

on

cyc

ling

Top

ic 4

.4 C

lima

te c

ha

ng

e

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 3

.1 T

he

rma

l co

nce

pts

Aim

s:

Aim

6:

Pro

be

s ca

n b

e u

sed

to

de

term

ine

th

e e

ffe

ct

of

dif

fere

nt

fac

tors

like

ly

to in

flu

en

ce c

oo

ling

wit

h w

ate

r.

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Topic 2: Molecular biology

Biology guide 39

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: C

om

po

un

ds

of

carb

on

, hyd

rog

en

an

d o

xyg

en

are

use

d t

o s

up

ply

an

d s

tore

en

erg

y.

2.3

Ca

rbo

hy

dra

tes

an

d l

ipid

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ev

alu

ati

ng

cla

ims—

he

alt

h c

laim

s m

ad

e a

bo

ut

lipid

s in

die

ts n

ee

d t

o b

e a

sse

sse

d. (

5.2

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Mo

no

sacc

ha

rid

e m

on

om

ers

are

lin

ked

to

ge

the

r b

y co

nd

en

sati

on

re

ac

tio

ns

to

form

dis

acc

ha

rid

es

an

d p

oly

sacc

ha

rid

e p

oly

me

rs.

Fatt

y a

cid

s ca

n b

e s

atu

rate

d, m

on

ou

nsa

tura

ted

or

po

lyu

nsa

tura

ted

.

Un

satu

rate

d f

att

y a

cid

s ca

n b

e c

is o

r tr

an

s is

om

ers

.

Trig

lyce

rid

es

are

form

ed

by

con

de

nsa

tio

n f

rom

th

ree

fat

ty a

cid

s an

d o

ne

gly

cero

l.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Str

uc

ture

an

d f

un

cti

on

of

cellu

lose

an

d s

tarc

h in

pla

nts

an

d

gly

cog

en

in h

um

an

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Sci

en

tifi

c e

vid

en

ce f

or

he

alt

h r

isk

s o

f tr

an

s fa

ts a

nd

sa

tura

ted

fatt

y a

cid

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Lip

ids

are

mo

re s

uit

ab

le f

or

lon

g-t

erm

en

erg

y st

ora

ge

in h

um

an

s

tha

n c

arb

oh

ydra

tes.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ev

alu

ati

on

of

ev

ide

nce

an

d t

he

me

tho

ds

use

d t

o o

bta

in t

he

ev

ide

nce

fo

r h

ea

lth

cla

ims

ma

de

ab

ou

t lip

ids.

Sk

ill: U

se o

f m

ole

cula

r v

isu

aliz

ati

on

so

ftw

are

to

co

mp

are

ce

llulo

se, s

tarc

h a

nd

gly

cog

en

.

Sk

ill: D

ete

rmin

ati

on

of

bo

dy

ma

ss in

de

x b

y ca

lcu

lati

on

or

use

of

a n

om

og

ram

.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f st

arc

h s

ho

uld

incl

ud

e a

my

lose

an

d a

my

lop

ec

tin

.

Na

me

d e

xam

ple

s o

f fa

tty

aci

ds

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d.

Su

cro

se, l

ac

tose

an

d m

alt

ose

sh

ou

ld b

e in

clu

de

d a

s e

xam

ple

s o

f

dis

acc

ha

rid

es

pro

du

ced

by

com

bin

ing

mo

no

sacc

ha

rid

es.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Va

ria

tio

n in

th

e p

rev

ale

nce

of

dif

fere

nt

he

alt

h p

rob

lem

s a

rou

nd

th

e w

orl

d

cou

ld b

e d

iscu

sse

d in

clu

din

g o

be

sity

, die

tary

en

erg

y d

efi

cie

nc

y, k

wa

shio

rko

r,

an

ore

xia

ne

rvo

sa a

nd

co

ron

ary

he

art

dis

ea

se.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

ere

are

co

nfl

icti

ng

vie

ws

as

to t

he

ha

rms

an

d b

en

efi

ts o

f fa

ts in

die

ts. H

ow

do

we

de

cid

e b

etw

ee

n c

om

pe

tin

g v

iew

s?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Po

tato

es

hav

e b

ee

n g

en

eti

call

y m

od

ifie

d t

o r

ed

uce

th

e le

ve

l of

am

ylo

se t

o

pro

du

ce a

mo

re e

ffe

cti

ve

ad

he

siv

e.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Op

tio

n B

: Bio

tech

no

log

y a

nd

bio

info

rma

tics

Aim

s:

Aim

8:

Th

ere

are

so

cia

l im

plic

ati

on

s o

f o

be

sity

.

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Topic 2: Molecular biology

Biology guide40

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: P

rote

ins

hav

e a

ve

ry w

ide

ra

ng

e o

f fu

nc

tio

ns

in li

vin

g o

rga

nis

ms.

2.4

Pro

tein

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Loo

kin

g f

or

pa

tte

rns,

tre

nd

s a

nd

dis

cre

pa

nci

es—

mo

st b

ut

no

t a

ll o

rga

nis

ms

ass

em

ble

pro

tein

s fr

om

th

e s

am

e a

min

o a

cid

s. (

3.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Am

ino

aci

ds

are

lin

ked

to

ge

the

r b

y co

nd

en

sati

on

to

fo

rm p

oly

pe

pti

de

s.

Th

ere

are

20

dif

fere

nt

am

ino

aci

ds

in p

oly

pe

pti

de

s sy

nth

esi

zed

on

rib

oso

me

s.

Am

ino

aci

ds

can

be

lin

ked

to

ge

the

r in

an

y se

qu

en

ce g

ivin

g a

hu

ge

ra

ng

e o

f

po

ssib

le p

oly

pe

pti

de

s.

Th

e a

min

o a

cid

se

qu

en

ce o

f p

oly

pe

pti

de

s is

co

de

d f

or

by

ge

ne

s.

A p

rote

in m

ay c

on

sist

of

a s

ing

le p

oly

pe

pti

de

or

mo

re t

ha

n o

ne

po

lyp

ep

tid

e

linke

d t

og

eth

er.

Th

e a

min

o a

cid

se

qu

en

ce d

ete

rmin

es

the

th

ree

-dim

en

sio

na

l co

nfo

rma

tio

n o

f

a p

rote

in.

Liv

ing

org

an

ism

s sy

nth

esi

ze m

an

y d

iffe

ren

t p

rote

ins

wit

h a

wid

e r

an

ge

of

fun

cti

on

s.

Ev

ery

ind

ivid

ua

l ha

s a

un

iqu

e p

rote

om

e.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ru

bis

co, i

nsu

lin, i

mm

un

og

lob

ulin

s, r

ho

do

psi

n, c

olla

ge

n a

nd

spid

er

silk

as

exa

mp

les

of

the

ra

ng

e o

f p

rote

in f

un

cti

on

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: De

na

tura

tio

n o

f p

rote

ins

by

he

at

or

by

de

via

tio

n o

f p

H f

rom

th

e

op

tim

um

.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

mo

lecu

lar

dia

gra

ms

to s

ho

w t

he

fo

rma

tio

n o

f a

pe

pti

de

bo

nd

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Pro

teo

mic

s a

nd

th

e p

rod

uc

tio

n o

f p

rote

ins

by

ce

lls c

ult

ure

d in

fe

rme

nte

rs

off

er

ma

ny

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

the

fo

od

, ph

arm

ace

uti

cal a

nd

oth

er

ind

ust

rie

s.

Aim

s:

Aim

7: I

CT

ca

n b

e u

sed

fo

r m

ole

cula

r v

isu

aliz

ati

on

of

the

str

uc

ture

of

pro

tein

s.

Aim

8: O

bta

inin

g s

am

ple

s o

f h

um

an

blo

od

fo

r im

mu

no

log

ica

l,

ph

arm

ace

uti

cal a

nd

an

thro

po

log

ica

l stu

die

s is

an

inte

rna

tio

na

l en

de

avo

ur

wit

h m

an

y e

thic

al i

ssu

es.

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2.4

Pro

tein

s

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e d

eta

ile

d s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e s

ix p

rote

ins

sele

cte

d t

o il

lust

rate

th

e f

un

cti

on

s

of

pro

tein

s is

no

t n

ee

de

d.

Eg

g w

hit

e o

r a

lbu

min

so

luti

on

s ca

n b

e u

sed

in d

en

atu

rati

on

exp

eri

me

nts

.

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld k

no

w t

ha

t m

ost

org

an

ism

s u

se t

he

sa

me

20

am

ino

aci

ds

in t

he

sa

me

ge

ne

tic

cod

e a

lth

ou

gh

th

ere

are

so

me

exc

ep

tio

ns.

Sp

eci

fic

exa

mp

les

cou

ld b

e u

sed

fo

r ill

ust

rati

on

.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: E

nzy

me

s co

ntr

ol t

he

me

tab

olis

m o

f th

e c

ell

.

2.5

En

zy

me

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Exp

eri

me

nta

l de

sig

n—

acc

ura

te, q

ua

nti

tati

ve

me

asu

rem

en

ts in

en

zym

e e

xpe

rim

en

ts r

eq

uir

e r

ep

lica

tes

to e

nsu

re r

elia

bili

ty. (

3.2

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

En

zym

es

hav

e a

n a

cti

ve

sit

e t

o w

hic

h s

pe

cifi

c su

bst

rate

s b

ind

.

En

zym

e c

ata

lysi

s in

vo

lve

s m

ole

cula

r m

oti

on

an

d t

he

co

llisi

on

of

sub

stra

tes

wit

h t

he

ac

tiv

e s

ite

.

Tem

pe

ratu

re, p

H a

nd

su

bst

rate

co

nce

ntr

ati

on

aff

ec

t th

e r

ate

of

ac

tiv

ity

of

en

zym

es.

En

zym

es

can

be

de

na

ture

d.

Imm

ob

ilize

d e

nzy

me

s a

re w

ide

ly u

sed

in in

du

stry

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Me

tho

ds

of

pro

du

cti

on

of

lac

tose

-fre

e m

ilk a

nd

its

ad

va

nta

ge

s.

Sk

ill: D

esi

gn

of

exp

eri

me

nts

to

te

st t

he

eff

ec

t o

f te

mp

era

ture

, pH

an

d

sub

stra

te c

on

cen

tra

tio

n o

n t

he

ac

tiv

ity

of

en

zym

es.

Sk

ill: E

xpe

rim

en

tal i

nv

est

iga

tio

n o

f a

fa

cto

r a

ffe

cti

ng

en

zym

e a

cti

vit

y.

(Pra

cti

cal 3

)

Gu

ida

nce

:

La

cta

se c

an

be

imm

ob

ilize

d in

alg

ina

te b

ea

ds

an

d e

xpe

rim

en

ts c

an

th

en

be

carr

ied

ou

t in

wh

ich

th

e la

cto

se in

milk

is h

ydro

lyse

d.

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e a

ble

to

ske

tch

gra

ph

s to

sh

ow

th

e e

xpe

cte

d e

ffe

cts

of

tem

pe

ratu

re, p

H a

nd

su

bst

rate

co

nce

ntr

ati

on

on

th

e a

cti

vit

y o

f e

nzy

me

s.

Th

ey

sho

uld

be

ab

le t

o e

xpla

in t

he

pa

tte

rns

or

tre

nd

s a

pp

are

nt

in t

he

se

gra

ph

s.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

De

ve

lop

me

nt

of

som

e t

ech

niq

ue

s b

en

efi

ts p

art

icu

lar

hu

ma

n p

op

ula

tio

ns

mo

re t

ha

n o

the

rs. F

or

exa

mp

le, t

he

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

lac

tose

-fre

e m

ilk

ava

ilab

le in

Eu

rop

e a

nd

No

rth

Am

eri

ca w

ou

ld h

ave

gre

ate

r b

en

efi

t in

Afr

ica

/

Asi

a w

he

re la

cto

se in

tole

ran

ce is

mo

re p

rev

ale

nt.

Th

e d

ev

elo

pm

en

t o

f

tech

niq

ue

s re

qu

ire

s fi

na

nci

al i

nv

est

me

nt.

Sh

ou

ld k

no

wle

dg

e b

e s

ha

red

wh

en

te

chn

iqu

es

de

ve

lop

ed

in o

ne

pa

rt o

f th

e w

orl

d a

re m

ore

ap

plic

ab

le in

an

oth

er?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

En

zym

es

are

ex

ten

siv

ely

use

d in

ind

ust

ry f

or

the

pro

du

cti

on

of

ite

ms

fro

m

fru

it ju

ice

to

wa

shin

g p

ow

de

r.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 8

AH

L M

eta

bo

lism

, ce

ll re

spir

ati

on

an

d p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: T

he

str

uc

ture

of

DN

A a

llo

ws

eff

icie

nt

sto

rag

e o

f g

en

eti

c in

form

ati

on

.

2.6

Str

uc

ture

of

DN

A a

nd

RN

A

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Usi

ng

mo

de

ls a

s re

pre

sen

tati

on

of

the

re

al w

orl

d—

Cri

ck a

nd

Wa

tso

n u

sed

mo

de

l ma

kin

g t

o d

isco

ve

r th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f D

NA

. (1.

10)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Th

e n

ucl

eic

aci

ds

DN

A a

nd

RN

A a

re p

oly

me

rs o

f n

ucl

eo

tid

es.

DN

A d

iffe

rs f

rom

RN

A in

th

e n

um

be

r o

f st

ran

ds

pre

sen

t, t

he

ba

se

com

po

siti

on

an

d t

he

ty

pe

of

pe

nto

se.

DN

A is

a d

ou

ble

he

lix

ma

de

of

two

an

tip

ara

lle

l str

an

ds

of

nu

cle

oti

de

s lin

ked

by

hyd

rog

en

bo

nd

ing

be

twe

en

co

mp

lem

en

tary

ba

se p

air

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Cri

ck a

nd

Wa

tso

n’s

elu

cid

ati

on

of

the

str

uc

ture

of

DN

A u

sin

g

mo

de

l ma

kin

g.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

sim

ple

dia

gra

ms

of

the

str

uc

ture

of

sin

gle

nu

cle

oti

de

s o

f D

NA

an

d R

NA

, usi

ng

cir

cle

s, p

en

tag

on

s a

nd

re

cta

ng

les

to r

ep

rese

nt

ph

osp

ha

tes,

pe

nto

ses

an

d b

ase

s.

Gu

ida

nce

:

In d

iag

ram

s o

f D

NA

str

uc

ture

, th

e h

elic

al s

ha

pe

do

es

no

t n

ee

d t

o b

e s

ho

wn

,

bu

t th

e t

wo

str

an

ds

sho

uld

be

sh

ow

n a

nti

pa

rall

el.

Ad

en

ine

sh

ou

ld b

e s

ho

wn

pa

ire

d w

ith

th

ym

ine

an

d g

ua

nin

e w

ith

cy

tosi

ne

, bu

t th

e r

ela

tiv

e le

ng

ths

of

the

pu

rin

e a

nd

py

rim

idin

e b

ase

s d

o n

ot

ne

ed

to

be

re

call

ed

, no

r th

e n

um

be

rs

of

hyd

rog

en

bo

nd

s b

etw

ee

n t

he

ba

se p

air

s.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e s

tory

of

the

elu

cid

ati

on

of

the

str

uc

ture

of

DN

A il

lust

rate

s th

at

coo

pe

rati

on

an

d c

olla

bo

rati

on

am

on

g s

cie

nti

sts

exi

sts

alo

ng

sid

e c

om

pe

titi

on

be

twe

en

re

sea

rch

gro

up

s. T

o w

ha

t e

xte

nt

is r

ese

arc

h in

se

cre

t ‘a

nti

-sci

en

tifi

c’?

Wh

at

is t

he

re

lati

on

ship

be

twe

en

sh

are

d a

nd

pe

rso

na

l kn

ow

led

ge

in t

he

na

tura

l sci

en

ces?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.2 W

ate

r

Top

ic 3

.5 G

en

eti

c m

od

ific

ati

on

an

d b

iote

chn

olo

gy

Top

ic 7

Nu

cle

ic a

cid

s

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Ess

en

tia

l Id

ea

: G

en

eti

c in

form

ati

on

in D

NA

ca

n b

e a

ccu

rate

ly c

op

ied

an

d c

an

be

tra

nsl

ate

d t

o m

ake

th

e p

rote

ins

ne

ed

ed

by

the

ce

ll.

2.7

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n, t

ran

scri

pti

on

an

d t

ran

sla

tio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ob

tain

ing

ev

ide

nce

fo

r sc

ien

tifi

c th

eo

rie

s—M

ese

lso

n a

nd

Sta

hl o

bta

ine

d e

vid

en

ce f

or

the

se

mi-

con

serv

ati

ve

re

plic

ati

on

of

DN

A. (

1.8

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Th

e r

ep

lica

tio

n o

f D

NA

is s

em

i-co

nse

rva

tiv

e a

nd

de

pe

nd

s o

n c

om

ple

me

nta

ry

ba

se p

air

ing

.

He

lica

se u

nw

ind

s th

e d

ou

ble

he

lix

an

d s

ep

ara

tes

the

tw

o s

tra

nd

s b

y b

rea

kin

g

hyd

rog

en

bo

nd

s.

DN

A p

oly

me

rase

lin

ks

nu

cle

oti

de

s to

ge

the

r to

fo

rm a

ne

w s

tra

nd

, usi

ng

th

e

pre

-exi

stin

g s

tra

nd

as

a t

em

pla

te.

Tra

nsc

rip

tio

n is

th

e s

yn

the

sis

of

mR

NA

co

pie

d f

rom

th

e D

NA

ba

se s

eq

ue

nce

s

by

RN

A p

oly

me

rase

.

Tra

nsl

ati

on

is t

he

sy

nth

esi

s o

f p

oly

pe

pti

de

s o

n r

ibo

som

es.

Th

e a

min

o a

cid

se

qu

en

ce o

f p

oly

pe

pti

de

s is

de

term

ine

d b

y m

RN

A a

cco

rdin

g

to t

he

ge

ne

tic

cod

e.

Co

do

ns

of

thre

e b

ase

s o

n m

RN

A c

orr

esp

on

d t

o o

ne

am

ino

aci

d in

a

po

lyp

ep

tid

e.

Tra

nsl

ati

on

de

pe

nd

s o

n c

om

ple

me

nta

ry b

ase

pa

irin

g b

etw

ee

n c

od

on

s o

n

mR

NA

an

d a

nti

cod

on

s o

n t

RN

A.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

Taq

DN

A p

oly

me

rase

to

pro

du

ce m

ult

iple

co

pie

s o

f D

NA

rap

idly

by

the

po

lym

era

se c

ha

in r

ea

cti

on

(P

CR

).

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Pro

du

cti

on

of

hu

ma

n in

sulin

in b

ac

teri

a a

s a

n e

xam

ple

of

the

un

ive

rsa

lity

of

the

ge

ne

tic

cod

e a

llo

win

g g

en

e t

ran

sfe

r b

etw

ee

n s

pe

cie

s.

Sk

ill: U

se a

ta

ble

of

the

ge

ne

tic

cod

e t

o d

ed

uce

wh

ich

co

do

n(s

) co

rre

spo

nd

s

to w

hic

h a

min

o a

cid

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 3

.5 G

en

eti

c m

od

ific

ati

on

an

d b

iote

chn

olo

gy

Top

ic 7

.2 T

ran

scri

pti

on

an

d g

en

e e

xpre

ssio

n

Top

ic 7

.3 T

ran

sla

tio

n

Aim

s:

Aim

8: T

he

re a

re e

thic

al i

mp

lica

tio

ns

in a

lte

rin

g t

he

ge

no

me

of

an

org

an

ism

in o

rde

r to

pro

du

ce p

rote

ins

for

me

dic

al u

se in

hu

ma

ns.

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2.7

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n, t

ran

scri

pti

on

an

d t

ran

sla

tio

n

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f M

ese

lso

n a

nd

Sta

hl’s

re

sult

s to

ob

tain

su

pp

ort

fo

r th

e t

he

ory

of

sem

i-co

nse

rva

tiv

e r

ep

lica

tio

n o

f D

NA

.

Sk

ill: U

se a

ta

ble

of

mR

NA

co

do

ns

an

d t

he

ir c

orr

esp

on

din

g a

min

o a

cid

s

to d

ed

uce

th

e s

eq

ue

nce

of

am

ino

aci

ds

cod

ed

by

a s

ho

rt m

RN

A s

tra

nd

of

kn

ow

n b

ase

se

qu

en

ce.

Sk

ill: D

ed

uci

ng

th

e D

NA

ba

se s

eq

ue

nce

fo

r th

e m

RN

A s

tra

nd

.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e d

iffe

ren

t ty

pe

s o

f D

NA

po

lym

era

se d

o n

ot

ne

ed

to

be

dis

tin

gu

ish

ed

.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Ce

ll re

spir

ati

on

su

pp

lie

s e

ne

rgy

for

the

fu

nc

tio

ns

of

life

.

2.8

Ce

ll r

esp

ira

tio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ass

ess

ing

th

e e

thic

s o

f sc

ien

tifi

c re

sea

rch

—th

e u

se o

f in

ve

rte

bra

tes

in r

esp

iro

me

ter

exp

eri

me

nts

ha

s e

thic

al i

mp

lica

tio

ns.

(4.5

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ce

ll re

spir

ati

on

is t

he

co

ntr

oll

ed

re

lea

se o

f e

ne

rgy

fro

m o

rga

nic

co

mp

ou

nd

s

to p

rod

uce

AT

P.

AT

P f

rom

ce

ll re

spir

ati

on

is im

me

dia

tely

av

aila

ble

as

a s

ou

rce

of

en

erg

y in

th

e

cell

.

An

ae

rob

ic c

ell

resp

ira

tio

n g

ive

s a

sm

all

yie

ld o

f A

TP

fro

m g

luco

se.

Ae

rob

ic c

ell

resp

ira

tio

n r

eq

uir

es

ox

yge

n a

nd

giv

es

a la

rge

yie

ld o

f A

TP

fro

m

glu

cose

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

an

ae

rob

ic c

ell

resp

ira

tio

n in

ye

ast

s to

pro

du

ce e

tha

no

l

an

d c

arb

on

dio

xid

e in

ba

kin

g.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: La

cta

te p

rod

uc

tio

n in

hu

ma

ns

wh

en

an

ae

rob

ic r

esp

ira

tio

n is

use

d t

o m

axi

miz

e t

he

po

we

r o

f m

usc

le c

on

tra

cti

on

s.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f re

sult

s fr

om

exp

eri

me

nts

inv

olv

ing

me

asu

rem

en

t o

f

resp

ira

tio

n r

ate

s in

ge

rmin

ati

ng

se

ed

s o

r in

ve

rte

bra

tes

usi

ng

a r

esp

iro

me

ter.

Gu

ida

nce

:

De

tails

of

the

me

tab

olic

pa

thw

ays

of

cell

resp

ira

tio

n a

re n

ot

ne

ed

ed

bu

t th

e

sub

stra

tes

an

d f

ina

l wa

ste

pro

du

cts

sh

ou

ld b

e k

no

wn

.

Th

ere

are

ma

ny

sim

ple

re

spir

om

ete

rs w

hic

h c

ou

ld b

e u

sed

. Stu

de

nts

are

exp

ec

ted

to

kn

ow

th

at

an

alk

ali

is u

sed

to

ab

sorb

CO

2, s

o r

ed

uc

tio

ns

in

vo

lum

e a

re d

ue

to

ox

yge

n u

se. T

em

pe

ratu

re s

ho

uld

be

ke

pt

con

sta

nt

to a

vo

id

vo

lum

e c

ha

ng

es

du

e t

o t

em

pe

ratu

re f

luc

tua

tio

ns.

Aim

s:

Aim

8: T

he

eth

ics

of

the

use

of

an

ima

ls in

exp

eri

me

nts

co

uld

be

dis

cuss

ed

in r

ela

tio

n t

o r

esp

iro

me

ter

exp

eri

me

nts

. La

rge

-sca

le u

se o

f fo

od

pla

nts

fo

r

bio

fue

ls a

nd

th

e r

esu

ltin

g im

pa

ct

on

fo

od

pri

ces

ha

s e

thic

al i

mp

lica

tio

ns.

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Biology guide 47

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: P

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s u

ses

the

en

erg

y in

su

nlig

ht

to p

rod

uce

th

e c

he

mic

al e

ne

rgy

ne

ed

ed

fo

r li

fe.

2.9

Ph

oto

syn

the

sis

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Exp

eri

me

nta

l de

sig

n—

con

tro

llin

g r

ele

va

nt

va

ria

ble

s in

ph

oto

syn

the

sis

exp

eri

me

nts

is e

sse

nti

al.

(3.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ph

oto

syn

the

sis

is t

he

pro

du

cti

on

of

carb

on

co

mp

ou

nd

s in

ce

lls u

sin

g li

gh

t

en

erg

y.

Vis

ible

lig

ht

ha

s a

ra

ng

e o

f w

ave

len

gth

s w

ith

vio

let

the

sh

ort

est

wav

ele

ng

th

an

d r

ed

th

e lo

ng

est

.

Ch

loro

ph

yll

ab

sorb

s re

d a

nd

blu

e li

gh

t m

ost

eff

ec

tiv

ely

an

d r

efl

ec

ts g

ree

n

ligh

t m

ore

th

an

oth

er

colo

urs

.

Ox

yge

n is

pro

du

ced

in p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s fr

om

th

e p

ho

toly

sis

of

wa

ter.

En

erg

y is

ne

ed

ed

to

pro

du

ce c

arb

oh

ydra

tes

an

d o

the

r ca

rbo

n c

om

po

un

ds

fro

m c

arb

on

dio

xid

e.

Tem

pe

ratu

re, l

igh

t in

ten

sity

an

d c

arb

on

dio

xid

e c

on

cen

tra

tio

n a

re p

oss

ible

limit

ing

fa

cto

rs o

n t

he

ra

te o

f p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ch

an

ge

s to

th

e E

art

h’s

atm

osp

he

re, o

cea

ns

an

d r

ock

de

po

siti

on

du

e t

o p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

an

ab

sorp

tio

n s

pe

ctr

um

fo

r ch

loro

ph

yll

an

d a

n a

cti

on

spe

ctr

um

fo

r p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s.

Sk

ill: D

esi

gn

of

exp

eri

me

nts

to

inv

est

iga

te t

he

eff

ec

t o

f lim

itin

g f

ac

tors

on

ph

oto

syn

the

sis.

Sk

ill: S

ep

ara

tio

n o

f p

ho

tosy

nth

eti

c p

igm

en

ts b

y ch

rom

ato

gra

ph

. (P

rac

tica

l 4)

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.5 E

nzy

me

s

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Biology guide48

2.9

Ph

oto

syn

the

sis

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld k

no

w t

ha

t v

isib

le li

gh

t h

as

wav

ele

ng

ths

be

twe

en

40

0 a

nd

70

0 n

an

om

etr

es,

bu

t th

ey

are

no

t e

xpe

cte

d t

o r

eca

ll th

e w

ave

len

gth

s o

f

spe

cifi

c co

lou

rs o

f lig

ht.

Wa

ter

fre

e o

f d

isso

lve

d c

arb

on

dio

xid

e f

or

ph

oto

syn

the

sis

exp

eri

me

nts

ca

n

be

pro

du

ced

by

bo

ilin

g a

nd

co

olin

g w

ate

r.

Pa

pe

r ch

rom

ato

gra

ph

y ca

n b

e u

sed

to

se

pa

rate

ph

oto

syn

the

tic

pig

me

nts

bu

t

thin

laye

r ch

rom

ato

gra

ph

y g

ive

s b

ett

er

resu

lts.

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49Biology guide 49

Co

re

Top

ic 3

: Ge

ne

tics

15

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: E

ve

ry li

vin

g o

rga

nis

m in

he

rits

a b

lue

pri

nt

for

life

fro

m it

s p

are

nts

.

3.1

Ge

ne

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

te

chn

olo

gy

—g

en

e s

eq

ue

nce

rs a

re u

sed

fo

r th

e s

eq

ue

nci

ng

of

ge

ne

s. (1

.8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

A g

en

e is

a h

eri

tab

le f

ac

tor

tha

t co

nsi

sts

of

a le

ng

th o

f D

NA

an

d in

flu

en

ces

a

spe

cifi

c ch

ara

cte

rist

ic.

A g

en

e o

ccu

pie

s a

sp

eci

fic

po

siti

on

on

a c

hro

mo

som

e.

Th

e v

ari

ou

s sp

eci

fic

form

s o

f a

ge

ne

are

all

ele

s.

All

ele

s d

iffe

r fr

om

ea

ch o

the

r b

y o

ne

or

on

ly a

fe

w b

ase

s.

Ne

w a

lle

les

are

fo

rme

d b

y m

uta

tio

n.

Th

e g

en

om

e is

th

e w

ho

le o

f th

e g

en

eti

c in

form

ati

on

of

an

org

an

ism

.

Th

e e

nti

re b

ase

se

qu

en

ce o

f h

um

an

ge

ne

s w

as

seq

ue

nce

d in

th

e H

um

an

Ge

no

me

Pro

jec

t.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Th

e c

au

ses

of

sick

le c

ell

an

em

ia, i

ncl

ud

ing

a b

ase

su

bst

itu

tio

n

mu

tati

on

, a c

ha

ng

e t

o t

he

ba

se s

eq

ue

nce

of

mR

NA

tra

nsc

rib

ed

fro

m it

an

d a

cha

ng

e t

o t

he

se

qu

en

ce o

f a

po

lyp

ep

tid

e in

he

mo

glo

bin

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

mp

ari

son

of

the

nu

mb

er

of

ge

ne

s in

hu

ma

ns

wit

h o

the

r

spe

cie

s.

Sk

ill: U

se o

f a

da

tab

ase

to

de

term

ine

dif

fere

nce

s in

th

e b

ase

se

qu

en

ce o

f a

ge

ne

in t

wo

sp

eci

es.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Se

qu

en

cin

g o

f th

e h

um

an

ge

no

me

sh

ow

s th

at

all

hu

ma

ns

sha

re t

he

va

st

ma

jori

ty o

f th

eir

ba

se s

eq

ue

nce

s b

ut

als

o t

ha

t th

ere

are

ma

ny

sin

gle

nu

cle

oti

de

po

lym

orp

his

ms

tha

t co

ntr

ibu

te t

o h

um

an

div

ers

ity.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

ere

is a

lin

k b

etw

ee

n s

ick

le c

ell

an

em

ia a

nd

pre

va

len

ce o

f m

ala

ria

. Ho

w c

an

we

kn

ow

wh

eth

er

the

re is

a c

au

sal l

ink

in s

uch

ca

ses

or

sim

ply

a c

orr

ela

tio

n?

Aim

s:

Aim

7:

Th

e u

se o

f a

da

tab

ase

to

co

mp

are

DN

A b

ase

se

qu

en

ces.

Aim

8:

Eth

ics

of

pa

ten

tin

g h

um

an

ge

ne

s.

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Topic 3: Genetics

Biology guide50

3.1

Ge

ne

s

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e a

ble

to

re

call

on

e s

pe

cifi

c b

ase

su

bst

itu

tio

n t

ha

t ca

use

s

glu

tam

ic a

cid

to

be

su

bst

itu

ted

by

va

line

as

the

six

th a

min

o a

cid

in t

he

he

mo

glo

bin

po

lyp

ep

tid

e.

Th

e n

um

be

r o

f g

en

es

in a

sp

eci

es

sho

uld

no

t b

e r

efe

rre

d t

o a

s g

en

om

e s

ize

as

this

te

rm is

use

d f

or

the

to

tal a

mo

un

t o

f D

NA

. At

lea

st o

ne

pla

nt

an

d o

ne

ba

cte

riu

m s

ho

uld

be

incl

ud

ed

in t

he

co

mp

ari

son

an

d a

t le

ast

on

e s

pe

cie

s

wit

h m

ore

ge

ne

s a

nd

on

e w

ith

fe

we

r g

en

es

tha

n a

hu

ma

n.

Th

e G

en

ba

nk

® d

ata

ba

se c

an

be

use

d t

o s

ea

rch

fo

r D

NA

ba

se s

eq

ue

nce

s. T

he

cy

toch

rom

e C

ge

ne

se

qu

en

ce is

av

aila

ble

fo

r m

an

y d

iffe

ren

t o

rga

nis

ms

an

d

is o

f p

art

icu

lar

inte

rest

be

cau

se o

f it

s u

se in

re

cla

ssif

yin

g o

rga

nis

ms

into

th

ree

do

ma

ins.

De

leti

on

s, in

sert

ion

s a

nd

fra

me

sh

ift

mu

tati

on

s d

o n

ot

ne

ed

to

be

incl

ud

ed

.

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Biology guide 51

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: C

hro

mo

som

es

carr

y g

en

es

in a

lin

ea

r se

qu

en

ce t

ha

t is

sh

are

d b

y m

em

be

rs o

f a

sp

eci

es.

3.2

Ch

rom

oso

me

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in r

ese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

te

chn

iqu

es—

au

tora

dio

gra

ph

y w

as

use

d t

o e

sta

blis

h t

he

len

gth

of

DN

A m

ole

cule

s in

ch

rom

oso

me

s. (1

.8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Pro

ka

ryo

tes

hav

e o

ne

ch

rom

oso

me

co

nsi

stin

g o

f a

cir

cula

r D

NA

mo

lecu

le.

So

me

pro

ka

ryo

tes

als

o h

ave

pla

smid

s b

ut

eu

ka

ryo

tes

do

no

t.

Eu

ka

ryo

te c

hro

mo

som

es

are

lin

ea

r D

NA

mo

lecu

les

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

his

ton

e

pro

tein

s.

In a

eu

ka

ryo

te s

pe

cie

s th

ere

are

dif

fere

nt

chro

mo

som

es

tha

t ca

rry

dif

fere

nt

ge

ne

s.

Ho

mo

log

ou

s ch

rom

oso

me

s ca

rry

the

sa

me

se

qu

en

ce o

f g

en

es

bu

t n

ot

ne

cess

ari

ly t

he

sa

me

all

ele

s o

f th

ose

ge

ne

s.

Dip

loid

nu

cle

i hav

e p

air

s o

f h

om

olo

go

us

chro

mo

som

es.

Ha

plo

id n

ucl

ei h

ave

on

e c

hro

mo

som

e o

f e

ach

pa

ir.

Th

e n

um

be

r o

f ch

rom

oso

me

s is

a c

ha

rac

teri

stic

fe

atu

re o

f m

em

be

rs o

f a

spe

cie

s.

A k

ary

og

ram

sh

ow

s th

e c

hro

mo

som

es

of

an

org

an

ism

in h

om

olo

go

us

pa

irs

of

de

cre

asi

ng

len

gth

.

Se

x is

de

term

ine

d b

y se

x ch

rom

oso

me

s a

nd

au

toso

me

s a

re c

hro

mo

som

es

tha

t d

o n

ot

de

term

ine

se

x.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

irn

s’ t

ech

niq

ue

fo

r m

ea

suri

ng

th

e le

ng

th o

f D

NA

mo

lecu

les

by

au

tora

dio

gra

ph

y.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

mp

ari

son

of

ge

no

me

siz

e in

T2

ph

ag

e, E

sch

eric

hia

co

li,

Dro

sop

hila

mel

an

og

ast

er, H

om

o s

ap

ien

s a

nd

Pa

ris

jap

on

ica

.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Se

qu

en

cin

g o

f th

e r

ice

ge

no

me

inv

olv

ed

co

op

era

tio

n b

etw

ee

n b

iolo

gis

ts in

10 c

ou

ntr

ies.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.6 C

ell

div

isio

n

Aim

s:

Aim

6:

Sta

inin

g r

oo

t ti

p s

qu

ash

es

an

d m

icro

sco

pe

exa

min

ati

on

of

chro

mo

som

es

is r

eco

mm

en

de

d b

ut

no

t o

blig

ato

ry.

Aim

7:

Use

of

da

tab

ase

s to

ide

nti

fy g

en

e lo

ci a

nd

pro

tein

pro

du

cts

of

ge

ne

s.

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3.2

Ch

rom

oso

me

s

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

mp

ari

son

of

dip

loid

ch

rom

oso

me

nu

mb

ers

of

Ho

mo

sa

pie

ns,

Pa

n t

rog

lod

ytes

, Ca

nis

fam

ilia

ris,

Ory

za s

ati

va, P

ara

sca

ris

equ

oru

m.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

ka

ryo

gra

ms

to d

ed

uce

se

x a

nd

dia

gn

ose

Do

wn

sy

nd

rom

e

in h

um

an

s.

Sk

ill: U

se o

f d

ata

ba

ses

to id

en

tify

th

e lo

cus

of

a h

um

an

ge

ne

an

d it

s

po

lyp

ep

tid

e p

rod

uc

t.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e t

erm

s k

ary

oty

pe

an

d k

ary

og

ram

hav

e d

iffe

ren

t m

ea

nin

gs.

Ka

ryo

typ

e is

a p

rop

ert

y o

f a

ce

ll—

the

nu

mb

er

an

d t

yp

e o

f ch

rom

oso

me

s p

rese

nt

in t

he

nu

cle

us,

no

t a

ph

oto

gra

ph

or

dia

gra

m o

f th

em

.

Ge

no

me

siz

e is

th

e t

ota

l le

ng

th o

f D

NA

in a

n o

rga

nis

m. T

he

exa

mp

les

of

ge

no

me

an

d c

hro

mo

som

e n

um

be

r h

ave

be

en

se

lec

ted

to

all

ow

po

ints

of

inte

rest

to

be

ra

ise

d.

Th

e t

wo

DN

A m

ole

cule

s fo

rme

d b

y D

NA

re

plic

ati

on

pri

or

to c

ell

div

isio

n a

re

con

sid

ere

d t

o b

e s

iste

r ch

rom

ati

ds

un

til t

he

sp

litti

ng

of

the

ce

ntr

om

ere

at

the

sta

rt o

f a

na

ph

ase

. Aft

er

this

, th

ey

are

ind

ivid

ua

l ch

rom

oso

me

s.

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Topic 3: Genetics

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: A

lle

les

seg

reg

ate

du

rin

g m

eio

sis

all

ow

ing

ne

w c

om

bin

ati

on

s to

be

fo

rme

d b

y th

e f

usi

on

of

ga

me

tes.

3.3

Me

iosi

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ma

kin

g c

are

ful o

bse

rva

tio

ns—

me

iosi

s w

as

dis

cov

ere

d b

y m

icro

sco

pe

exa

min

ati

on

of

div

idin

g g

erm

-lin

e c

ells

. (1.

8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

On

e d

iplo

id n

ucl

eu

s d

ivid

es

by

me

iosi

s to

pro

du

ce f

ou

r h

ap

loid

nu

cle

i.

Th

e h

alv

ing

of

the

ch

rom

oso

me

nu

mb

er

all

ow

s a

se

xua

l lif

e c

ycle

wit

h f

usi

on

of

ga

me

tes.

DN

A is

re

plic

ate

d b

efo

re m

eio

sis

so t

ha

t a

ll ch

rom

oso

me

s co

nsi

st o

f tw

o

sist

er

chro

ma

tid

s.

Th

e e

arl

y st

ag

es

of

me

iosi

s in

vo

lve

pa

irin

g o

f h

om

olo

go

us

chro

mo

som

es

an

d

cro

ssin

g o

ve

r fo

llo

we

d b

y co

nd

en

sati

on

.

Ori

en

tati

on

of

pa

irs

of

ho

mo

log

ou

s ch

rom

oso

me

s p

rio

r to

se

pa

rati

on

is

ran

do

m.

Se

pa

rati

on

of

pa

irs

of

ho

mo

log

ou

s ch

rom

oso

me

s in

th

e f

irst

div

isio

n o

f

me

iosi

s h

alv

es

the

ch

rom

oso

me

nu

mb

er.

Cro

ssin

g o

ve

r a

nd

ra

nd

om

ori

en

tati

on

pro

mo

tes

ge

ne

tic

va

ria

tio

n.

Fusi

on

of

ga

me

tes

fro

m d

iffe

ren

t p

are

nts

pro

mo

tes

ge

ne

tic

va

ria

tio

n.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: No

n-d

isju

nc

tio

n c

an

ca

use

Do

wn

sy

nd

rom

e a

nd

oth

er

chro

mo

som

e a

bn

orm

alit

ies.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Stu

die

s sh

ow

ing

ag

e o

f p

are

nts

infl

ue

nce

s ch

an

ces

of

no

n-

dis

jun

cti

on

.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

In 1

92

2 t

he

nu

mb

er

of

chro

mo

som

es

cou

nte

d in

a h

um

an

ce

ll w

as

48

. Th

is

rem

ain

ed

th

e e

sta

blis

he

d n

um

be

r fo

r 3

0 y

ea

rs, e

ve

n t

ho

ug

h a

re

vie

w o

f

ph

oto

gra

ph

ic e

vid

en

ce f

rom

th

e t

ime

cle

arl

y s

ho

we

d t

ha

t th

ere

we

re 4

6. F

or

wh

at

rea

son

s d

o e

xist

ing

be

lie

fs c

arr

y a

ce

rta

in in

ert

ia?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

An

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

ka

ryo

typ

es

ha

s a

llo

we

d d

iag

no

ses

to b

e m

ad

e f

or

the

pu

rpo

ses

of

ge

ne

tic

cou

nse

llin

g.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.6 C

ell

div

isio

n

Top

ic 1

0.1

Me

iosi

s

Top

ic 1

1.4

Se

xua

l re

pro

du

cti

on

Aim

s:

Aim

8:

Pre

-na

tal s

cre

en

ing

fo

r ch

rom

oso

me

ab

no

rma

litie

s g

ive

s a

n in

dic

ati

on

of

the

se

x o

f th

e f

etu

s a

nd

ra

ise

s e

thic

al i

ssu

es

ov

er

sele

cti

ve

ab

ort

ion

of

fem

ale

fe

tuse

s in

so

me

co

un

trie

s.

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3.3

Me

iosi

s

Ap

plic

ati

on

: De

scri

pti

on

of

me

tho

ds

use

d t

o o

bta

in c

ells

fo

r k

ary

oty

pe

an

aly

sis

e.g

. ch

ori

on

ic v

illu

s sa

mp

ling

an

d a

mn

ioce

nte

sis

an

d t

he

ass

oci

ate

d

risk

s.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

dia

gra

ms

to s

ho

w t

he

sta

ge

s o

f m

eio

sis

resu

ltin

g in

th

e

form

ati

on

of

fou

r h

ap

loid

ce

lls.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Pre

pa

rati

on

of

mic

rosc

op

e s

lid

es

sho

win

g m

eio

sis

is c

ha

lle

ng

ing

an

d

pe

rma

ne

nt

slid

es

sho

uld

be

av

aila

ble

in c

ase

no

ce

lls in

me

iosi

s a

re v

isib

le in

tem

po

rary

mo

un

ts.

Dra

win

gs

of

the

sta

ge

s o

f m

eio

sis

do

no

t n

ee

d t

o in

clu

de

ch

iasm

ata

.

Th

e p

roce

ss o

f ch

iasm

ata

fo

rma

tio

n n

ee

d n

ot

be

exp

lain

ed

.

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Topic 3: Genetics

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: T

he

inh

eri

tan

ce o

f g

en

es

foll

ow

s p

att

ern

s.

3.4

In

he

rita

nce

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ma

kin

g q

ua

nti

tati

ve

me

asu

rem

en

ts w

ith

re

plic

ate

s to

en

sure

re

liab

ility

. Me

nd

el’s

ge

ne

tic

cro

sse

s w

ith

pe

a p

lan

ts g

en

era

ted

nu

me

rica

l da

ta. (

3.2

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Me

nd

el d

isco

ve

red

th

e p

rin

cip

les

of

inh

eri

tan

ce w

ith

exp

eri

me

nts

in w

hic

h

larg

e n

um

be

rs o

f p

ea

pla

nts

we

re c

ross

ed

.

Ga

me

tes

are

ha

plo

id s

o c

on

tain

on

ly o

ne

all

ele

of

ea

ch g

en

e.

Th

e t

wo

all

ele

s o

f e

ach

ge

ne

se

pa

rate

into

dif

fere

nt

ha

plo

id d

au

gh

ter

nu

cle

i

du

rin

g m

eio

sis.

Fusi

on

of

ga

me

tes

resu

lts

in d

iplo

id z

ygo

tes

wit

h t

wo

all

ele

s o

f e

ach

ge

ne

tha

t m

ay b

e t

he

sa

me

all

ele

or

dif

fere

nt

all

ele

s.

Do

min

an

t a

lle

les

ma

sk t

he

eff

ec

ts o

f re

cess

ive

all

ele

s b

ut

co-d

om

ina

nt

all

ele

s

hav

e jo

int

eff

ec

ts.

Ma

ny

ge

ne

tic

dis

ea

ses

in h

um

an

s a

re d

ue

to

re

cess

ive

all

ele

s o

f a

uto

som

al

ge

ne

s, a

lth

ou

gh

so

me

ge

ne

tic

dis

ea

ses

are

du

e t

o d

om

ina

nt

or

co-d

om

ina

nt

all

ele

s.

So

me

ge

ne

tic

dis

ea

ses

are

se

x-lin

ked

. T

he

pa

tte

rn o

f in

he

rita

nce

is d

iffe

ren

t

wit

h s

ex-

linke

d g

en

es

du

e t

o t

he

ir lo

cati

on

on

se

x ch

rom

oso

me

s.

Ma

ny

ge

ne

tic

dis

ea

ses

hav

e b

ee

n id

en

tifi

ed

in h

um

an

s b

ut

mo

st a

re v

ery

rare

.

Ra

dia

tio

n a

nd

mu

tag

en

ic c

he

mic

als

incr

ea

se t

he

mu

tati

on

ra

te a

nd

ca

n c

au

se

ge

ne

tic

dis

ea

ses

an

d c

an

cer.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Me

nd

el’s

th

eo

rie

s w

ere

no

t a

cce

pte

d b

y t

he

sci

en

tifi

c co

mm

un

ity

for

a lo

ng

tim

e. W

ha

t fa

cto

rs w

ou

ld e

nco

ura

ge

th

e a

cce

pta

nce

of

ne

w id

ea

s b

y t

he

scie

nti

fic

com

mu

nit

y?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.6 C

ell

div

isio

n

Aim

s:

Aim

8: S

oci

al i

mp

lica

tio

ns

of

dia

gn

osi

s o

f m

uta

tio

ns,

incl

ud

ing

th

e e

ffe

cts

on

the

fa

mil

y a

nd

sti

gm

ati

zati

on

.

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3.4

In

he

rita

nce

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: In

he

rita

nce

of

AB

O b

loo

d g

rou

ps.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Re

d-g

ree

n c

olo

ur

blin

dn

ess

an

d h

em

op

hili

a a

s e

xam

ple

s o

f se

x-

linke

d in

he

rita

nce

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: In

he

rita

nce

of

cy

stic

fib

rosi

s a

nd

Hu

nti

ng

ton

’s d

ise

ase

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

rad

iati

on

aft

er

nu

cle

ar

bo

mb

ing

of

Hir

osh

ima

an

d a

ccid

en

t a

t C

he

rno

by

l.

Sk

ill: C

on

stru

cti

on

of

Pu

nn

ett

gri

ds

for

pre

dic

tin

g t

he

ou

tco

me

s o

f

mo

no

hy

bri

d g

en

eti

c cr

oss

es.

Sk

ill: C

om

pa

riso

n o

f p

red

icte

d a

nd

ac

tua

l ou

tco

me

s o

f g

en

eti

c cr

oss

es

usi

ng

rea

l da

ta.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f p

ed

igre

e c

ha

rts

to d

ed

uce

th

e p

att

ern

of

inh

eri

tan

ce o

f

ge

ne

tic

dis

ea

ses.

Gu

ida

nce

:

All

ele

s ca

rrie

d o

n X

ch

rom

oso

me

s sh

ou

ld b

e s

ho

wn

as

sup

ers

crip

t le

tte

rs o

n

an

up

pe

r ca

se X

, su

ch a

s X

h.

Th

e e

xpe

cte

d n

ota

tio

n f

or

AB

O b

loo

d g

rou

p a

lle

les

is:

Ph

eno

typ

eO A B A

B

Gen

oty

pe

ii IAIA

or

IAi

IBIB

or

IBi

IAIB

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: B

iolo

gis

ts h

ave

de

ve

lop

ed

te

chn

iqu

es

for

art

ific

ial m

an

ipu

lati

on

of

DN

A, c

ells

an

d o

rga

nis

ms.

3.5

Ge

ne

tic

mo

dif

ica

tio

n a

nd

bio

tech

no

log

y

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ass

ess

ing

ris

ks

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

sci

en

tifi

c re

sea

rch

—sc

ien

tist

s a

tte

mp

t to

ass

ess

th

e r

isk

s a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h g

en

eti

call

y m

od

ifie

d c

rop

s o

r li

ve

sto

ck. (

4.8

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ge

l ele

ctr

op

ho

resi

s is

use

d t

o s

ep

ara

te p

rote

ins

or

fra

gm

en

ts o

f D

NA

acc

ord

ing

to

siz

e.

PC

R c

an

be

use

d t

o a

mp

lify

sm

all

am

ou

nts

of

DN

A.

DN

A p

rofi

ling

inv

olv

es

com

pa

riso

n o

f D

NA

.

Ge

ne

tic

mo

dif

ica

tio

n is

ca

rrie

d o

ut

by

ge

ne

tra

nsf

er

be

twe

en

sp

eci

es.

Clo

ne

s a

re g

rou

ps

of

ge

ne

tica

lly

ide

nti

cal o

rga

nis

ms,

de

riv

ed

fro

m a

sin

gle

ori

gin

al p

are

nt

cell

.

Ma

ny

pla

nt

spe

cie

s a

nd

so

me

an

ima

l sp

eci

es

hav

e n

atu

ral m

eth

od

s o

f

clo

nin

g.

An

ima

ls c

an

be

clo

ne

d a

t th

e e

mb

ryo

sta

ge

by

bre

ak

ing

up

th

e e

mb

ryo

into

mo

re t

ha

n o

ne

gro

up

of

cells

.

Me

tho

ds

hav

e b

ee

n d

ev

elo

pe

d f

or

clo

nin

g a

du

lt a

nim

als

usi

ng

dif

fere

nti

ate

d

cells

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

DN

A p

rofi

ling

in p

ate

rnit

y a

nd

fo

ren

sic

inv

est

iga

tio

ns.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ge

ne

tra

nsf

er

to b

ac

teri

a u

sin

g p

lasm

ids

ma

kes

use

of

rest

ric

tio

n

en

do

nu

cle

ase

s a

nd

DN

A li

ga

se.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ass

ess

me

nt

of

the

po

ten

tia

l ris

ks

an

d b

en

efi

ts a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h

ge

ne

tic

mo

dif

ica

tio

n o

f cr

op

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Pro

du

cti

on

of

clo

ne

d e

mb

ryo

s p

rod

uce

d b

y so

ma

tic-

cell

nu

cle

ar

tra

nsf

er.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e u

se o

f D

NA

fo

r se

curi

ng

co

nv

icti

on

s in

leg

al c

ase

s is

we

ll e

sta

blis

he

d,

yet

ev

en

un

ive

rsa

lly

acc

ep

ted

th

eo

rie

s a

re o

ve

rtu

rne

d in

th

e li

gh

t o

f n

ew

ev

ide

nce

in s

cie

nce

. Wh

at

crit

eri

a a

re n

ece

ssa

ry f

or

ass

ess

ing

th

e r

elia

bili

ty o

f

ev

ide

nce

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.7 D

NA

re

plic

ati

on

, tra

nsc

rip

tio

n a

nd

tra

nsl

ati

on

Aim

s:

Aim

6: T

he

de

sig

n o

f a

ro

oti

ng

exp

eri

me

nt

sho

uld

ide

all

y le

ad

to

th

e

exp

eri

me

nt

ac

tua

lly

be

ing

ca

rrie

d o

ut

by

stu

de

nts

.

Aim

8: T

he

eth

ics

of

ge

ne

tic

mo

dif

ica

tio

n c

ou

ld b

e d

iscu

sse

d.

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3.5

Ge

ne

tic

mo

dif

ica

tio

n a

nd

bio

tech

no

log

y

Sk

ill: D

esi

gn

of

an

exp

eri

me

nt

to a

sse

ss o

ne

fa

cto

r a

ffe

cti

ng

th

e r

oo

tin

g o

f

ste

m-c

utt

ing

s.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f e

xam

ple

s o

f D

NA

pro

file

s.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f d

ata

on

ris

ks

to m

on

arc

h b

utt

erf

lies

of

Bt

cro

ps.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e a

ble

to

de

du

ce w

he

the

r o

r n

ot

a m

an

co

uld

be

th

e f

ath

er

of

a c

hil

d f

rom

th

e p

att

ern

of

ba

nd

s o

n a

DN

A p

rofi

le.

Do

lly

can

be

use

d a

s a

n e

xam

ple

of

som

ati

c-ce

ll tr

an

sfe

r.

A p

lan

t sp

eci

es

sho

uld

be

ch

ose

n f

or

roo

tin

g e

xpe

rim

en

ts t

ha

t fo

rms

roo

ts

rea

dil

y in

wa

ter

or

a s

oli

d m

ed

ium

.

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59Biology guide 59

Co

re

Top

ic 4

: Eco

log

y 12

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e c

on

tin

ue

d s

urv

iva

l of

liv

ing

org

an

ism

s in

clu

din

g h

um

an

s d

ep

en

ds

on

su

sta

ina

ble

co

mm

un

itie

s.

4.1

Sp

eci

es,

co

mm

un

itie

s a

nd

eco

syst

em

s

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Loo

kin

g f

or

pa

tte

rns,

tre

nd

s a

nd

dis

cre

pa

nci

es—

pla

nts

an

d a

lga

e a

re m

ost

ly a

uto

tro

ph

ic b

ut

som

e a

re n

ot.

(3

.1)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Sp

eci

es

are

gro

up

s o

f o

rga

nis

ms

tha

t ca

n p

ote

nti

all

y in

terb

ree

d t

o p

rod

uce

fert

ile

off

spri

ng

.

Me

mb

ers

of

a s

pe

cie

s m

ay b

e r

ep

rod

uct

ive

ly is

ola

ted

in s

ep

ara

te p

op

ula

tio

ns.

Sp

eci

es

hav

e e

ith

er

an

au

totr

op

hic

or

he

tero

tro

ph

ic m

eth

od

of

nu

trit

ion

(a

few

sp

eci

es

hav

e b

oth

me

tho

ds)

.

Co

nsu

me

rs a

re h

ete

rotr

op

hs

tha

t fe

ed

on

liv

ing

org

an

ism

s b

y in

ge

stio

n.

De

trit

ivo

res

are

he

tero

tro

ph

s th

at

ob

tain

org

an

ic n

utr

ien

ts f

rom

de

trit

us

by

inte

rna

l dig

est

ion

.

Sa

pro

tro

ph

s a

re h

ete

rotr

op

hs

tha

t o

bta

in o

rga

nic

nu

trie

nts

fro

m d

ea

d

org

an

ism

s b

y e

xte

rna

l dig

est

ion

.

A c

om

mu

nit

y is

fo

rme

d b

y p

op

ula

tio

ns

of

dif

fere

nt

spe

cie

s li

vin

g t

og

eth

er

an

d in

tera

cti

ng

wit

h e

ach

oth

er.

A c

om

mu

nit

y fo

rms

an

eco

syst

em

by

its

inte

rac

tio

ns

wit

h t

he

ab

ioti

c

en

vir

on

me

nt.

Au

totr

op

hs

ob

tain

ino

rga

nic

nu

trie

nts

fro

m t

he

ab

ioti

c e

nv

iro

nm

en

t.

Th

e s

up

ply

of

ino

rga

nic

nu

trie

nts

is m

ain

tain

ed

by

nu

trie

nt

cyc

ling

.

Eco

syst

em

s h

ave

th

e p

ote

nti

al t

o b

e s

ust

ain

ab

le o

ve

r lo

ng

pe

rio

ds

of

tim

e.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Th

e n

ee

d f

or

sust

ain

ab

ility

in h

um

an

ac

tiv

itie

s co

uld

be

dis

cuss

ed

an

d t

he

me

tho

ds

ne

ed

ed

to

pro

mo

te t

his

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Ge

og

rap

hy

Pa

rt 2

A: F

resh

wa

ter-

issu

es

an

d c

on

flic

ts

En

vir

on

me

nta

l sy

ste

ms

an

d s

oci

eti

es

Top

ic 2

.1 S

pe

cie

s a

nd

po

pu

lati

on

s

Aim

s:

Aim

6: I

t w

ou

ld b

e b

est

fo

r st

ud

en

ts t

o o

bta

in d

ata

fo

r th

e c

hi-

squ

are

d t

est

the

mse

lve

s, t

o g

ive

fir

st-h

an

d e

xpe

rie

nce

of

fie

ld w

ork

te

chn

iqu

es.

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4.1

Sp

eci

es,

co

mm

un

itie

s a

nd

eco

syst

em

s

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Sk

ill: C

lass

ify

ing

sp

eci

es

as

au

totr

op

hs,

co

nsu

me

rs, d

etr

itiv

ore

s o

r sa

pro

tro

ph

s

fro

m a

kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

ir m

od

e o

f n

utr

itio

n.

Sk

ill: S

ett

ing

up

se

ale

d m

eso

cosm

s to

try

to

est

ab

lish

su

sta

ina

bili

ty. (

Pra

ctic

al 5

)

Sk

ill: T

est

ing

fo

r a

sso

cia

tio

n b

etw

ee

n t

wo

sp

eci

es

usi

ng

th

e c

hi-

squ

are

d t

est

wit

h d

ata

ob

tain

ed

by

qu

ad

rat

sam

plin

g.

Sk

ill: R

eco

gn

izin

g a

nd

inte

rpre

tin

g s

tati

stic

al s

ign

ific

an

ce.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Me

soco

sms

can

be

se

t u

p in

op

en

ta

nk

s, b

ut

sea

led

gla

ss v

ess

els

are

pre

fera

ble

be

cau

se e

ntr

y a

nd

exi

t o

f m

att

er

can

be

pre

ve

nte

d b

ut

ligh

t ca

n

en

ter

an

d h

ea

t ca

n le

ave

. Aq

ua

tic

syst

em

s a

re li

kely

to

be

mo

re s

ucc

ess

ful

tha

n t

err

est

ria

l on

es.

To o

bta

in d

ata

fo

r th

e c

hi-

squ

are

d t

est

, an

eco

syst

em

sh

ou

ld b

e c

ho

sen

in

wh

ich

on

e o

r m

ore

fa

cto

rs a

ffe

cti

ng

th

e d

istr

ibu

tio

n o

f th

e c

ho

sen

sp

eci

es

va

rie

s. S

am

plin

g s

ho

uld

be

ba

sed

on

ra

nd

om

nu

mb

ers

. In

ea

ch q

ua

dra

t th

e

pre

sen

ce o

r a

bse

nce

of

the

ch

ose

n s

pe

cie

s sh

ou

ld b

e r

eco

rde

d.

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Topic 4: Ecology

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: E

cosy

ste

ms

req

uir

e a

co

nti

nu

ou

s su

pp

ly o

f e

ne

rgy

to f

ue

l lif

e p

roce

sse

s a

nd

to

re

pla

ce e

ne

rgy

lost

as

he

at.

4.2

En

erg

y f

low

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Use

th

eo

rie

s to

exp

lain

na

tura

l ph

en

om

en

a—

the

co

nce

pt

of

en

erg

y fl

ow

exp

lain

s th

e li

mit

ed

len

gth

of

foo

d c

ha

ins.

(2

.2)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Mo

st e

cosy

ste

ms

rely

on

a s

up

ply

of

en

erg

y fr

om

su

nlig

ht.

Lig

ht

en

erg

y is

co

nv

ert

ed

to

ch

em

ica

l en

erg

y in

ca

rbo

n c

om

po

un

ds

by

ph

oto

syn

the

sis.

Ch

em

ica

l en

erg

y in

ca

rbo

n c

om

po

un

ds

flo

ws

thro

ug

h f

oo

d c

ha

ins

by

me

an

s

of

fee

din

g.

En

erg

y re

lea

sed

fro

m c

arb

on

co

mp

ou

nd

s b

y re

spir

ati

on

is u

sed

in li

vin

g

org

an

ism

s a

nd

co

nv

ert

ed

to

he

at.

Liv

ing

org

an

ism

s ca

nn

ot

con

ve

rt h

ea

t to

oth

er

form

s o

f e

ne

rgy.

He

at

is lo

st f

rom

eco

syst

em

s.

En

erg

y lo

sse

s b

etw

ee

n t

rop

hic

lev

els

re

stri

ct

the

len

gth

of

foo

d c

ha

ins

an

d

the

bio

ma

ss o

f h

igh

er

tro

ph

ic le

ve

ls.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Sk

ill: Q

ua

nti

tati

ve

re

pre

sen

tati

on

s o

f e

ne

rgy

flo

w u

sin

g p

yra

mid

s o

f e

ne

rgy.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Py

ram

ids

of

nu

mb

er

an

d b

iom

ass

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d. S

tud

en

ts s

ho

uld

be

cle

ar

tha

t b

iom

ass

in t

err

est

ria

l eco

syst

em

s d

imin

ish

es

wit

h e

ne

rgy

alo

ng

fo

od

cha

ins

du

e t

o lo

ss o

f ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

, wa

ter

an

d o

the

r w

ast

e p

rod

uc

ts, s

uch

as

ure

a.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Th

e e

ne

rge

tics

of

foo

d c

ha

ins

is a

fa

cto

r in

th

e e

ffic

ien

cy

of

foo

d p

rod

uc

tio

n

for

the

all

ev

iati

on

of

wo

rld

hu

ng

er.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.8 C

ell

resp

ira

tio

n

Top

ic 2

.9 P

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 2

.3 W

ork

, en

erg

y a

nd

po

we

r

Top

ic B

.2 T

he

rmo

dy

na

mic

s

En

vir

on

me

nta

l sy

ste

ms

an

d s

oci

eti

es

Top

ic 2

.3 F

low

s o

f e

ne

rgy

an

d m

att

er

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4.2

En

erg

y f

low

Py

ram

ids

of

en

erg

y sh

ou

ld b

e d

raw

n t

o s

cale

an

d s

ho

uld

be

ste

pp

ed

, no

t

tria

ng

ula

r. T

he

te

rms

pro

du

cer,

fir

st c

on

sum

er

an

d s

eco

nd

co

nsu

me

r a

nd

so

on

sh

ou

ld b

e u

sed

, ra

the

r th

an

fir

st t

rop

hic

lev

el,

seco

nd

tro

ph

ic le

ve

l an

d s

o

on

.

Th

e d

isti

nc

tio

n b

etw

ee

n e

ne

rgy

flo

w in

eco

syst

em

s a

nd

cyc

ling

of

ino

rga

nic

nu

trie

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e s

tre

sse

d. S

tud

en

ts s

ho

uld

un

de

rsta

nd

th

at

the

re is

a

con

tin

uo

us

bu

t v

ari

ab

le s

up

ply

of

en

erg

y in

th

e f

orm

of

sun

ligh

t b

ut

tha

t th

e

sup

ply

of

nu

trie

nts

in a

n e

cosy

ste

m is

fin

ite

an

d li

mit

ed

.

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Topic 4: Ecology

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: C

on

tin

ue

d a

va

ilab

ility

of

carb

on

in e

cosy

ste

ms

de

pe

nd

s o

n c

arb

on

cyc

ling

.

4.3

Ca

rbo

n c

ycl

ing

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ma

kin

g a

ccu

rate

, qu

an

tita

tiv

e m

ea

sure

me

nts

—it

is im

po

rta

nt

to o

bta

in r

elia

ble

da

ta o

n t

he

co

nce

ntr

ati

on

of

carb

on

dio

xid

e a

nd

me

tha

ne

in t

he

atm

osp

he

re. (

3.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Au

totr

op

hs

con

ve

rt c

arb

on

dio

xid

e in

to c

arb

oh

ydra

tes

an

d o

the

r ca

rbo

n

com

po

un

ds.

In a

qu

ati

c e

cosy

ste

ms

carb

on

is p

rese

nt

as

dis

solv

ed

ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

an

d

hyd

rog

en

ca

rbo

na

te io

ns.

Ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

dif

fuse

s fr

om

th

e a

tmo

sph

ere

or

wa

ter

into

au

totr

op

hs.

Ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

is p

rod

uce

d b

y re

spir

ati

on

an

d d

iffu

ses

ou

t o

f o

rga

nis

ms

into

wa

ter

or

the

atm

osp

he

re.

Me

tha

ne

is p

rod

uce

d f

rom

org

an

ic m

att

er

in a

na

ero

bic

co

nd

itio

ns

by

me

tha

no

ge

nic

arc

ha

ea

ns

an

d s

om

e d

iffu

ses

into

th

e a

tmo

sph

ere

or

acc

um

ula

tes

in t

he

gro

un

d.

Me

tha

ne

is o

xid

ize

d t

o c

arb

on

dio

xid

e a

nd

wa

ter

in t

he

atm

osp

he

re.

Pe

at

form

s w

he

n o

rga

nic

ma

tte

r is

no

t fu

lly

de

com

po

sed

be

cau

se o

f a

cid

ic

an

d/o

r a

na

ero

bic

co

nd

itio

ns

in w

ate

rlo

gg

ed

so

ils.

Pa

rtia

lly

de

com

po

sed

org

an

ic m

att

er

fro

m p

ast

ge

olo

gic

al e

ras

wa

s

con

ve

rte

d e

ith

er

into

co

al o

r in

to o

il a

nd

ga

s th

at

acc

um

ula

te in

po

rou

s ro

cks.

Ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

is p

rod

uce

d b

y th

e c

om

bu

stio

n o

f b

iom

ass

an

d f

oss

ilize

d

org

an

ic m

att

er.

An

ima

ls s

uch

as

ree

f-b

uil

din

g c

ora

ls a

nd

mo

llusc

a h

ave

ha

rd p

art

s th

at

are

com

po

sed

of

calc

ium

ca

rbo

na

te a

nd

ca

n b

eco

me

fo

ssili

zed

in li

me

sto

ne

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 8

.1 E

ne

rgy

sou

rce

s

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic C

.2 F

oss

il fu

els

Top

ic C

.5 E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal i

mp

ac

t—g

lob

al w

arm

ing

Aim

s:

Aim

8:

Th

e e

thic

al i

mp

lica

tio

ns

of

div

ert

ing

cro

ps

such

as

ma

ize

fro

m a

fo

od

to a

fu

el c

rop

co

uld

be

co

nsi

de

red

.

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4.3

Ca

rbo

n c

ycl

ing

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Est

ima

tio

n o

f ca

rbo

n f

luxe

s d

ue

to

pro

cess

es

in t

he

ca

rbo

n c

ycle

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: An

aly

sis

of

da

ta f

rom

air

mo

nit

ori

ng

sta

tio

ns

to e

xpla

in a

nn

ua

l

flu

ctu

ati

on

s.

Sk

ill: C

on

stru

ct

a d

iag

ram

of

the

ca

rbo

n c

ycle

.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Ca

rbo

n f

luxe

s sh

ou

ld b

e m

ea

sure

d in

gig

ato

nn

es.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: C

on

cen

tra

tio

ns

of

ga

ses

in t

he

atm

osp

he

re a

ffe

ct

clim

ate

s e

xpe

rie

nce

d a

t th

e E

art

h’s

su

rfa

ce.

4.4

Cli

ma

te c

ha

ng

e

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ass

ess

ing

cla

ims—

ass

ess

me

nt

of

the

cla

ims

tha

t h

um

an

ac

tiv

itie

s a

re p

rod

uci

ng

clim

ate

ch

an

ge

. (5

.2)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

an

d w

ate

r v

ap

ou

r a

re t

he

mo

st s

ign

ific

an

t g

ree

nh

ou

se g

ase

s.

Oth

er

ga

ses

incl

ud

ing

me

tha

ne

an

d n

itro

ge

n o

xid

es

hav

e le

ss im

pa

ct.

Th

e im

pa

ct

of

a g

as

de

pe

nd

s o

n it

s a

bili

ty t

o a

bso

rb lo

ng

wav

e r

ad

iati

on

as

we

ll a

s o

n it

s co

nce

ntr

ati

on

in t

he

atm

osp

he

re.

Th

e w

arm

ed

Ea

rth

em

its

lon

ge

r w

ave

len

gth

ra

dia

tio

n (

he

at)

.

Lon

ge

r w

ave

ra

dia

tio

n is

ab

sorb

ed

by

gre

en

ho

use

ga

ses

tha

t re

tain

th

e h

ea

t

in t

he

atm

osp

he

re.

Glo

ba

l te

mp

era

ture

s a

nd

clim

ate

pa

tte

rns

are

infl

ue

nce

d b

y co

nce

ntr

ati

on

s

of

gre

en

ho

use

ga

ses.

Th

ere

is a

co

rre

lati

on

be

twe

en

ris

ing

atm

osp

he

ric

con

cen

tra

tio

ns

of

carb

on

dio

xid

e s

ince

th

e s

tart

of

the

ind

ust

ria

l re

vo

luti

on

20

0 y

ea

rs a

go

an

d a

ve

rag

e

glo

ba

l te

mp

era

ture

s.

Re

cen

t in

cre

ase

s in

atm

osp

he

ric

carb

on

dio

xid

e a

re la

rge

ly d

ue

to

incr

ea

ses

in t

he

co

mb

ust

ion

of

foss

ilize

d o

rga

nic

ma

tte

r.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Th

rea

ts t

o c

ora

l re

efs

fro

m in

cre

asi

ng

co

nce

ntr

ati

on

s o

f d

isso

lve

d

carb

on

dio

xid

e.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

rre

lati

on

s b

etw

ee

n g

lob

al t

em

pe

ratu

res

an

d c

arb

on

dio

xid

e

con

cen

tra

tio

ns

on

Ea

rth

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ev

alu

ati

ng

cla

ims

tha

t h

um

an

ac

tiv

itie

s a

re n

ot

cau

sin

g c

lima

te

cha

ng

e.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Re

lea

se o

f g

ree

nh

ou

se g

ase

s o

ccu

rs lo

call

y b

ut

ha

s a

glo

ba

l im

pa

ct,

so

inte

rna

tio

na

l co

op

era

tio

n t

o r

ed

uce

em

issi

on

s is

ess

en

tia

l.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e p

reca

uti

on

ary

pri

nci

ple

is m

ea

nt

to g

uid

e d

eci

sio

n-m

ak

ing

in c

on

dit

ion

s

wh

ere

a la

ck o

f ce

rta

inty

exi

sts.

Is c

ert

ain

ty e

ve

r p

oss

ible

in t

he

na

tura

l

scie

nce

s?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 8

.2 T

he

rma

l en

erg

y tr

an

sfe

r

Ge

og

rap

hy

Pa

rt 1

.3 P

att

ern

s in

en

vir

on

me

nta

l qu

alit

y a

nd

su

sta

ina

bili

ty/A

tmo

sph

ere

an

d

cha

ng

e

En

vir

on

me

nta

l sy

ste

ms

an

d s

oci

eti

es

Top

ic 7

.2 C

lima

te c

ha

ng

e—

cau

ses

an

d im

pa

cts

Aim

s:

Aim

7: D

ata

ba

ses

can

be

use

d t

o a

na

lyse

co

nce

ntr

ati

on

s o

f g

ree

nh

ou

se

ga

ses.

Aim

8: T

he

re a

re in

tere

stin

g p

ara

lle

ls b

etw

ee

n h

um

an

s th

at

are

un

will

ing

to

red

uce

th

eir

ca

rbo

n f

oo

tpri

nt

an

d c

he

ati

ng

in s

oci

al a

nim

als

. Wh

en

th

e le

ve

l

of

che

ati

ng

ris

es

ab

ov

e a

ce

rta

in le

ve

l, so

cia

l be

hav

iou

r b

rea

ks

do

wn

.

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4.4

Cli

ma

te c

ha

ng

e

Gu

ida

nce

:

Ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

, me

tha

ne

an

d w

ate

r v

ap

ou

r sh

ou

ld b

e in

clu

de

d in

dis

cuss

ion

s.

Th

e h

arm

ful c

on

seq

ue

nce

s o

f o

zon

e d

ep

leti

on

do

no

t n

ee

d t

o b

e d

iscu

sse

d

an

d it

sh

ou

ld b

e m

ad

e c

lea

r th

at

ozo

ne

de

ple

tio

n is

no

t th

e c

au

se o

f th

e

en

ha

nce

d g

ree

nh

ou

se e

ffe

ct.

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67Biology guide 67

Co

re

Top

ic 5

: Evo

luti

on

an

d b

iod

ive

rsit

y

12 h

ou

rs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: T

he

re is

ov

erw

he

lmin

g e

vid

en

ce f

or

the

ev

olu

tio

n o

f li

fe o

n E

art

h.

5.1

Ev

ide

nce

fo

r e

vo

luti

on

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Loo

kin

g f

or

pa

tte

rns,

tre

nd

s a

nd

dis

cre

pa

nci

es—

the

re a

re c

om

mo

n f

ea

ture

s in

th

e b

on

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f v

ert

eb

rate

lim

bs

de

spit

e t

he

ir v

ari

ed

use

. (3

.1)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ev

olu

tio

n o

ccu

rs w

he

n h

eri

tab

le c

ha

rac

teri

stic

s o

f a

sp

eci

es

cha

ng

e.

Th

e f

oss

il re

cord

pro

vid

es

ev

ide

nce

fo

r e

vo

luti

on

.

Se

lec

tiv

e b

ree

din

g o

f d

om

est

ica

ted

an

ima

ls s

ho

ws

tha

t a

rtif

icia

l se

lec

tio

n c

an

cau

se e

vo

luti

on

.

Ev

olu

tio

n o

f h

om

olo

go

us

stru

ctu

res

by

ad

ap

tiv

e r

ad

iati

on

exp

lain

s

sim

ilari

tie

s in

str

uc

ture

wh

en

th

ere

are

dif

fere

nce

s in

fu

nc

tio

n.

Po

pu

lati

on

s o

f a

sp

eci

es

can

gra

du

all

y d

ive

rge

into

se

pa

rate

sp

eci

es

by

ev

olu

tio

n.

Co

nti

nu

ou

s v

ari

ati

on

acr

oss

th

e g

eo

gra

ph

ica

l ra

ng

e o

f re

late

d p

op

ula

tio

ns

ma

tch

es

the

co

nce

pt

of

gra

du

al d

ive

rge

nce

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: De

ve

lop

me

nt

of

me

lan

isti

c in

sec

ts in

po

llute

d a

rea

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

mp

ari

son

of

the

pe

nta

da

cty

l lim

b o

f m

am

ma

ls, b

ird

s,

am

ph

ibia

ns

an

d r

ep

tile

s w

ith

dif

fere

nt

me

tho

ds

of

loco

mo

tio

n.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Ev

olu

tio

na

ry h

isto

ry is

an

esp

eci

all

y c

ha

lle

ng

ing

are

a o

f sc

ien

ce b

eca

use

exp

eri

me

nts

ca

nn

ot

be

pe

rfo

rme

d t

o e

sta

blis

h p

ast

ev

en

ts o

r th

eir

ca

use

s.

Th

ere

are

no

ne

the

less

sci

en

tifi

c m

eth

od

s o

f e

sta

blis

hin

g b

eyo

nd

re

aso

na

ble

do

ub

t w

ha

t h

ap

pe

ne

d in

so

me

ca

ses.

Ho

w d

o t

he

se m

eth

od

s co

mp

are

to

tho

se u

sed

by

his

tori

an

s to

re

con

stru

ct

the

pa

st?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 7

.1 D

iscr

ete

en

erg

y a

nd

ra

dio

ac

tiv

ity

Ge

og

rap

hy

Pa

rt 1

.3 P

att

ern

s in

en

vir

on

me

nta

l qu

alit

y a

nd

su

sta

ina

bili

ty/B

iod

ive

rsit

y a

nd

cha

ng

e

En

vir

on

me

nta

l sy

ste

ms

an

d s

oci

eti

es

Top

ic 4

Bio

div

ers

ity

in e

cosy

ste

ms

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: T

he

div

ers

ity

of

life

ha

s e

vo

lve

d a

nd

co

nti

nu

es

to e

vo

lve

by

na

tura

l se

lec

tio

n.

5.2

Na

tura

l se

lec

tio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Use

th

eo

rie

s to

exp

lain

na

tura

l ph

en

om

en

a—

the

th

eo

ry o

f e

vo

luti

on

by

na

tura

l se

lec

tio

n c

an

exp

lain

th

e d

ev

elo

pm

en

t o

f a

nti

bio

tic

resi

sta

nce

in b

ac

teri

a. (

2.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Na

tura

l se

lec

tio

n c

an

on

ly o

ccu

r if

th

ere

is v

ari

ati

on

am

on

g m

em

be

rs o

f th

e

sam

e s

pe

cie

s.

Mu

tati

on

, me

iosi

s a

nd

se

xua

l re

pro

du

cti

on

ca

use

va

ria

tio

n b

etw

ee

n

ind

ivid

ua

ls in

a s

pe

cie

s.

Ad

ap

tati

on

s a

re c

ha

rac

teri

stic

s th

at

ma

ke a

n in

div

idu

al s

uit

ed

to

its

en

vir

on

me

nt

an

d w

ay o

f li

fe.

Sp

eci

es

ten

d t

o p

rod

uce

mo

re o

ffsp

rin

g t

ha

n t

he

en

vir

on

me

nt

can

su

pp

ort

.

Ind

ivid

ua

ls t

ha

t a

re b

ett

er

ad

ap

ted

te

nd

to

su

rviv

e a

nd

pro

du

ce m

ore

off

spri

ng

wh

ile

th

e le

ss w

ell

ad

ap

ted

te

nd

to

die

or

pro

du

ce f

ew

er

off

spri

ng

.

Ind

ivid

ua

ls t

ha

t re

pro

du

ce p

ass

on

ch

ara

cte

rist

ics

to t

he

ir o

ffsp

rin

g.

Na

tura

l se

lec

tio

n in

cre

ase

s th

e f

req

ue

nc

y o

f ch

ara

cte

rist

ics

tha

t m

ake

ind

ivid

ua

ls b

ett

er

ad

ap

ted

an

d d

ecr

ea

ses

the

fre

qu

en

cy

of

oth

er

cha

rac

teri

stic

s le

ad

ing

to

ch

an

ge

s w

ith

in t

he

sp

eci

es.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ch

an

ge

s in

be

ak

s o

f fi

nch

es

on

Da

ph

ne

Ma

jor.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ev

olu

tio

n o

f a

nti

bio

tic

resi

sta

nce

in b

ac

teri

a.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e c

lea

r th

at

cha

rac

teri

stic

s a

cqu

ire

d d

uri

ng

th

e li

feti

me

of

an

ind

ivid

ua

l are

no

t h

eri

tab

le. T

he

te

rm L

am

arc

kis

m is

no

t re

qu

ire

d.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Na

tura

l Se

lec

tio

n is

a t

he

ory

. Ho

w m

uch

ev

ide

nce

is r

eq

uir

ed

to

su

pp

ort

a

the

ory

an

d w

ha

t so

rt o

f co

un

ter

ev

ide

nce

is r

eq

uir

ed

to

re

fute

it?

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Biology guide 69

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Sp

eci

es

are

na

me

d a

nd

cla

ssif

ied

usi

ng

an

inte

rna

tio

na

lly

ag

ree

d s

yst

em

.

5.3

Cla

ssif

ica

tio

n o

f b

iod

ive

rsit

y

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

co

llab

ora

tio

n b

etw

ee

n g

rou

ps

of

scie

nti

sts—

scie

nti

sts

use

th

e b

ino

mia

l sy

ste

m t

o id

en

tify

a s

pe

cie

s ra

the

r th

an

th

e m

an

y d

iffe

ren

t lo

cal n

am

es.

(4.3

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Th

e b

ino

mia

l sy

ste

m o

f n

am

es

for

spe

cie

s is

un

ive

rsa

l am

on

g b

iolo

gis

ts a

nd

ha

s b

ee

n a

gre

ed

an

d d

ev

elo

pe

d a

t a

se

rie

s o

f co

ng

ress

es.

Wh

en

sp

eci

es

are

dis

cov

ere

d t

he

y a

re g

ive

n s

cie

nti

fic

na

me

s u

sin

g t

he

bin

om

ial s

yst

em

.

Taxo

no

mis

ts c

lass

ify

spe

cie

s u

sin

g a

hie

rarc

hy

of

taxa

.

All

org

an

ism

s a

re c

lass

ifie

d in

to t

hre

e d

om

ain

s.

Th

e p

rin

cip

al t

axa

fo

r cl

ass

ify

ing

eu

ka

ryo

tes

are

kin

gd

om

, ph

ylu

m, c

lass

,

ord

er,

fa

mil

y, g

en

us

an

d s

pe

cie

s.

In a

na

tura

l cla

ssif

ica

tio

n, t

he

ge

nu

s a

nd

acc

om

pa

ny

ing

hig

he

r ta

xa c

on

sist

of

all

the

sp

eci

es

tha

t h

ave

ev

olv

ed

fro

m o

ne

co

mm

on

an

cest

ral s

pe

cie

s.

Taxo

no

mis

ts s

om

eti

me

s re

cla

ssif

y g

rou

ps

of

spe

cie

s w

he

n n

ew

ev

ide

nce

sho

ws

tha

t a

pre

vio

us

taxo

n c

on

tain

s sp

eci

es

tha

t h

ave

ev

olv

ed

fro

m

dif

fere

nt

an

cest

ral s

pe

cie

s.

Na

tura

l cla

ssif

ica

tio

ns

he

lp in

ide

nti

fica

tio

n o

f sp

eci

es

an

d a

llo

w t

he

pre

dic

tio

n o

f ch

ara

cte

rist

ics

sha

red

by

spe

cie

s w

ith

in a

gro

up

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Cla

ssif

ica

tio

n o

f o

ne

pla

nt

an

d o

ne

an

ima

l sp

eci

es

fro

m d

om

ain

to s

pe

cie

s le

ve

l.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Re

cog

nit

ion

fe

atu

res

of

bry

op

hy

ta, f

ilici

no

ph

yta

, co

nif

ero

ph

yta

an

d a

ng

iosp

erm

op

hy

ta.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Th

ere

are

inte

rna

tio

na

l co

de

s o

f n

om

en

cla

ture

an

d a

gre

em

en

ts a

s to

th

e

pri

nci

ple

s to

be

fo

llo

we

d in

th

e c

lass

ific

ati

on

of

liv

ing

org

an

ism

s.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e a

do

pti

on

of

a s

yst

em

of

bin

om

ial n

om

en

cla

ture

is la

rge

ly d

ue

to

Sw

ed

ish

bo

tan

ist

an

d p

hy

sici

an

Ca

rolu

s L

inn

ae

us

(17

07

–17

78

). L

inn

ae

us

als

o d

efi

ne

d

fou

r g

rou

ps

of

hu

ma

ns,

an

d t

he

div

isio

ns

we

re b

ase

d o

n b

oth

ph

ysi

cal a

nd

soci

al t

rait

s. B

y 21

st-c

en

tury

sta

nd

ard

s, h

is d

esc

rip

tio

ns

can

be

re

ga

rde

d a

s

raci

st. H

ow

do

es

the

so

cia

l co

nte

xt

of

scie

nti

fic

wo

rk a

ffe

ct

the

me

tho

ds

an

d f

ind

ing

s o

f re

sea

rch

? Is

it n

ece

ssa

ry t

o c

on

sid

er

the

so

cia

l co

nte

xt

wh

en

ev

alu

ati

ng

eth

ica

l asp

ec

ts o

f k

no

wle

dg

e c

laim

s?

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5.3

Cla

ssif

ica

tio

n o

f b

iod

ive

rsit

y

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Re

cog

nit

ion

fe

atu

res

of

po

rife

ra, c

nid

ari

a, p

laty

lhe

lmin

tha

,

an

ne

lid

a, m

ollu

sca

, art

hro

po

da

an

d c

ho

rda

ta.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Re

cog

nit

ion

of

fea

ture

s o

f b

ird

s, m

am

ma

ls, a

mp

hib

ian

s, r

ep

tile

s

an

d f

ish

.

Sk

ill: C

on

stru

cti

on

of

dic

ho

tom

ou

s ke

ys

for

use

in id

en

tify

ing

sp

eci

me

ns.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Arc

ha

ea

, eu

ba

cte

ria

an

d e

uk

ary

ote

sh

ou

ld b

e u

sed

fo

r th

e t

hre

e d

om

ain

s.

Me

mb

ers

of

the

se d

om

ain

s sh

ou

ld b

e r

efe

rre

d t

o a

s a

rch

ae

an

s, b

ac

teri

a a

nd

eu

ka

ryo

tes.

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld k

no

w w

hic

h p

lan

t p

hy

la h

ave

va

scu

lar

tiss

ue

, bu

t o

the

r

inte

rna

l de

tails

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d.

Re

cog

nit

ion

fe

atu

res

exp

ec

ted

fo

r th

e s

ele

cte

d a

nim

al p

hy

la a

re t

ho

se

tha

t a

re m

ost

use

ful i

n d

isti

ng

uis

hin

g t

he

gro

up

s fr

om

ea

ch o

the

r a

nd

fu

ll

de

scri

pti

on

s o

f th

e c

ha

rac

teri

stic

s o

f e

ach

ph

ylu

m a

re n

ot

ne

ed

ed

.

Vir

use

s a

re n

ot

cla

ssif

ied

as

liv

ing

org

an

ism

s.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e a

nce

stry

of

gro

up

s o

f sp

eci

es

can

be

de

du

ced

by

com

pa

rin

g t

he

ir b

ase

or

am

ino

aci

d s

eq

ue

nce

s.

5.4

Cla

dis

tics

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Fals

ific

ati

on

of

the

ori

es

wit

h o

ne

th

eo

ry b

ein

g s

up

ers

ed

ed

by

an

oth

er—

pla

nt

fam

ilie

s h

ave

be

en

re

cla

ssif

ied

as

a r

esu

lt o

f e

vid

en

ce f

rom

cla

dis

tics

. (1.

9)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

A c

lad

e is

a g

rou

p o

f o

rga

nis

ms

tha

t h

ave

ev

olv

ed

fro

m a

co

mm

on

an

cest

or.

Ev

ide

nce

fo

r w

hic

h s

pe

cie

s a

re p

art

of

a c

lad

e c

an

be

ob

tain

ed

fro

m t

he

ba

se

seq

ue

nce

s o

f a

ge

ne

or

the

co

rre

spo

nd

ing

am

ino

aci

d s

eq

ue

nce

of

a p

rote

in.

Se

qu

en

ce d

iffe

ren

ces

acc

um

ula

te g

rad

ua

lly

so t

he

re is

a p

osi

tiv

e c

orr

ela

tio

n

be

twe

en

th

e n

um

be

r o

f d

iffe

ren

ces

be

twe

en

tw

o s

pe

cie

s a

nd

th

e t

ime

sin

ce

the

y d

ive

rge

d f

rom

a c

om

mo

n a

nce

sto

r.

Tra

its

can

be

an

alo

go

us

or

ho

mo

log

ou

s.

Cla

do

gra

ms

are

tre

e d

iag

ram

s th

at

sho

w t

he

mo

st p

rob

ab

le s

eq

ue

nce

of

div

erg

en

ce in

cla

de

s.

Ev

ide

nce

fro

m c

lad

isti

cs h

as

sho

wn

th

at

cla

ssif

ica

tio

ns

of

som

e g

rou

ps

ba

sed

on

str

uc

ture

did

no

t co

rre

spo

nd

wit

h t

he

ev

olu

tio

na

ry o

rig

ins

of

a g

rou

p o

r

spe

cie

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Cla

do

gra

ms

incl

ud

ing

hu

ma

ns

an

d o

the

r p

rim

ate

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Re

cla

ssif

ica

tio

n o

f th

e f

igw

ort

fa

mil

y u

sin

g e

vid

en

ce f

rom

cla

dis

tics

.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f cl

ad

og

ram

s to

de

du

ce e

vo

luti

on

ary

re

lati

on

ship

s.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

A m

ajo

r st

ep

fo

rwa

rd in

th

e s

tud

y o

f b

ac

teri

a w

as

the

re

cog

nit

ion

in 1

97

7 b

y

Ca

rl W

oe

se t

ha

t A

rch

aea

hav

e a

se

pa

rate

lin

e o

f e

vo

luti

on

ary

de

sce

nt

fro

m

ba

cte

ria

. Fa

mo

us

scie

nti

sts,

incl

ud

ing

Lu

ria

an

d M

ayr,

ob

jec

ted

to

his

div

isio

n

of

the

pro

ka

ryo

tes.

To

wh

at

ex

ten

t is

co

nse

rva

tism

in s

cie

nce

de

sira

ble

?

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Co

re

Top

ic 6

: Hu

man

ph

ysio

log

y

20

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e w

all

of

the

sm

all

inte

stin

e a

llo

ws

it t

o m

ov

e, d

ige

st a

nd

ab

sorb

fo

od

.

6.1

Dig

est

ion

an

d a

bso

rpti

on

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Use

mo

de

ls a

s re

pre

sen

tati

on

s o

f th

e r

ea

l wo

rld

—d

ialy

sis

tub

ing

ca

n b

e u

sed

to

mo

de

l ab

sorp

tio

n in

th

e in

test

ine

. (1.

10)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Th

e c

on

tra

cti

on

of

circ

ula

r a

nd

lon

git

ud

ina

l mu

scle

of

the

sm

all

inte

stin

e

mix

es

the

fo

od

wit

h e

nzy

me

s a

nd

mo

ve

s it

alo

ng

th

e g

ut.

Th

e p

an

cre

as

secr

ete

s e

nzy

me

s in

to t

he

lum

en

of

the

sm

all

inte

stin

e.

En

zym

es

dig

est

mo

st m

acr

om

ole

cule

s in

fo

od

into

mo

no

me

rs in

th

e s

ma

ll

inte

stin

e.

Vill

i in

cre

ase

th

e s

urf

ace

are

a o

f e

pit

he

lium

ov

er

wh

ich

ab

sorp

tio

n is

ca

rrie

d

ou

t.

Vill

i ab

sorb

mo

no

me

rs f

orm

ed

by

dig

est

ion

as

we

ll a

s m

ine

ral i

on

s a

nd

vit

am

ins.

Dif

fere

nt

me

tho

ds

of

me

mb

ran

e t

ran

spo

rt a

re r

eq

uir

ed

to

ab

sorb

dif

fere

nt

nu

trie

nts

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Pro

cess

es

occ

urr

ing

in t

he

sm

all

inte

stin

e t

ha

t re

sult

in t

he

dig

est

ion

of

sta

rch

an

d t

ran

spo

rt o

f th

e p

rod

uc

ts o

f d

ige

stio

n t

o t

he

liv

er.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

dia

lysi

s tu

bin

g t

o m

od

el a

bso

rpti

on

of

dig

est

ed

fo

od

in

the

inte

stin

e.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

So

me

hyd

roly

tic

en

zym

es

hav

e e

con

om

ic im

po

rta

nce

, fo

r e

xam

ple

am

yla

se

in p

rod

uc

tio

n o

f su

ga

rs f

rom

sta

rch

an

d in

th

e b

rew

ing

of

be

er.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.1 M

ole

cule

s to

me

tab

olis

m

Top

ic 2

.5 E

nzy

me

s

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6.1

Dig

est

ion

an

d a

bso

rpti

on

Sk

ill: P

rod

uc

tio

n o

f a

n a

nn

ota

ted

dia

gra

m o

f th

e d

ige

stiv

e s

yst

em

.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f ti

ssu

e la

yers

in t

ran

sve

rse

se

cti

on

s o

f th

e s

ma

ll in

test

ine

vie

we

d w

ith

a m

icro

sco

pe

or

in a

mic

rog

rap

h.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld k

no

w t

ha

t a

my

lase

, lip

ase

an

d a

n e

nd

op

ep

tid

ase

are

secr

ete

d b

y th

e p

an

cre

as.

Th

e n

am

e t

ryp

sin

an

d t

he

me

tho

d u

sed

to

ac

tiv

ate

it a

re n

ot

req

uir

ed

.

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld k

no

w t

ha

t st

arc

h, g

lyco

ge

n, l

ipid

s a

nd

nu

cle

ic a

cid

s a

re

dig

est

ed

into

mo

no

me

rs a

nd

th

at

cellu

lose

re

ma

ins

un

dig

est

ed

.

Tis

sue

laye

rs s

ho

uld

incl

ud

e lo

ng

itu

din

al a

nd

cir

cula

r m

usc

les,

mu

cosa

an

d

ep

ith

eliu

m.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e b

loo

d s

yst

em

co

nti

nu

ou

sly

tra

nsp

ort

s su

bst

an

ces

to c

ells

an

d s

imu

lta

ne

ou

sly

coll

ec

ts w

ast

e p

rod

uc

ts.

6.2

Th

e b

loo

d s

yst

em

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Th

eo

rie

s a

re r

eg

ard

ed

as

un

cert

ain

—W

illia

m H

arv

ey

ov

ert

urn

ed

th

eo

rie

s d

ev

elo

pe

d b

y th

e a

nci

en

t G

ree

k p

hil

oso

ph

er

Ga

len

on

mo

ve

me

nt

of

blo

od

in t

he

bo

dy.

(1.9

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Art

eri

es

con

ve

y b

loo

d a

t h

igh

pre

ssu

re f

rom

th

e v

en

tric

les

to t

he

tis

sue

s o

f

the

bo

dy.

Art

eri

es

hav

e m

usc

le c

ells

an

d e

last

ic f

ibre

s in

th

eir

wa

lls.

Th

e m

usc

le a

nd

ela

stic

fib

res

ass

ist

in m

ain

tain

ing

blo

od

pre

ssu

re b

etw

ee

n

pu

mp

cyc

les.

Blo

od

flo

ws

thro

ug

h t

issu

es

in c

ap

illa

rie

s. C

ap

illa

rie

s h

ave

pe

rme

ab

le w

alls

tha

t a

llo

w e

xch

an

ge

of

ma

teri

als

be

twe

en

ce

lls in

th

e t

issu

e a

nd

th

e b

loo

d in

the

ca

pill

ary

.

Ve

ins

coll

ec

t b

loo

d a

t lo

w p

ress

ure

fro

m t

he

tis

sue

s o

f th

e b

od

y a

nd

re

turn

it

to t

he

atr

ia o

f th

e h

ea

rt.

Va

lve

s in

ve

ins

an

d t

he

he

art

en

sure

cir

cula

tio

n o

f b

loo

d b

y p

rev

en

tin

g

ba

ckfl

ow

.

Th

ere

is a

se

pa

rate

cir

cula

tio

n f

or

the

lun

gs.

Th

e h

ea

rt b

ea

t is

init

iate

d b

y a

gro

up

of

spe

cia

lize

d m

usc

le c

ells

in t

he

rig

ht

atr

ium

ca

lle

d t

he

sin

oa

tria

l no

de

.

Th

e s

ino

atr

ial n

od

e a

cts

as

a p

ace

ma

ker.

Th

e s

ino

atr

ial n

od

e s

en

ds

ou

t a

n e

lec

tric

al s

ign

al t

ha

t st

imu

late

s co

ntr

ac

tio

n

as

it is

pro

pa

ga

ted

th

rou

gh

th

e w

alls

of

the

atr

ia a

nd

th

en

th

e w

alls

of

the

ve

ntr

icle

s.

Th

e h

ea

rt r

ate

ca

n b

e in

cre

ase

d o

r d

ecr

ea

sed

by

imp

uls

es

bro

ug

ht

to t

he

he

art

th

rou

gh

tw

o n

erv

es

fro

m t

he

me

du

lla o

f th

e b

rain

.

Ep

ine

ph

rin

e in

cre

ase

s th

e h

ea

rt r

ate

to

pre

pa

re f

or

vig

oro

us

ph

ysi

cal a

cti

vit

y.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Ou

r cu

rre

nt

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

is t

ha

t e

mo

tio

ns

are

th

e p

rod

uc

t o

f a

cti

vit

y in

th

e

bra

in r

ath

er

tha

n t

he

he

art

. Is

kn

ow

led

ge

ba

sed

on

sci

en

ce m

ore

va

lid

th

an

kn

ow

led

ge

ba

sed

on

intu

itio

n?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

the

str

uc

ture

of

the

ca

rdio

va

scu

lar

syst

em

ha

s a

llo

we

d t

he

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

he

art

su

rge

ry.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.2 W

ate

r

Top

ic 2

.3 C

arb

oh

ydra

tes

an

d li

pid

s

Top

ic 6

.4 G

as

exc

ha

ng

e

Top

ic 6

.6 H

orm

on

es,

ho

me

ost

asi

s a

nd

re

pro

du

cti

on

Aim

s:

Aim

6: A

he

art

dis

sec

tio

n is

su

gg

est

ed

as

a m

ea

ns

of

stu

dy

ing

he

art

str

uc

ture

.

Aim

8: T

he

so

cia

l im

plic

ati

on

s o

f co

ron

ary

he

art

dis

ea

se c

ou

ld b

e d

iscu

sse

d.

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6.2

Th

e b

loo

d s

yst

em

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Will

iam

Ha

rve

y’s

dis

cov

ery

of

the

cir

cula

tio

n o

f th

e b

loo

d w

ith

the

he

art

ac

tin

g a

s th

e p

um

p.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Pre

ssu

re c

ha

ng

es

in t

he

left

atr

ium

, le

ft v

en

tric

le a

nd

ao

rta

du

rin

g t

he

ca

rdia

c c

ycle

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

occ

lusi

on

of

the

co

ron

ary

art

eri

es.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f b

loo

d v

ess

els

as

art

eri

es,

ca

pill

ari

es

or

ve

ins

fro

m t

he

stru

ctu

re o

f th

eir

wa

lls.

Sk

ill: R

eco

gn

itio

n o

f th

e c

ha

mb

ers

an

d v

alv

es

of

the

he

art

an

d t

he

blo

od

ve

sse

ls c

on

ne

cte

d t

o it

in d

isse

cte

d h

ea

rts

or

in d

iag

ram

s o

f h

ea

rt s

tru

ctu

re.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: T

he

hu

ma

n b

od

y h

as

stru

ctu

res

an

d p

roce

sse

s th

at

resi

st t

he

co

nti

nu

ou

s th

rea

t o

f in

va

sio

n b

y p

ath

og

en

s.

6.3

De

fen

ce a

ga

inst

in

fec

tio

us

dis

ea

se

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ris

ks

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

sci

en

tifi

c re

sea

rch

—F

lore

y a

nd

Ch

ain

’s t

est

s o

n t

he

sa

fety

of

pe

nic

illin

wo

uld

no

t b

e c

om

plia

nt

wit

h c

urr

en

t p

roto

col o

n t

est

ing

. (4

.8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Th

e s

kin

an

d m

uco

us

me

mb

ran

es

form

a p

rim

ary

de

fen

ce a

ga

inst

pa

tho

ge

ns

tha

t ca

use

infe

cti

ou

s d

ise

ase

.

Cu

ts in

th

e s

kin

are

se

ale

d b

y b

loo

d c

lott

ing

.

Clo

ttin

g f

ac

tors

are

re

lea

sed

fro

m p

late

lets

.

Th

e c

asc

ad

e r

esu

lts

in t

he

ra

pid

co

nv

ers

ion

of

fib

rin

og

en

to

fib

rin

by

thro

mb

in.

Ing

est

ion

of

pa

tho

ge

ns

by

ph

ag

oc

yti

c w

hit

e b

loo

d c

ells

giv

es

no

n-s

pe

cifi

c

imm

un

ity

to d

ise

ase

s.

Pro

du

cti

on

of

an

tib

od

ies

by

lym

ph

oc

yte

s in

re

spo

nse

to

pa

rtic

ula

r p

ath

og

en

s

giv

es

spe

cifi

c im

mu

nit

y.

An

tib

ioti

cs b

lock

pro

cess

es

tha

t o

ccu

r in

pro

ka

ryo

tic

cells

bu

t n

ot

in

eu

ka

ryo

tic

cells

.

Vir

use

s la

ck a

me

tab

olis

m a

nd

ca

nn

ot

the

refo

re b

e t

rea

ted

wit

h a

nti

bio

tics

.

So

me

str

ain

s o

f b

ac

teri

a h

ave

ev

olv

ed

wit

h g

en

es

tha

t co

nfe

r re

sist

an

ce t

o

an

tib

ioti

cs a

nd

so

me

str

ain

s o

f b

ac

teri

a h

ave

mu

ltip

le r

esi

sta

nce

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

blo

od

clo

t fo

rma

tio

n in

co

ron

ary

art

eri

es.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Flo

rey

an

d C

ha

in’s

exp

eri

me

nts

to

te

st p

en

icill

in o

n b

ac

teri

al

infe

cti

on

s in

mic

e.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Eff

ec

ts o

f H

IV o

n t

he

imm

un

e s

yst

em

an

d m

eth

od

s o

f

tra

nsm

issi

on

.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Th

e s

pre

ad

an

d c

on

tain

me

nt

of

dis

ea

ses

such

as

bir

d f

lu r

eq

uir

e in

tern

ati

on

al

coo

rdin

ati

on

an

d c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

An

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

imm

un

ity

ha

s le

d t

o t

he

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

va

ccin

ati

on

s.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 5

.2 N

atu

ral s

ele

cti

on

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic D

2 A

spir

in a

nd

pe

nic

illin

Aim

s:

Aim

8: T

he

so

cia

l as

we

ll a

s th

e e

con

om

ic b

en

efi

ts o

f th

e c

on

tro

l of

ba

cte

ria

l

dis

ea

ses

aro

un

d t

he

wo

rld

sh

ou

ld b

e s

tre

sse

d.

Aim

9: S

cie

nce

ha

s lim

ite

d m

ea

ns

in t

he

fig

ht

ag

ain

st p

ath

og

en

s, a

s sh

ow

n b

y

the

sp

rea

d o

f n

ew

dis

ea

ses

an

d a

nti

bio

tic-

resi

sta

nt

ba

cte

ria

.

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6.3

De

fen

ce a

ga

inst

in

fec

tio

us

dis

ea

se

Gu

ida

nce

:

Dia

gra

ms

of

skin

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d.

Su

bg

rou

ps

of

ph

ag

oc

yte

an

d ly

mp

ho

cy

te a

re n

ot

req

uir

ed

bu

t st

ud

en

ts

sho

uld

be

aw

are

th

at

som

e ly

mp

ho

cy

tes

ac

t a

s m

em

ory

ce

lls a

nd

ca

n q

uic

kly

rep

rod

uce

to

fo

rm a

clo

ne

of

pla

sma

ce

lls if

a p

ath

og

en

ca

rry

ing

a s

pe

cifi

c

an

tig

en

is r

e-e

nco

un

tere

d.

Th

e e

ffe

cts

of

HIV

on

th

e im

mu

ne

sy

ste

m s

ho

uld

be

lim

ite

d t

o a

re

du

cti

on

in t

he

nu

mb

er

of

ac

tiv

e ly

mp

ho

cy

tes

an

d a

loss

of

the

ab

ility

to

pro

du

ce

an

tib

od

ies,

lea

din

g t

o t

he

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

AID

S.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e lu

ng

s a

re a

cti

ve

ly v

en

tila

ted

to

en

sure

th

at

ga

s e

xch

an

ge

ca

n o

ccu

r p

ass

ive

ly.

6.4

Ga

s e

xch

an

ge

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ob

tain

ev

ide

nce

fo

r th

eo

rie

s—e

pid

em

iolo

gic

al s

tud

ies

hav

e c

on

trib

ute

d t

o o

ur

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

the

ca

use

s o

f lu

ng

ca

nce

r. (1

.8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ve

nti

lati

on

ma

inta

ins

con

cen

tra

tio

n g

rad

ien

ts o

f o

xyg

en

an

d c

arb

on

dio

xid

e

be

twe

en

air

in a

lve

oli

an

d b

loo

d f

low

ing

in a

dja

cen

t ca

pill

ari

es.

Typ

e I

pn

eu

mo

cy

tes

are

ex

tre

me

ly t

hin

alv

eo

lar

cells

th

at

are

ad

ap

ted

to

carr

y o

ut

ga

s e

xch

an

ge

.

Typ

e II

pn

eu

mo

cy

tes

secr

ete

a s

olu

tio

n c

on

tain

ing

su

rfa

cta

nt

tha

t cr

ea

tes

a

mo

ist

surf

ace

insi

de

th

e a

lve

oli

to p

rev

en

t th

e s

ide

s o

f th

e a

lve

olu

s a

dh

eri

ng

to e

ach

oth

er

by

red

uci

ng

su

rfa

ce t

en

sio

n.

Air

is c

arr

ied

to

th

e lu

ng

s in

th

e t

rach

ea

an

d b

ron

chi a

nd

th

en

to

th

e a

lve

oli

in

bro

nch

iole

s.

Mu

scle

co

ntr

ac

tio

ns

cau

se t

he

pre

ssu

re c

ha

ng

es

insi

de

th

e t

ho

rax

tha

t fo

rce

air

in a

nd

ou

t o

f th

e lu

ng

s to

ve

nti

late

th

em

.

Dif

fere

nt

mu

scle

s a

re r

eq

uir

ed

fo

r in

spir

ati

on

an

d e

xpir

ati

on

be

cau

se m

usc

les

on

ly d

o w

ork

wh

en

th

ey

con

tra

ct.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

lun

g c

an

cer.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

em

ph

yse

ma

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ex

tern

al a

nd

inte

rna

l in

terc

ost

al m

usc

les,

an

d d

iap

hra

gm

an

d

ab

do

min

al m

usc

les

as

exa

mp

les

of

an

tag

on

isti

c m

usc

le a

cti

on

.

Sk

ill: M

on

ito

rin

g o

f v

en

tila

tio

n in

hu

ma

ns

at

rest

an

d a

fte

r m

ild

an

d v

igo

rou

s

exe

rcis

e. (

Pra

cti

cal 6

)

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.4 M

em

bra

ne

tra

nsp

ort

Top

ic 1

.6 C

ell

div

isio

n

Top

ic 6

.2 T

he

blo

od

sy

ste

m

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 3

.2 M

od

elli

ng

a g

as

Aim

s:

Aim

8: T

he

so

cia

l co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

lun

g c

an

cer

an

d e

mp

hy

sem

a c

ou

ld b

e

dis

cuss

ed

.

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6.4

Ga

s e

xch

an

ge

Gu

ida

nce

:

Ve

nti

lati

on

ca

n e

ith

er

be

mo

nit

ore

d b

y si

mp

le o

bse

rva

tio

n a

nd

sim

ple

ap

pa

ratu

s o

r b

y d

ata

log

gin

g w

ith

a s

pir

om

ete

r o

r ch

est

be

lt a

nd

pre

ssu

re

me

ter.

Ve

nti

lati

on

ra

te a

nd

tid

al v

olu

me

sh

ou

ld b

e m

ea

sure

d, b

ut

the

te

rms

vit

al c

ap

aci

ty a

nd

re

sid

ua

l vo

lum

e a

re n

ot

exp

ec

ted

.

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld b

e a

ble

to

dra

w a

dia

gra

m t

o s

ho

w t

he

str

uc

ture

of

an

alv

eo

lus

an

d a

n a

dja

cen

t ca

pill

ary

.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Ne

uro

ns

tra

nsm

it t

he

me

ssa

ge

, sy

na

pse

s m

od

ula

te t

he

me

ssa

ge

.

6.5

Ne

uro

ns

an

d s

yn

ap

ses

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

co

llab

ora

tio

n b

etw

ee

n g

rou

ps

of

scie

nti

sts—

bio

log

ists

are

co

ntr

ibu

tin

g t

o r

ese

arc

h in

to m

em

ory

an

d le

arn

ing

. (4

.3)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ne

uro

ns

tra

nsm

it e

lec

tric

al i

mp

uls

es.

Th

e m

yelin

ati

on

of

ne

rve

fib

res

all

ow

s fo

r sa

lta

tory

co

nd

uc

tio

n.

Ne

uro

ns

pu

mp

so

diu

m a

nd

po

tass

ium

ion

s a

cro

ss t

he

ir m

em

bra

ne

s to

ge

ne

rate

a r

est

ing

po

ten

tia

l.

An

act

ion

po

ten

tia

l co

nsi

sts

of

de

po

lari

zati

on

an

d r

ep

ola

riza

tio

n o

f th

e n

eu

ron

.

Ne

rve

imp

uls

es

are

ac

tio

n p

ote

nti

als

pro

pa

ga

ted

alo

ng

th

e a

xon

s o

f n

eu

ron

s.

Pro

pa

ga

tio

n o

f n

erv

e im

pu

lse

s is

th

e r

esu

lt o

f lo

cal c

urr

en

ts t

ha

t ca

use

ea

ch

succ

ess

ive

pa

rt o

f th

e a

xon

to

re

ach

th

e t

hre

sho

ld p

ote

nti

al.

Syn

ap

ses

are

jun

cti

on

s b

etw

ee

n n

eu

ron

s a

nd

be

twe

en

ne

uro

ns

an

d r

ece

pto

r

or

eff

ec

tor

cells

.

Wh

en

pre

syn

ap

tic

ne

uro

ns

are

de

po

lari

zed

th

ey

rele

ase

a n

eu

rotr

an

smit

ter

into

th

e s

yn

ap

se.

A n

erv

e im

pu

lse

is o

nly

init

iate

d if

th

e t

hre

sho

ld p

ote

nti

al i

s re

ach

ed

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

atio

n: S

ecr

eti

on

an

d r

eab

sorp

tio

n o

f ace

tylc

ho

line

by

ne

uro

ns

at s

ynap

ses.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Blo

ckin

g o

f sy

na

pti

c tr

an

smis

sio

n a

t ch

olin

erg

ic s

yn

ap

ses

in

inse

cts

by

bin

din

g o

f n

eo

nic

oti

no

id p

est

icid

es

to a

cety

lch

olin

e r

ece

pto

rs.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f o

scill

osc

op

e t

race

s sh

ow

ing

re

stin

g p

ote

nti

als

an

d a

cti

on

po

ten

tia

ls.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e d

eta

ils o

f st

ruc

ture

of

dif

fere

nt

typ

es

of

ne

uro

n a

re n

ot

ne

ed

ed

.

On

ly c

he

mic

al s

yn

ap

ses

are

re

qu

ire

d, n

ot

ele

ctr

ica

l, a

nd

th

ey

can

sim

ply

be

refe

rre

d t

o a

s sy

na

pse

s.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

An

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

the

wo

rkin

gs

of

ne

uro

tra

nsm

itte

rs a

nd

sy

na

pse

s h

as

led

to

th

e d

ev

elo

pm

en

t o

f n

um

ero

us

ph

arm

ace

uti

cals

fo

r th

e t

rea

tme

nt

of

me

nta

l dis

ord

ers

.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.4 M

em

bra

ne

tra

nsp

ort

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic C

6 E

lec

tro

che

mis

try,

re

cha

rge

ab

le b

att

eri

es

an

d f

ue

l ce

lls

Psy

cho

log

y

Co

re: B

iolo

gic

al l

ev

el o

f a

na

lysi

s

Aim

s:

Aim

8:

Th

e s

oci

al e

ffe

cts

of

the

ab

use

of

psy

cho

ac

tiv

e d

rug

s co

uld

be

con

sid

ere

d, a

s co

uld

th

e u

se o

f th

e n

eu

roto

xin

Bo

tox

for

cosm

eti

c tr

ea

tme

nts

.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: H

orm

on

es

are

use

d w

he

n s

ign

als

ne

ed

to

be

wid

ely

dis

trib

ute

d.

6.6

Ho

rmo

ne

s, h

om

eo

sta

sis

an

d r

ep

rod

uc

tio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

ap

pa

ratu

s—W

illia

m H

arv

ey

wa

s h

am

pe

red

in h

is o

bse

rva

tio

na

l re

sea

rch

into

re

pro

du

cti

on

by

lack

of

eq

uip

me

nt.

Th

e m

icro

sco

pe

wa

s in

ve

nte

d 1

7 y

ea

rs a

fte

r h

is d

ea

th. (

1.8

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Insu

lin a

nd

glu

cag

on

are

se

cre

ted

by

β a

nd

α c

ells

of

the

pa

ncr

ea

s

resp

ec

tiv

ely

to

co

ntr

ol b

loo

d g

luco

se c

on

cen

tra

tio

n.

Th

yro

xin

is s

ecr

ete

d b

y th

e t

hy

roid

gla

nd

to

re

gu

late

th

e m

eta

bo

lic r

ate

an

d

he

lp c

on

tro

l bo

dy

tem

pe

ratu

re.

Lep

tin

is s

ecr

ete

d b

y ce

lls in

ad

ipo

se t

issu

e a

nd

ac

ts o

n t

he

hy

po

tha

lam

us

of

the

bra

in t

o in

hib

it a

pp

eti

te.

Me

lato

nin

is s

ecr

ete

d b

y th

e p

ine

al g

lan

d t

o c

on

tro

l cir

cad

ian

rh

yth

ms.

A g

en

e o

n t

he

Y c

hro

mo

som

e c

au

ses

em

bry

on

ic g

on

ad

s to

de

ve

lop

as

test

es

an

d s

ecr

ete

te

sto

ste

ron

e.

Test

ost

ero

ne

ca

use

s p

re-n

ata

l de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

ma

le g

en

ita

lia a

nd

bo

th s

pe

rm

pro

du

cti

on

an

d d

ev

elo

pm

en

t o

f m

ale

se

con

da

ry s

exu

al c

ha

rac

teri

stic

s d

uri

ng

pu

be

rty.

Est

rog

en

an

d p

rog

est

ero

ne

ca

use

pre

-na

tal d

ev

elo

pm

en

t o

f fe

ma

le

rep

rod

uc

tiv

e o

rga

ns

an

d f

em

ale

se

con

da

ry s

exu

al c

ha

rac

teri

stic

s d

uri

ng

pu

be

rty.

Th

e m

en

stru

al c

ycle

is c

on

tro

lle

d b

y n

eg

ati

ve

an

d p

osi

tiv

e f

ee

db

ack

me

cha

nis

ms

inv

olv

ing

ov

ari

an

an

d p

itu

ita

ry h

orm

on

es.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

tre

atm

en

t o

f Ty

pe

I a

nd

Ty

pe

II d

iab

ete

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Te

stin

g o

f le

pti

n o

n p

ati

en

ts w

ith

clin

ica

l ob

esi

ty a

nd

re

aso

ns

for

the

fa

ilure

to

co

ntr

ol t

he

dis

ea

se.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Ho

rmo

ne

s a

re u

sed

in a

va

rie

ty o

f th

era

pie

s su

ch a

s re

pla

cem

en

t th

era

pie

s.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 3

.2 C

hro

mo

som

es

Top

ic 3

.3 M

eio

sis

Top

ic 1

0.1

Me

iosi

s

Psy

cho

log

y

Co

re: B

iolo

gic

al l

ev

el o

f a

na

lysi

s

Aim

s:

Aim

8: S

cie

nti

sts

are

aw

are

th

at

the

dru

gs

wo

me

n t

ake

in f

ert

ility

tre

atm

en

t

po

se p

ote

nti

al r

isk

s to

he

alt

h. S

ho

uld

sci

en

tifi

c k

no

wle

dg

e o

ve

rrid

e

com

pa

ssio

na

te c

on

sid

era

tio

ns

in t

rea

tin

g in

fert

ile

co

up

les?

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6.6

Ho

rmo

ne

s, h

om

eo

sta

sis

an

d r

ep

rod

uc

tio

n

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s o

f je

t la

g a

nd

use

of

me

lato

nin

to

all

ev

iate

it.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Th

e u

se in

IVF

of

dru

gs

to s

usp

en

d t

he

no

rma

l se

cre

tio

n o

f

ho

rmo

ne

s, f

oll

ow

ed

by

the

use

of

art

ific

ial d

ose

s o

f h

orm

on

es

to in

du

ce

sup

ero

vu

lati

on

an

d e

sta

blis

h a

pre

gn

an

cy.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Will

iam

Ha

rve

y’s

inv

est

iga

tio

n o

f se

xua

l re

pro

du

cti

on

in d

ee

r.

Sk

ill: A

nn

ota

te d

iag

ram

s o

f th

e m

ale

an

d f

em

ale

re

pro

du

cti

ve

sy

ste

m t

o s

ho

w

na

me

s o

f st

ruc

ture

s a

nd

th

eir

fu

nc

tio

ns.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e r

ole

s o

f F

SH

, LH

, est

rog

en

an

d p

rog

est

ero

ne

in t

he

me

nst

rua

l cyc

le a

re

exp

ec

ted

.

Will

iam

Ha

rve

y fa

ile

d t

o s

olv

e t

he

my

ste

ry o

f se

xua

l re

pro

du

cti

on

be

cau

se

eff

ec

tiv

e m

icro

sco

pe

s w

ere

no

t av

aila

ble

wh

en

he

wa

s w

ork

ing

, so

fu

sio

n o

f

ga

me

tes

an

d s

ub

seq

ue

nt

em

bry

o d

ev

elo

pm

en

t re

ma

ine

d u

nd

isco

ve

red

.

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83Biology guide 83

Ad

dit

ion

al h

igh

er

leve

l

Top

ic 7

: Nu

cle

ic a

cid

s 9

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f D

NA

is id

ea

lly

suit

ed

to

its

fun

cti

on

.

7.1

DN

A s

tru

ctu

re a

nd

re

pli

cati

on

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ma

kin

g c

are

ful o

bse

rva

tio

ns—

Ro

salin

d F

ran

klin

’s X

-ray

dif

fra

cti

on

pro

vid

ed

cru

cia

l ev

ide

nce

th

at

DN

A is

a d

ou

ble

he

lix

. (1.

8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Nu

cle

oso

me

s h

elp

to

su

pe

rco

il th

e D

NA

.

DN

A s

tru

ctu

re s

ug

ge

ste

d a

me

cha

nis

m f

or

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n.

DN

A p

oly

me

rase

s ca

n o

nly

ad

d n

ucl

eo

tid

es

to t

he

3’ e

nd

of

a p

rim

er.

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n is

co

nti

nu

ou

s o

n t

he

lea

din

g s

tra

nd

an

d d

isco

nti

nu

ou

s o

n

the

lag

gin

g s

tra

nd

.

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n is

ca

rrie

d o

ut

by

a c

om

ple

x sy

ste

m o

f e

nzy

me

s.

So

me

re

gio

ns

of

DN

A d

o n

ot

cod

e f

or

pro

tein

s b

ut

hav

e o

the

r im

po

rta

nt

fun

cti

on

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ro

salin

d F

ran

klin

’s a

nd

Ma

uri

ce W

ilkin

s’ in

ve

stig

ati

on

of

DN

A

stru

ctu

re b

y X

-ray

dif

fra

cti

on

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

nu

cle

oti

de

s co

nta

inin

g d

ide

ox

yri

bo

nu

cle

ic a

cid

to

sto

p

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n in

pre

pa

rati

on

of

sam

ple

s fo

r b

ase

se

qu

en

cin

g.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ta

nd

em

re

pe

ats

are

use

d in

DN

A p

rofi

ling

.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f re

sult

s o

f th

e H

ers

he

y a

nd

Ch

ase

exp

eri

me

nt

pro

vid

ing

ev

ide

nce

th

at

DN

A is

th

e g

en

eti

c m

ate

ria

l.

Sk

ill: U

tiliz

ati

on

of

mo

lecu

lar

vis

ua

liza

tio

n s

oft

wa

re t

o a

na

lyse

th

e a

sso

cia

tio

n

be

twe

en

pro

tein

an

d D

NA

wit

hin

a n

ucl

eo

som

e.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Hig

hly

re

pe

titi

ve

se

qu

en

ces

we

re o

nce

cla

ssif

ied

as

“ju

nk

DN

A”

sho

win

g a

de

gre

e o

f co

nfi

de

nce

th

at

it h

ad

no

ro

le. T

o w

ha

t e

xte

nt

do

th

e la

be

ls a

nd

cate

go

rie

s u

sed

in t

he

pu

rsu

it o

f k

no

wle

dg

e a

ffe

ct

the

kn

ow

led

ge

we

ob

tain

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.6 S

tru

ctu

re o

f D

NA

an

d R

NA

Aim

s:

Aim

6:

Stu

de

nts

co

uld

de

sig

n m

od

els

to

illu

stra

te t

he

sta

ge

s o

f D

NA

rep

lica

tio

n.

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7.1

DN

A s

tru

ctu

re a

nd

re

pli

cati

on

Gu

ida

nce

:

De

tails

of

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n d

iffe

r b

etw

ee

n p

rok

ary

ote

s a

nd

eu

ka

ryo

tes.

On

ly

the

pro

ka

ryo

tic

syst

em

is e

xpe

cte

d.

Th

e p

rote

ins

an

d e

nzy

me

s in

vo

lve

d in

DN

A r

ep

lica

tio

n s

ho

uld

incl

ud

e

he

lica

se, D

NA

gy

rase

, sin

gle

str

an

d b

ind

ing

pro

tein

s, D

NA

pri

ma

se a

nd

DN

A

po

lym

era

ses

I an

d II

I.

Th

e r

eg

ion

s o

f D

NA

th

at

do

no

t co

de

fo

r p

rote

ins

sho

uld

be

lim

ite

d t

o

reg

ula

tors

of

ge

ne

exp

ress

ion

, in

tro

ns,

te

lom

ere

s a

nd

ge

ne

s fo

r tR

NA

s.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: In

form

ati

on

sto

red

as

a c

od

e in

DN

A is

co

pie

d o

nto

mR

NA

.

7.2

Tra

nsc

rip

tio

n a

nd

ge

ne

ex

pre

ssio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Loo

kin

g f

or

pa

tte

rns,

tre

nd

s a

nd

dis

cre

pa

nci

es—

the

re is

mo

un

tin

g e

vid

en

ce t

ha

t th

e e

nv

iro

nm

en

t ca

n t

rig

ge

r h

eri

tab

le c

ha

ng

es

in e

pig

en

eti

c fa

cto

rs. (

3.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Tra

nsc

rip

tio

n o

ccu

rs in

a 5

’ to

3’ d

ire

cti

on

.

Nu

cle

oso

me

s h

elp

to

re

gu

late

tra

nsc

rip

tio

n in

eu

ka

ryo

tes.

Eu

ka

ryo

tic

cells

mo

dif

y m

RN

A a

fte

r tr

an

scri

pti

on

.

Sp

licin

g o

f m

RN

A in

cre

ase

s th

e n

um

be

r o

f d

iffe

ren

t p

rote

ins

an

org

an

ism

ca

n

pro

du

ce.

Ge

ne

exp

ress

ion

is r

eg

ula

ted

by

pro

tein

s th

at

bin

d t

o s

pe

cifi

c b

ase

se

qu

en

ces

in D

NA

.

Th

e e

nv

iro

nm

en

t o

f a

ce

ll a

nd

of

an

org

an

ism

ha

s a

n im

pa

ct

on

ge

ne

exp

ress

ion

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

an

d s

kil

ls:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Th

e p

rom

ote

r a

s a

n e

xam

ple

of

no

n-c

od

ing

DN

A w

ith

a f

un

cti

on

.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f ch

an

ge

s in

th

e D

NA

me

thy

lati

on

pa

tte

rns.

Gu

ida

nce

:

RN

A p

oly

me

rase

ad

ds

the

en

d o

f th

e f

ree

RN

A n

ucl

eo

tid

e t

o t

he

en

d o

f

the

gro

win

g m

RN

A m

ole

cule

.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e n

atu

re v

ers

us

nu

rtu

re d

eb

ate

co

nce

rnin

g t

he

re

lati

ve

imp

ort

an

ce o

f a

n

ind

ivid

ua

l’s in

na

te q

ua

litie

s v

ers

us

tho

se a

cqu

ire

d t

hro

ug

h e

xpe

rie

nce

s is

still

un

de

r d

iscu

ssio

n. I

s it

imp

ort

an

t fo

r sc

ien

ce t

o a

tte

mp

t to

an

swe

r th

is

qu

est

ion

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.7 D

NA

re

plic

ati

on

, tra

nsc

rip

tio

n a

nd

tra

nsl

ati

on

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: In

form

ati

on

tra

nsf

err

ed

fro

m D

NA

to

mR

NA

is t

ran

sla

ted

into

an

am

ino

aci

d s

eq

ue

nce

.

7.3

Tra

nsl

ati

on

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

co

mp

uti

ng

—th

e u

se o

f co

mp

ute

rs h

as

en

ab

led

sci

en

tist

s to

ma

ke a

dv

an

ces

in b

ioin

form

ati

cs a

pp

lica

tio

ns

such

as

loca

tin

g g

en

es

wit

hin

ge

no

me

s a

nd

ide

nti

fyin

g c

on

serv

ed

se

qu

en

ces.

(3

.7)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Init

iati

on

of

tra

nsl

ati

on

inv

olv

es

ass

em

bly

of

the

co

mp

on

en

ts t

ha

t ca

rry

ou

t

the

pro

cess

.

Syn

the

sis

of

the

po

lyp

ep

tid

e in

vo

lve

s a

re

pe

ate

d c

ycle

of

ev

en

ts.

Dis

ass

em

bly

of

the

co

mp

on

en

ts f

oll

ow

s te

rmin

ati

on

of

tra

nsl

ati

on

.

Fre

e r

ibo

som

es

syn

the

size

pro

tein

s fo

r u

se p

rim

ari

ly w

ith

in t

he

ce

ll.

Bo

un

d r

ibo

som

es

syn

the

size

pro

tein

s p

rim

ari

ly f

or

secr

eti

on

or

for

use

in

lyso

som

es.

Tra

nsl

ati

on

ca

n o

ccu

r im

me

dia

tely

aft

er

tra

nsc

rip

tio

n in

pro

ka

ryo

tes

du

e t

o

the

ab

sen

ce o

f a

nu

cle

ar

me

mb

ran

e.

Th

e s

eq

ue

nce

an

d n

um

be

r o

f a

min

o a

cid

s in

th

e p

oly

pe

pti

de

is t

he

pri

ma

ry

stru

ctu

re.

Th

e s

eco

nd

ary

str

uc

ture

is t

he

fo

rma

tio

n o

f a

lph

a h

elic

es

an

d b

eta

ple

ate

d

she

ets

sta

bili

zed

by

hyd

rog

en

bo

nd

ing

.

Th

e t

ert

iary

str

uc

ture

is t

he

fu

rth

er

fold

ing

of

the

po

lyp

ep

tid

e s

tab

ilize

d b

y

inte

rac

tio

ns

be

twe

en

R g

rou

ps.

Th

e q

ua

tern

ary

str

uc

ture

exi

sts

in p

rote

ins

wit

h m

ore

th

an

on

e p

oly

pe

pti

de

cha

in.

Ap

pli

cati

on

an

d s

kil

ls:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: tR

NA

-ac

tiv

ati

ng

en

zym

es

illu

stra

te e

nzy

me

–su

bst

rate

sp

eci

fici

ty

an

d t

he

ro

le o

f p

ho

sph

ory

lati

on

.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f p

oly

som

es

in e

lec

tro

n m

icro

gra

ph

s o

f p

rok

ary

ote

s a

nd

eu

ka

ryo

tes.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.7 D

NA

re

plic

ati

on

, tra

nsc

rip

tio

n a

nd

tra

nsl

ati

on

Op

tio

n B

: Bio

tech

no

log

y a

nd

bio

info

rma

tics

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7.3

Tra

nsl

ati

on

Sk

ill: T

he

use

of

mo

lecu

lar

vis

ua

liza

tio

n s

oft

wa

re t

o a

na

lyse

th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f

eu

ka

ryo

tic

rib

oso

me

s a

nd

a t

RN

A m

ole

cule

.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Na

me

s o

f th

e t

RN

A b

ind

ing

sit

es

are

exp

ec

ted

as

we

ll a

s th

eir

ro

les.

Exa

mp

les

of

sta

rt a

nd

sto

p c

od

on

s a

re n

ot

req

uir

ed

.

Po

lar

an

d n

on

-po

lar

am

ino

aci

ds

are

re

lev

an

t to

th

e b

on

ds

form

ed

be

twe

en

R g

rou

ps.

Qu

ate

rna

ry s

tru

ctu

re m

ay in

vo

lve

th

e b

ind

ing

of

a p

rost

he

tic

gro

up

to

fo

rm a

con

jug

ate

d p

rote

in.

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Ad

dit

ion

al h

igh

er

leve

l

Top

ic 8

: Me

tab

olis

m, c

ell

resp

irat

ion

an

d p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s 14

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: M

eta

bo

lic r

ea

cti

on

s a

re r

eg

ula

ted

in r

esp

on

se t

o t

he

ce

ll’s

ne

ed

s.

8.1

Me

tab

oli

sm

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

co

mp

uti

ng

—d

ev

elo

pm

en

ts in

bio

info

rma

tics

, su

ch a

s th

e in

terr

og

ati

on

of

da

tab

ase

s, h

ave

fa

cilit

ate

d

rese

arc

h in

to m

eta

bo

lic p

ath

way

s. (

3.8

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Me

tab

olic

pa

thw

ays

con

sist

of

cha

ins

an

d c

ycle

s o

f e

nzy

me

-ca

taly

sed

rea

cti

on

s.

En

zym

es

low

er

the

ac

tiv

ati

on

en

erg

y o

f th

e c

he

mic

al r

ea

cti

on

s th

at

the

y

cata

lyse

.

En

zym

e in

hib

ito

rs c

an

be

co

mp

eti

tiv

e o

r n

on

-co

mp

eti

tiv

e.

Me

tab

olic

pa

thw

ays

can

be

co

ntr

oll

ed

by

en

d-p

rod

uc

t in

hib

itio

n.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: En

d-p

rod

uc

t in

hib

itio

n o

f th

e p

ath

way

th

at

con

ve

rts

thre

on

ine

to is

ole

uci

ne

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

da

tab

ase

s to

ide

nti

fy p

ote

nti

al n

ew

an

ti-m

ala

ria

l dru

gs.

Sk

ill: C

alc

ula

tin

g a

nd

plo

ttin

g r

ate

s o

f re

ac

tio

n f

rom

ra

w e

xpe

rim

en

tal r

esu

lts.

Sk

ill: D

isti

ng

uis

hin

g d

iffe

ren

t ty

pe

s o

f in

hib

itio

n f

rom

gra

ph

s a

t sp

eci

fie

d

sub

stra

te c

on

cen

tra

tio

n.

Gu

ida

nce

:

En

zym

e in

hib

itio

n s

ho

uld

be

stu

die

d u

sin

g o

ne

sp

eci

fic

exa

mp

le f

or

com

pe

titi

ve

an

d n

on

-co

mp

eti

tiv

e in

hib

itio

n.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Ma

ny

me

tab

olic

pa

thw

ays

hav

e b

ee

n d

esc

rib

ed

fo

llo

win

g a

se

rie

s o

f ca

refu

lly

con

tro

lle

d a

nd

re

pe

ate

d e

xpe

rim

en

ts. T

o w

ha

t d

eg

ree

ca

n lo

ok

ing

at

com

po

ne

nt

pa

rts

giv

e u

s k

no

wle

dg

e o

f th

e w

ho

le?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Ma

ny

en

zym

e in

hib

ito

rs h

ave

be

en

use

d in

me

dic

ine

. Fo

r e

xam

ple

eth

an

ol

ha

s b

ee

n u

sed

to

ac

t a

s a

co

mp

eti

tiv

e in

hib

ito

r fo

r a

nti

fre

eze

po

iso

nin

g.

Fo

me

piz

ole

, wh

ich

is a

n in

hib

ito

r o

f a

lco

ho

l de

hyd

rog

en

ase

, ha

s a

lso

be

en

use

d f

or

an

tifr

ee

ze p

ois

on

ing

.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.7 D

NA

re

plic

ati

on

, tra

nsc

rip

tio

n a

nd

tra

nsl

ati

on

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic 6

.1 C

olli

sio

n t

he

ory

an

d r

ate

s o

f re

ac

tio

n

Aim

s:

Aim

6:

Exp

eri

me

nts

on

en

zym

e in

hib

itio

n c

an

be

pe

rfo

rme

d.

Aim

7: C

om

pu

ter

sim

ula

tio

ns

on

en

zym

e a

cti

on

incl

ud

ing

me

tab

olic

inh

ibit

ion

are

av

aila

ble

.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: E

ne

rgy

is c

on

ve

rte

d t

o a

usa

ble

fo

rm in

ce

ll re

spir

ati

on

.

8.2

Ce

ll r

esp

ira

tio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Pa

rad

igm

sh

ift—

the

ch

em

iosm

oti

c th

eo

ry le

d t

o a

pa

rad

igm

sh

ift

in t

he

fie

ld o

f b

ioe

ne

rge

tics

. (2

.3)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ce

ll re

spir

ati

on

inv

olv

es

the

oxi

da

tio

n a

nd

re

du

cti

on

of

ele

ctr

on

ca

rrie

rs.

Ph

osp

ho

ryla

tio

n o

f m

ole

cule

s m

ake

s th

em

less

sta

ble

.

In g

lyco

lysi

s, g

luco

se is

co

nv

ert

ed

to

py

ruv

ate

in t

he

cy

top

lasm

.

Gly

coly

sis

giv

es

a s

ma

ll n

et

ga

in o

f A

TP

wit

ho

ut

the

use

of

ox

yge

n.

In a

ero

bic

ce

ll re

spir

ati

on

py

ruv

ate

is d

eca

rbo

xy

late

d a

nd

oxi

diz

ed

, an

d

con

ve

rte

d in

to a

cety

l co

mp

ou

nd

an

d a

tta

che

d t

o c

oe

nzy

me

A t

o f

orm

ace

tyl

coe

nzy

me

A in

th

e li

nk

rea

cti

on

.

In t

he

Kre

bs

cyc

le, t

he

oxi

da

tio

n o

f a

cety

l gro

up

s is

co

up

led

to

th

e r

ed

uc

tio

n

of

hyd

rog

en

ca

rrie

rs, l

ibe

rati

ng

ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

.

En

erg

y re

lea

sed

by

oxi

da

tio

n r

ea

cti

on

s is

ca

rrie

d t

o t

he

cri

sta

e o

f th

e

mit

och

on

dri

a b

y re

du

ced

NA

D a

nd

FA

D.

Tra

nsf

er

of

ele

ctr

on

s b

etw

ee

n c

arr

iers

in t

he

ele

ctr

on

tra

nsp

ort

ch

ain

in t

he

me

mb

ran

e o

f th

e c

rist

ae

is c

ou

ple

d t

o p

roto

n p

um

pin

g.

In c

he

mio

smo

sis

pro

ton

s d

iffu

se t

hro

ug

h A

TP

sy

nth

ase

to

ge

ne

rate

AT

P.

Ox

yge

n is

ne

ed

ed

to

bin

d w

ith

th

e f

ree

pro

ton

s to

ma

inta

in t

he

hyd

rog

en

gra

die

nt,

re

sult

ing

in t

he

fo

rma

tio

n o

f w

ate

r.

Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e m

ito

cho

nd

rio

n is

ad

ap

ted

to

th

e f

un

cti

on

it p

erf

orm

s.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Pe

ter

Mit

che

ll’s

ch

em

iosm

oti

c th

eo

ry e

nco

un

tere

d y

ea

rs o

f o

pp

osi

tio

n b

efo

re

it w

as

fin

all

y a

cce

pte

d. F

or

wh

at

rea

son

s d

oe

s fa

lsif

ica

tio

n n

ot

alw

ays

resu

lt in

an

imm

ed

iate

acc

ep

tan

ce o

f n

ew

th

eo

rie

s o

r a

pa

rad

igm

sh

ift?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.8 C

ell

resp

ira

tio

n

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic 9

.1 O

xid

ati

on

an

d r

ed

uc

tio

n

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Topic 8: Metabolism, cell respiration and photosynthesis

Biology guide90

8.2

Ce

ll r

esp

ira

tio

n

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ele

ctr

on

to

mo

gra

ph

y u

sed

to

pro

du

ce im

ag

es

of

ac

tiv

e

mit

och

on

dri

a.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f d

iag

ram

s o

f th

e p

ath

way

s o

f a

ero

bic

re

spir

ati

on

to

de

du

ce

wh

ere

de

carb

ox

yla

tio

n a

nd

oxi

da

tio

n r

ea

cti

on

s o

ccu

r.

Sk

ill: A

nn

ota

tio

n o

f a

dia

gra

m o

f a

mit

och

on

dri

on

to

ind

ica

te t

he

ad

ap

tati

on

s

to it

s fu

nc

tio

n.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Th

e n

am

es

of

the

inte

rme

dia

te c

om

po

un

ds

in g

ylc

oly

sis

an

d t

he

Kre

bs

cyc

le

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d.

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Topic 8: Metabolism, cell respiration and photosynthesis

Biology guide 91

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: L

igh

t e

ne

rgy

is c

on

ve

rte

d in

to c

he

mic

al e

ne

rgy.

8.3

Ph

oto

syn

the

sis

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

velo

pm

en

ts in

sci

en

tifi

c re

sea

rch

fo

llow

imp

rove

me

nts

in a

pp

ara

tus—

sou

rce

s o

f 14

C a

nd

au

tora

dio

gra

ph

y e

na

ble

d C

alv

in t

o e

luci

dat

e t

he

pat

hw

ays

of

carb

on

fix

atio

n. (

1.8

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Lig

ht-

de

pe

nd

en

t re

ac

tio

ns

take

pla

ce in

th

e in

term

em

bra

ne

sp

ace

of

the

thy

lako

ids.

Lig

ht-

ind

ep

en

de

nt

rea

cti

on

s ta

ke p

lace

in t

he

str

om

a.

Re

du

ced

NA

DP

an

d A

TP

are

pro

du

ced

in t

he

lig

ht-

de

pe

nd

en

t re

ac

tio

ns.

Ab

sorp

tio

n o

f lig

ht

by

ph

oto

syst

em

s g

en

era

tes

exc

ite

d e

lec

tro

ns.

Ph

oto

lysi

s o

f w

ate

r g

en

era

tes

ele

ctr

on

s fo

r u

se in

th

e li

gh

t-d

ep

en

de

nt

rea

cti

on

s.

Tra

nsf

er

of

exc

ite

d e

lect

ron

s o

ccu

rs b

etw

ee

n c

arr

iers

in t

hy

lako

id m

em

bra

ne

s.

Exc

ite

d e

lec

tro

ns

fro

m P

ho

tosy

ste

m II

are

use

d t

o c

on

trib

ute

to

ge

ne

rate

a

pro

ton

gra

die

nt.

AT

P s

yn

tha

se in

th

yla

koid

s g

en

era

tes

AT

P u

sin

g t

he

pro

ton

gra

die

nt.

Exc

ite

d e

lec

tro

ns

fro

m P

ho

tosy

ste

m I

are

use

d t

o r

ed

uce

NA

DP.

In t

he

lig

ht-

ind

ep

en

de

nt

rea

cti

on

s a

ca

rbo

xy

lase

ca

taly

ses

the

ca

rbo

xy

lati

on

of

rib

ulo

se b

isp

ho

sph

ate

.

Gly

cera

te 3

-ph

osp

ha

te is

re

du

ced

to

tri

ose

ph

osp

ha

te u

sin

g r

ed

uce

d N

AD

P

an

d A

TP.

Trio

se p

ho

sph

ate

is u

sed

to

re

ge

ne

rate

Ru

BP

an

d p

rod

uce

ca

rbo

hyd

rate

s.

Rib

ulo

se b

isp

ho

sph

ate

is r

efo

rme

d u

sin

g A

TP.

Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e c

hlo

rop

last

is a

da

pte

d t

o it

s fu

nc

tio

n in

ph

oto

syn

the

sis.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

lvin

’s e

xpe

rim

en

t to

elu

cid

ate

th

e c

arb

ox

yla

tio

n o

f R

uB

P.

Sk

ill: A

nn

ota

tio

n o

f a

dia

gra

m t

o in

dic

ate

th

e a

da

pta

tio

ns

of

a c

hlo

rop

last

to

its

fun

cti

on

.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e lo

llip

op

exp

eri

me

nt

use

d t

o w

ork

ou

t th

e b

ioch

em

ica

l de

tails

of

the

Ca

lvin

cyc

le s

ho

ws

con

sid

era

ble

cre

ati

vit

y. T

o w

ha

t e

xte

nt

is t

he

cre

ati

on

of

an

ele

ga

nt

pro

toco

l sim

ilar

to t

he

cre

ati

on

of

a w

ork

of

art

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Th

e G

lob

al A

rtif

icia

l Ph

oto

syn

the

sis

(GA

P)

pro

jec

t a

ims

to c

rea

te a

n a

rtif

icia

l

“le

af”

wit

hin

th

e n

ex

t d

eca

de

. An

ele

ctr

on

ic v

ers

ion

of

the

lea

f th

at

cre

ate

s

ox

yge

n a

nd

hyd

rog

en

fro

m w

ate

r a

nd

su

nlig

ht

ha

s a

lre

ad

y b

ee

n in

ve

nte

d

an

d w

ill b

e d

ev

elo

pe

d f

or

use

in t

he

ne

xt

de

cad

e.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.9 P

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s

Top

ic 4

.2 E

ne

rgy

flo

w

Top

ic 4

.3 C

arb

on

cyc

ling

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic 9

.1 O

xid

ati

on

an

d r

ed

uc

tio

n

Aim

s:

Aim

6: H

ill´s

me

tho

d d

em

on

stra

tin

g e

lec

tro

n t

ran

sfe

r in

ch

loro

pla

sts

by

ob

serv

ing

DC

PIP

re

du

cti

on

, im

mo

bili

zati

on

of

a c

ult

ure

of

an

alg

a

such

as

Scen

edes

mu

s in

alg

ina

te b

ea

ds

an

d m

ea

sure

me

nt

of

the

ra

te o

f

ph

oto

syn

the

sis

by

mo

nit

ori

ng

th

eir

eff

ec

t o

n h

ydro

ge

nca

rbo

na

te in

dic

ato

r

are

all

po

ssib

le e

xpe

rim

en

ts.

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Biology guide92

Ad

dit

ion

al h

igh

er

leve

l

Top

ic 9

: Pla

nt

bio

log

y

13 h

ou

rs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: S

tru

ctu

re a

nd

fu

nc

tio

n a

re c

orr

ela

ted

in t

he

xy

lem

of

pla

nts

.

9.1

Tra

nsp

ort

in

th

e x

yle

m o

f p

lan

ts

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Use

mo

de

ls a

s re

pre

sen

tati

on

s o

f th

e r

ea

l wo

rld

—m

ech

an

ism

s in

vo

lve

d in

wa

ter

tra

nsp

ort

in t

he

xy

lem

ca

n b

e in

ve

stig

ate

d u

sin

g a

pp

ara

tus

an

d m

ate

ria

ls t

ha

t sh

ow

sim

ilari

tie

s in

str

uc

ture

to

pla

nt

tiss

ue

s. (1

.10

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Tra

nsp

ira

tio

n is

th

e in

ev

ita

ble

co

nse

qu

en

ce o

f g

as

exc

ha

ng

e in

th

e le

af.

Pla

nts

tra

nsp

ort

wa

ter

fro

m t

he

ro

ots

to

th

e le

ave

s to

re

pla

ce lo

sse

s fr

om

tra

nsp

ira

tio

n.

Th

e c

oh

esi

ve

pro

pe

rty

of

wa

ter

an

d t

he

str

uc

ture

of

the

xy

lem

ve

sse

ls a

llo

w

tra

nsp

ort

un

de

r te

nsi

on

.

Th

e a

dh

esi

ve

pro

pe

rty

of

wa

ter

an

d e

va

po

rati

on

ge

ne

rate

te

nsi

on

fo

rce

s in

lea

f ce

ll w

alls

.

Act

ive

up

take

of m

ine

ral i

on

s in

th

e r

oo

ts c

ause

s ab

sorp

tio

n o

f wat

er

by

osm

osi

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ad

ap

tati

on

s o

f p

lan

ts in

de

sert

s a

nd

in s

alin

e s

oils

fo

r w

ate

r

con

serv

ati

on

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Mo

de

ls o

f w

ate

r tr

an

spo

rt in

xy

lem

usi

ng

sim

ple

ap

pa

ratu

s

incl

ud

ing

blo

ttin

g o

r fi

lte

r p

ap

er,

po

rou

s p

ots

an

d c

ap

illa

ry t

ub

ing

.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f p

rim

ary

xy

lem

ve

sse

ls in

se

cti

on

s o

f st

em

s

ba

sed

on

mic

rosc

op

e im

ag

es.

Sk

ill: M

ea

sure

me

nt

of

tra

nsp

ira

tio

n r

ate

s u

sin

g p

oto

me

ters

. (P

rac

tica

l 7)

Sk

ill: D

esi

gn

of

an

exp

eri

me

nt

to t

est

hy

po

the

ses

ab

ou

t th

e e

ffe

ct

of

tem

pe

ratu

re o

r h

um

idit

y o

n t

ran

spir

ati

on

ra

tes.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 2

.2 W

ate

r

Top

ics

2.9

an

d 8

.3 P

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s

Aim

s:

Aim

7:

Th

e in

tro

du

cti

on

of

ima

ge

pro

cess

ing

so

ftw

are

an

d d

igit

al

mic

rosc

op

es

incr

ea

ses

furt

he

r th

e a

bili

ty t

o g

ath

er

mo

re d

ata

to

en

sure

relia

bili

ty.

Aim

6:

Me

asu

rem

en

t o

f st

om

ata

l ap

ert

ure

s a

nd

th

e d

istr

ibu

tio

n o

f st

om

ata

usi

ng

lea

f ca

sts,

incl

ud

ing

re

plic

ate

me

asu

rem

en

ts t

o e

nh

an

ce r

elia

bili

ty, a

re

po

ssib

le e

xpe

rim

en

ts.

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Topic 9: Plant biology

Biology guide 93

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: S

tru

ctu

re a

nd

fu

nc

tio

n a

re c

orr

ela

ted

in t

he

ph

loe

m o

f p

lan

ts.

9.2

Tra

nsp

ort

in

th

e p

hlo

em

of

pla

nts

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

ap

pa

ratu

s—e

xpe

rim

en

tal m

eth

od

s fo

r m

ea

suri

ng

ph

loe

m t

ran

spo

rt r

ate

s u

sin

g a

ph

id s

tyle

ts a

nd

rad

ioa

cti

ve

ly-l

ab

ell

ed

ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

we

re o

nly

po

ssib

le w

he

n r

ad

iois

oto

pe

s b

eca

me

av

aila

ble

. (1.

8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Pla

nts

tra

nsp

ort

org

an

ic c

om

po

un

ds

fro

m s

ou

rce

s to

sin

ks.

Inco

mp

ress

ibili

ty o

f w

ate

r a

llo

ws

tra

nsp

ort

alo

ng

hyd

rost

ati

c p

ress

ure

gra

die

nts

.

Ac

tiv

e t

ran

spo

rt is

use

d t

o lo

ad

org

an

ic c

om

po

un

ds

into

ph

loe

m s

iev

e t

ub

es

at

the

so

urc

e.

Hig

h c

on

cen

tra

tio

ns

of

solu

tes

in t

he

ph

loe

m a

t th

e s

ou

rce

lea

d t

o w

ate

r

up

take

by

osm

osi

s.

Ra

ise

d h

ydro

sta

tic

pre

ssu

re c

au

ses

the

co

nte

nts

of

the

ph

loe

m t

o f

low

tow

ard

s si

nk

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Str

uc

ture

–fu

nc

tio

n r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

of

ph

loe

m s

iev

e t

ub

es.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f x

yle

m a

nd

ph

loe

m in

mic

rosc

op

e im

ag

es

of

ste

m a

nd

roo

t.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f d

ata

fro

m e

xpe

rim

en

ts m

ea

suri

ng

ph

loe

m t

ran

spo

rt r

ate

s

usi

ng

ap

hid

sty

lets

an

d r

ad

ioa

cti

ve

ly-l

ab

ell

ed

ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.4 M

em

bra

ne

tra

nsp

ort

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Topic 9: Plant biology

Biology guide94

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: P

lan

ts a

da

pt

the

ir g

row

th t

o e

nv

iro

nm

en

tal c

on

dit

ion

s.

9.3

Gro

wth

in

pla

nts

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

an

aly

sis

an

d d

ed

uc

tio

n—

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

an

aly

tica

l te

chn

iqu

es

all

ow

ing

th

e d

ete

cti

on

of

tra

ce a

mo

un

ts o

f

sub

sta

nce

s h

as

led

to

ad

va

nce

s in

th

e u

nd

ers

tan

din

g o

f p

lan

t h

orm

on

es

an

d t

he

ir e

ffe

ct

on

ge

ne

exp

ress

ion

. (1.

8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Un

dif

fere

nti

ate

d c

ells

in t

he

me

rist

em

s o

f p

lan

ts a

llo

w in

de

term

ina

te g

row

th.

Mit

osi

s a

nd

ce

ll d

ivis

ion

in t

he

sh

oo

t a

pe

x p

rov

ide

ce

lls n

ee

de

d f

or

ex

ten

sio

n

of

the

ste

m a

nd

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

leav

es.

Pla

nt

ho

rmo

ne

s co

ntr

ol g

row

th in

th

e s

ho

ot

ap

ex

.

Pla

nt

sho

ots

re

spo

nd

to

th

e e

nv

iro

nm

en

t b

y tr

op

ism

s.

Au

xin

eff

lux

pu

mp

s ca

n s

et

up

co

nce

ntr

ati

on

gra

die

nts

of

au

xin

in p

lan

t

tiss

ue

.

Au

xin

infl

ue

nce

s ce

ll g

row

th r

ate

s b

y ch

an

gin

g t

he

pa

tte

rn o

f g

en

e

exp

ress

ion

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Mic

rop

rop

ag

ati

on

of

pla

nts

usi

ng

tis

sue

fro

m t

he

sh

oo

t a

pe

x,

nu

trie

nt

ag

ar

ge

ls a

nd

gro

wth

ho

rmo

ne

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

mic

rop

rop

ag

ati

on

fo

r ra

pid

bu

lkin

g u

p o

f n

ew

va

rie

tie

s,

pro

du

cti

on

of

vir

us-

fre

e s

tra

ins

of

exi

stin

g v

ari

eti

es

an

d p

rop

ag

ati

on

of

orc

hid

s a

nd

oth

er

rare

sp

eci

es.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Au

xin

is t

he

on

ly n

am

ed

ho

rmo

ne

th

at

is e

xpe

cte

d.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Pla

nts

co

mm

un

ica

te c

he

mic

all

y b

oth

inte

rna

lly

an

d e

xte

rna

lly.

To

wh

at

ex

ten

t

can

pla

nts

be

sa

id t

o h

ave

lan

gu

ag

e?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Mic

rop

rop

ag

ati

on

is u

sed

fo

r ra

pid

bu

lkin

g u

p o

f n

ew

va

rie

tie

s o

f p

lan

t.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 3

.5 G

en

eti

c m

od

ific

ati

on

an

d b

iote

chn

olo

gy

Aim

s:

Aim

6: I

nv

est

iga

tio

ns

into

tro

pis

ms

cou

ld b

e c

arr

ied

ou

t.

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Topic 9: Plant biology

Biology guide 95

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: R

ep

rod

uc

tio

n in

flo

we

rin

g p

lan

ts is

infl

ue

nce

d b

y th

e b

ioti

c a

nd

ab

ioti

c e

nv

iro

nm

en

t.

9.4

Re

pro

du

cti

on

in

pla

nts

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Pa

rad

igm

sh

ift—

mo

re t

ha

n 8

5%

of

the

wo

rld

’s 2

50

,00

0 s

pe

cie

s o

f fl

ow

eri

ng

pla

nt

de

pe

nd

on

po

llin

ato

rs f

or

rep

rod

uc

tio

n. T

his

kn

ow

led

ge

ha

s le

d t

o p

rote

cti

ng

en

tire

eco

syst

em

s ra

the

r th

an

ind

ivid

ua

l sp

eci

es.

(2

.3)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Flo

we

rin

g in

vo

lve

s a

ch

an

ge

in g

en

e e

xpre

ssio

n in

th

e s

ho

ot

ap

ex

.

Th

e s

wit

ch t

o f

low

eri

ng

is a

re

spo

nse

to

th

e le

ng

th o

f lig

ht

an

d d

ark

pe

rio

ds

in m

an

y p

lan

ts.

Su

cce

ss in

pla

nt

rep

rod

uc

tio

n d

ep

en

ds

on

po

llin

ati

on

, fe

rtili

zati

on

an

d s

ee

d

dis

pe

rsa

l.

Mo

st f

low

eri

ng

pla

nts

use

mu

tua

listi

c re

lati

on

ship

s w

ith

po

llin

ato

rs in

se

xua

l

rep

rod

uc

tio

n.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Me

tho

ds

use

d t

o in

du

ce s

ho

rt-d

ay p

lan

ts t

o f

low

er

ou

t o

f se

aso

n.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

inte

rna

l str

uc

ture

of

see

ds.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

of

ha

lf-v

iew

s o

f a

nim

al-

po

llin

ate

d f

low

ers

.

Sk

ill: D

esi

gn

of

exp

eri

me

nts

to

te

st h

yp

oth

ese

s a

bo

ut

fac

tors

aff

ec

tin

g

ge

rmin

ati

on

.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Stu

de

nts

sh

ou

ld u

nd

ers

tan

d t

he

dif

fere

nce

s b

etw

ee

n p

olli

na

tio

n, f

ert

iliza

tio

n

an

d s

ee

d d

isp

ers

al b

ut

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d t

o k

no

w t

he

de

tails

of

ea

ch p

roce

ss.

Flo

we

rin

g in

so

-ca

lle

d s

ho

rt-d

ay p

lan

ts s

uch

as

chry

san

the

mu

ms,

is

stim

ula

ted

by

lon

g n

igh

ts r

ath

er

tha

n s

ho

rt d

ays.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Th

e U

niv

ers

ity

of

ttin

ge

n, i

n G

erm

an

y, c

on

du

cte

d a

n e

xte

nsi

ve

re

vie

w

of

scie

nti

fic

stu

die

s fr

om

20

0 c

ou

ntr

ies

for

115

of

the

lea

din

g g

lob

al c

rop

s

in 2

00

5. T

he

y fo

un

d t

ha

t 8

7 o

f th

e c

rop

pla

nts

de

pe

nd

to

so

me

de

gre

e

up

on

an

ima

l po

llin

ati

on

, in

clu

din

g b

ee

s. T

his

acc

ou

nts

fo

r o

ne

-th

ird

of

cro

p

pro

du

cti

on

glo

ba

lly.

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Biology guide96

Ad

dit

ion

al h

igh

er

leve

l

Top

ic 1

0: G

en

eti

cs a

nd

evo

luti

on

8

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Me

iosi

s le

ad

s to

ind

ep

en

de

nt

ass

ort

me

nt

of

chro

mo

som

es

an

d u

niq

ue

co

mp

osi

tio

n o

f a

lle

les

in d

au

gh

ter

cells

.

10

.1 M

eio

sis

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ma

kin

g c

are

ful o

bse

rva

tio

ns—

care

ful o

bse

rva

tio

n a

nd

re

cord

ke

ep

ing

tu

rne

d u

p a

no

ma

lou

s d

ata

th

at

Me

nd

el’s

law

of

ind

ep

en

de

nt

ass

ort

me

nt

cou

ld n

ot

acc

ou

nt

for.

Th

om

as

Hu

nt

Mo

rga

n d

ev

elo

pe

d t

he

no

tio

n o

f lin

ked

ge

ne

s to

acc

ou

nt

for

the

an

om

ali

es.

(1.8

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ch

rom

oso

me

s re

plic

ate

in in

terp

ha

se b

efo

re m

eio

sis.

Cro

ssin

g o

ve

r is

th

e e

xch

an

ge

of

DN

A m

ate

ria

l be

twe

en

no

n-s

iste

r

ho

mo

log

ou

s ch

rom

ati

ds.

Cro

ssin

g o

ve

r p

rod

uce

s n

ew

co

mb

ina

tio

ns

of

all

ele

s o

n t

he

ch

rom

oso

me

s o

f

the

ha

plo

id c

ells

.

Ch

iasm

ata

fo

rma

tio

n b

etw

ee

n n

on

-sis

ter

chro

ma

tid

s ca

n r

esu

lt in

an

exc

ha

ng

e o

f a

lle

les.

Ho

mo

log

ou

s ch

rom

oso

me

s se

pa

rate

in m

eio

sis

I.

Sis

ter

chro

ma

tid

s se

pa

rate

in m

eio

sis

II.

Ind

ep

en

de

nt

ass

ort

me

nt

of

ge

ne

s is

du

e t

o t

he

ra

nd

om

ori

en

tati

on

of

pa

irs

of

ho

mo

log

ou

s ch

rom

oso

me

s in

me

iosi

s I.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

dia

gra

ms

to s

ho

w c

hia

sma

ta f

orm

ed

by

cro

ssin

g o

ve

r.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Dia

gra

ms

of

chia

sma

ta s

ho

uld

sh

ow

sis

ter

chro

ma

tid

s st

ill c

lose

ly a

lign

ed

,

exc

ep

t a

t th

e p

oin

t w

he

re c

ross

ing

ov

er

occ

urr

ed

an

d a

ch

iasm

a w

as

form

ed

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.6 C

ell

div

isio

n

Top

ic 3

.3 M

eio

sis

Top

ic 1

1.4

Se

xua

l re

pro

du

cti

on

Aim

s:

Aim

6: S

tain

ing

of

lily

an

the

rs o

r o

the

r ti

ssu

e c

on

tain

ing

ge

rm-l

ine

ce

lls a

nd

mic

rosc

op

e e

xam

ina

tio

n t

o o

bse

rve

ce

lls in

me

iosi

s a

re p

oss

ible

ac

tiv

itie

s.

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Topic 10: Genetics and evolution

Biology guide 97

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Ge

ne

s m

ay b

e li

nke

d o

r u

nlin

ked

an

d a

re in

he

rite

d a

cco

rdin

gly

.

10

.2 I

nh

eri

tan

ce

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Loo

kin

g f

or

pa

tte

rns,

tre

nd

s a

nd

dis

cre

pa

nci

es—

Me

nd

el u

sed

ob

serv

ati

on

s o

f th

e n

atu

ral w

orl

d t

o f

ind

an

d e

xpla

in p

att

ern

s a

nd

tre

nd

s. S

ince

th

en

, sci

en

tist

s h

ave

loo

ked

fo

r d

iscr

ep

an

cie

s a

nd

ask

ed

qu

est

ion

s b

ase

d o

n f

urt

he

r o

bse

rva

tio

ns

to s

ho

w e

xce

pti

on

s to

th

e r

ule

s. F

or

exa

mp

le, M

org

an

dis

cov

ere

d n

on

-Me

nd

elia

n r

ati

os

in

his

exp

eri

me

nts

wit

h D

roso

ph

ila. (

3.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ge

ne

loci

are

sa

id t

o b

e li

nke

d if

on

th

e s

am

e c

hro

mo

som

e.

Un

linke

d g

en

es

seg

reg

ate

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y a

s a

re

sult

of

me

iosi

s.

Va

ria

tio

n c

an

be

dis

cre

te o

r co

nti

nu

ou

s.

Th

e p

he

no

typ

es

of

po

lyg

en

ic c

ha

rac

teri

stic

s te

nd

to

sh

ow

co

nti

nu

ou

s

va

ria

tio

n.

Ch

i-sq

ua

red

te

sts

are

use

d t

o d

ete

rmin

e w

he

the

r th

e d

iffe

ren

ce b

etw

ee

n a

n

ob

serv

ed

an

d e

xpe

cte

d f

req

ue

nc

y d

istr

ibu

tio

n is

sta

tist

ica

lly

sig

nif

ica

nt.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Mo

rga

n’s

dis

cov

ery

of

no

n-M

en

de

lian

ra

tio

s in

Dro

sop

hila

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

mp

leti

on

an

d a

na

lysi

s o

f P

un

ne

tt s

qu

are

s fo

r d

ihy

bri

d t

rait

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Po

lyg

en

ic t

rait

s su

ch a

s h

um

an

he

igh

t m

ay a

lso

be

infl

ue

nce

d b

y

en

vir

on

me

nta

l fa

cto

rs.

Sk

ill: C

alc

ula

tio

n o

f th

e p

red

icte

d g

en

oty

pic

an

d p

he

no

typ

ic r

ati

o o

f o

ffsp

rin

g

of

dih

yb

rid

cro

sse

s in

vo

lvin

g u

nlin

ked

au

toso

ma

l ge

ne

s.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f re

com

bin

an

ts in

cro

sse

s in

vo

lvin

g t

wo

lin

ked

ge

ne

s.

Sk

ill: U

se o

f a

ch

i-sq

ua

red

te

st o

n d

ata

fro

m d

ihy

bri

d c

ross

es.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

e la

w o

f in

de

pe

nd

en

t a

sso

rtm

en

t w

as

soo

n f

ou

nd

to

hav

e e

xce

pti

on

s

wh

en

loo

kin

g a

t lin

ked

ge

ne

s. W

ha

t is

th

e d

iffe

ren

ce b

etw

ee

n a

law

an

d a

the

ory

in s

cie

nce

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

An

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

inh

eri

tan

ce a

llo

we

d f

arm

ers

to

se

lec

tiv

ely

bre

ed

th

eir

liv

est

ock

fo

r sp

eci

fic

cha

rac

teri

stic

s.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 3

.4 In

he

rita

nce

Aim

s:

Aim

4:

Use

an

aly

tica

l sk

ills

to s

olv

e g

en

eti

c cr

oss

es.

Aim

8: E

thic

al i

ssu

es

ari

se in

th

e p

rev

en

tio

n o

f th

e in

he

rita

nce

of

ge

ne

tic

dis

ord

ers

.

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Topic 10: Genetics and evolution

Biology guide98

10

.2 I

nh

eri

tan

ce

Gu

ida

nce

:

All

ele

s a

re u

sua

lly

sho

wn

sid

e b

y si

de

in d

ihy

bri

d c

ross

es,

fo

r e

xam

ple

, TtB

b.

In r

ep

rese

nti

ng

cro

sse

s in

vo

lvin

g li

nk

ag

e, i

t is

mo

re c

om

mo

n t

o s

ho

w t

he

m a

s

ve

rtic

al p

air

s, f

or

exa

mp

le:

Th

is f

orm

at

will

be

use

d in

exa

min

ati

on

pa

pe

rs, o

r st

ud

en

ts w

ill b

e g

ive

n

suff

icie

nt

info

rma

tio

n t

o a

llo

w t

he

m t

o d

ed

uce

wh

ich

all

ele

s a

re li

nke

d.

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Topic 10: Genetics and evolution

Biology guide 99

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Ge

ne

po

ols

ch

an

ge

ov

er

tim

e.

10

.3 G

en

e p

oo

ls a

nd

sp

eci

ati

on

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Loo

kin

g f

or

pa

tte

rns,

tre

nd

s a

nd

dis

cre

pa

nci

es—

pa

tte

rns

of

chro

mo

som

e n

um

be

r in

so

me

ge

ne

ra c

an

be

exp

lain

ed

by

spe

cia

tio

n d

ue

to

po

lyp

loid

y. (

3.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

A g

en

e p

oo

l co

nsi

sts

of

all

the

ge

ne

s a

nd

th

eir

dif

fere

nt

all

ele

s, p

rese

nt

in a

n

inte

rbre

ed

ing

po

pu

lati

on

.

Ev

olu

tio

n r

eq

uir

es

tha

t a

lle

le f

req

ue

nci

es

cha

ng

e w

ith

tim

e in

po

pu

lati

on

s.

Re

pro

du

cti

ve

iso

lati

on

of

po

pu

lati

on

s ca

n b

e t

em

po

ral,

be

hav

iou

ral o

r

ge

og

rap

hic

.

Sp

eci

ati

on

du

e t

o d

ive

rge

nce

of

iso

late

d p

op

ula

tio

ns

can

be

gra

du

al.

Sp

eci

ati

on

ca

n o

ccu

r a

bru

ptl

y.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Id

en

tify

ing

exa

mp

les

of

dir

ec

tio

na

l, st

ab

ilizi

ng

an

d d

isru

pti

ve

sele

cti

on

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Sp

eci

ati

on

in t

he

ge

nu

s A

lliu

m b

y p

oly

plo

idy.

Sk

ill: C

om

pa

riso

n o

f a

lle

le f

req

ue

nci

es

of

ge

og

rap

hic

all

y is

ola

ted

po

pu

lati

on

s.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Pu

nc

tua

ted

eq

uili

bri

um

imp

lie

s lo

ng

pe

rio

ds

wit

ho

ut

ap

pre

cia

ble

ch

an

ge

an

d s

ho

rt p

eri

od

s o

f ra

pid

ev

olu

tio

n.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Pu

nc

tua

ted

eq

uili

bri

um

wa

s lo

ng

co

nsi

de

red

an

alt

ern

ati

ve

th

eo

ry o

f

ev

olu

tio

n a

nd

a c

ha

lle

ng

e t

o t

he

lon

g e

sta

blis

he

d p

ara

dig

m o

f D

arw

inia

n

gra

du

alis

m. H

ow

do

pa

rad

igm

sh

ifts

pro

cee

d in

sci

en

ce a

nd

wh

at

fac

tors

are

inv

olv

ed

in t

he

ir s

ucc

ess

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Ma

ny

cro

p s

pe

cie

s h

ave

be

en

cre

ate

d t

o b

e p

oly

plo

id. P

oly

plo

idy

incr

ea

ses

all

elic

div

ers

ity

an

d p

erm

its

no

ve

l ph

en

oty

pe

s to

be

ge

ne

rate

d. I

t a

lso

lea

ds

to h

yb

rid

vig

ou

r.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 5

.1 E

vid

en

ce f

or

ev

olu

tio

n

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Biology guide100

Ad

dit

ion

al h

igh

er

leve

l

Top

ic 1

1: A

nim

al p

hys

iolo

gy

16

ho

urs

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Im

mu

nit

y is

ba

sed

on

re

cog

nit

ion

of

self

an

d d

est

ruc

tio

n o

f fo

reig

n m

ate

ria

l.

11

.1 A

nti

bo

dy

pro

du

cti

on

an

d v

acc

ina

tio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Co

nsi

de

r e

thic

al i

mp

lica

tio

ns

of

rese

arc

h—

Jen

ne

r te

ste

d h

is v

acc

ine

fo

r sm

allp

ox

on

a c

hil

d. (

4.5

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ev

ery

org

an

ism

ha

s u

niq

ue

mo

lecu

les

on

th

e s

urf

ace

of

its

cells

.

Pa

tho

ge

ns

can

be

sp

eci

es-

spe

cifi

c a

lth

ou

gh

oth

ers

ca

n c

ross

sp

eci

es

ba

rrie

rs.

B ly

mp

ho

cy

tes

are

ac

tiv

ate

d b

y T

lym

ph

oc

yte

s in

ma

mm

als

.

Ac

tiv

ate

d B

ce

lls m

ult

iply

to

fo

rm c

lon

es

of

pla

sma

ce

lls a

nd

me

mo

ry c

ells

.

Pla

sma

ce

lls s

ecr

ete

an

tib

od

ies.

An

tib

od

ies

aid

th

e d

est

ruc

tio

n o

f p

ath

og

en

s.

Wh

ite

ce

lls r

ele

ase

his

tam

ine

in r

esp

on

se t

o a

lle

rge

ns.

His

tam

ine

s ca

use

all

erg

ic s

ym

pto

ms.

Imm

un

ity

de

pe

nd

s u

po

n t

he

pe

rsis

ten

ce o

f m

em

ory

ce

lls.

Va

ccin

es

con

tain

an

tig

en

s th

at

trig

ge

r im

mu

nit

y b

ut

do

no

t ca

use

th

e d

ise

ase

.

Fusi

on

of

a t

um

ou

r ce

ll w

ith

an

an

tib

od

y-p

rod

uci

ng

pla

sma

ce

ll cr

ea

tes

a

hy

bri

do

ma

ce

ll.

Mo

no

clo

na

l an

tib

od

ies

are

pro

du

ced

by

hy

bri

do

ma

ce

lls.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Th

e W

orl

d H

ea

lth

Org

an

iza

tio

n in

itia

ted

th

e c

am

pa

ign

fo

r th

e g

lob

al

era

dic

ati

on

of

sma

llpo

x in

19

67.

Th

e c

am

pa

ign

wa

s d

ee

me

d a

su

cce

ss in

19

77,

on

ly 1

0 y

ea

rs la

ter.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Hu

ma

n v

acc

ine

s a

re o

fte

n p

rod

uce

d u

sin

g t

he

imm

un

e r

esp

on

ses

of

oth

er

an

ima

ls.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 6

.3 D

efe

nce

ag

ain

st in

fec

tio

us

dis

ea

se

Top

ic 1

1.4

Se

xua

l re

pro

du

cti

on

Ge

og

rap

hy

Pa

rt 2

F: T

he

ge

og

rap

hy

of

foo

d a

nd

he

alt

h

Aim

s:

Aim

7:

Use

of

da

tab

ase

s to

an

aly

se e

pid

em

iolo

gic

al d

ata

.

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Topic 11: Animal physiology

Biology guide 101

11

.1 A

nti

bo

dy

pro

du

cti

on

an

d v

acc

ina

tio

n

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Sm

allp

ox

wa

s th

e f

irst

infe

cti

ou

s d

ise

ase

of

hu

ma

ns

to h

ave

be

en

era

dic

ate

d b

y v

acc

ina

tio

n.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Mo

no

clo

na

l an

tib

od

ies

to H

CG

are

use

d in

pre

gn

an

cy

test

kit

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: An

tig

en

s o

n t

he

su

rfa

ce o

f re

d b

loo

d c

ells

sti

mu

late

an

tib

od

y

pro

du

cti

on

in a

pe

rso

n w

ith

a d

iffe

ren

t b

loo

d g

rou

p.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f e

pid

em

iolo

gic

al d

ata

re

late

d t

o v

acc

ina

tio

n p

rog

ram

me

s.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Lim

it t

he

imm

un

e r

esp

on

se t

o m

am

ma

ls.

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Biology guide102

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e r

ole

s o

f th

e m

usc

ulo

ske

leta

l sy

ste

m a

re m

ov

em

en

t, s

up

po

rt a

nd

pro

tec

tio

n.

11

.2 M

ov

em

en

t

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

velo

pm

en

ts in

sci

en

tifi

c re

sea

rch

fo

llow

imp

rove

me

nts

in a

pp

ara

tus—

flu

ore

sce

nt

calc

ium

ion

s h

ave

be

en

use

d t

o s

tud

y th

e c

yclic

inte

ract

ion

s in

mu

scle

co

ntr

act

ion

. (1.

8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Bo

ne

s a

nd

exo

ske

leto

ns

pro

vid

e a

nch

ora

ge

fo

r m

usc

les

an

d a

ct

as

lev

ers

.

Syn

ov

ial j

oin

ts a

llo

w c

ert

ain

mo

ve

me

nts

bu

t n

ot

oth

ers

.

Mo

ve

me

nt

of

the

bo

dy

req

uir

es

mu

scle

s to

wo

rk in

an

tag

on

isti

c p

air

s.

Ske

leta

l mu

scle

fib

res

are

mu

ltin

ucl

ea

te a

nd

co

nta

in s

pe

cia

lize

d e

nd

op

lasm

ic

reti

culu

m.

Mu

scle

fib

res

con

tain

ma

ny

myo

fib

rils

.

Ea

ch m

yofi

bri

l is

ma

de

up

of

con

tra

cti

le s

arc

om

ere

s.

Th

e c

on

tra

cti

on

of

the

ske

leta

l mu

scle

is a

chie

ve

d b

y th

e s

lid

ing

of

ac

tin

an

d

myo

sin

fila

me

nts

.

AT

P h

ydro

lysi

s a

nd

cro

ss b

rid

ge

fo

rma

tio

n a

re n

ece

ssa

ry f

or

the

fila

me

nts

to

slid

e.

Ca

lciu

m io

ns

an

d t

he

pro

tein

s tr

op

om

yosi

n a

nd

tro

po

nin

co

ntr

ol m

usc

le

con

tra

cti

on

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: An

tag

on

isti

c p

air

s o

f m

usc

les

in a

n in

sec

t le

g.

Sk

ill: A

nn

ota

tio

n o

f a

dia

gra

m o

f th

e h

um

an

elb

ow

.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

lab

ell

ed

dia

gra

ms

of

the

str

uc

ture

of

a s

arc

om

ere

.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f e

lec

tro

n m

icro

gra

ph

s to

fin

d t

he

sta

te o

f co

ntr

ac

tio

n o

f

mu

scle

fib

res.

Aim

s:

Aim

7:

Use

of

gri

p s

tre

ng

th d

ata

log

ge

rs t

o a

sse

ss m

usc

le f

ati

gu

e.

Aim

7:

Use

of

an

ima

tio

ns

to v

isu

aliz

e c

on

tra

cti

on

.

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Topic 11: Animal physiology

Biology guide 103

11

.2 M

ov

em

en

t

Gu

ida

nce

:

Elb

ow

dia

gra

m s

ho

uld

incl

ud

e c

art

ilag

e, s

yn

ov

ial f

luid

, jo

int

cap

sule

, na

me

d

bo

ne

s a

nd

na

me

d a

nta

go

nis

tic

mu

scle

s.

Dra

win

g la

be

lle

d d

iag

ram

s o

f th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f a

sa

rco

me

re s

ho

uld

incl

ud

e

Z li

ne

s, a

cti

n f

ilam

en

ts, m

yosi

n f

ilam

en

ts w

ith

he

ad

s, a

nd

th

e r

esu

lta

nt

ligh

t

an

d d

ark

ba

nd

s.

Me

asu

rem

en

t o

f th

e le

ng

th o

f sa

rco

me

res

will

re

qu

ire

ca

libra

tio

n o

f th

e

eye

pie

ce s

cale

of

the

mic

rosc

op

e.

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Topic 11: Animal physiology

Biology guide104

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: All

an

ima

ls e

xcre

te n

itro

ge

no

us

wa

ste

pro

du

cts

an

d s

om

e a

nim

als

als

o b

ala

nce

wa

ter

an

d s

olu

te c

on

cen

tra

tio

ns.

11

.3 T

he

kid

ne

y a

nd

osm

ore

gu

lati

on

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Cu

rio

sity

ab

ou

t p

art

icu

lar

ph

en

om

en

a—

inv

est

iga

tio

ns

we

re c

arr

ied

ou

t to

de

term

ine

ho

w d

ese

rt a

nim

als

pre

ve

nt

wa

ter

loss

in t

he

ir w

ast

es.

(1.5

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

An

ima

ls a

re e

ith

er

osm

ore

gu

lato

rs o

r o

smo

con

form

ers

.

Th

e M

alp

igh

ian

tu

bu

le s

yst

em

in in

sec

ts a

nd

th

e k

idn

ey

carr

y o

ut

osm

ore

gu

lati

on

an

d r

em

ov

al o

f n

itro

ge

no

us

wa

ste

s.

Th

e c

om

po

siti

on

of

blo

od

in t

he

re

na

l art

ery

is d

iffe

ren

t fr

om

th

at

in t

he

re

na

l

ve

in.

Th

e u

ltra

stru

ctu

re o

f th

e g

lom

eru

lus

an

d B

ow

ma

n’s

ca

psu

le f

aci

lita

te

ult

rafi

ltra

tio

n.

Th

e p

roxi

ma

l co

nv

olu

ted

tu

bu

le s

ele

cti

ve

ly r

ea

bso

rbs

use

ful s

ub

sta

nce

s b

y

ac

tiv

e t

ran

spo

rt.

Th

e lo

op

of

He

nle

ma

inta

ins

hy

pe

rto

nic

co

nd

itio

ns

in t

he

me

du

lla.

AD

H c

on

tro

ls r

ea

bso

rpti

on

of

wa

ter

in t

he

co

lle

cti

ng

du

ct.

Th

e le

ng

th o

f th

e lo

op

of

He

nle

is p

osi

tiv

ely

co

rre

late

d w

ith

th

e n

ee

d f

or

wa

ter

con

serv

ati

on

in a

nim

als

.

Th

e t

yp

e o

f n

itro

ge

no

us

wa

ste

in a

nim

als

is c

orr

ela

ted

wit

h e

vo

luti

on

ary

his

tory

an

d h

ab

ita

t.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

de

hyd

rati

on

an

d o

ve

rhyd

rati

on

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Tre

atm

en

t o

f k

idn

ey

failu

re b

y h

em

od

ialy

sis

or

kid

ne

y tr

an

spla

nt.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Blo

od

ce

lls, g

luco

se, p

rote

ins

an

d d

rug

s a

re d

ete

cte

d in

uri

na

ry

test

s.

Sk

ill: D

raw

ing

an

d la

be

llin

g a

dia

gra

m o

f th

e h

um

an

kid

ne

y.

Sk

ill: A

nn

ota

tio

n o

f d

iag

ram

s o

f th

e n

ep

hro

n.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Th

e r

em

ov

al o

f k

idn

ey

sto

ne

s b

y u

ltra

so

un

d t

rea

tme

nt.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.3 M

em

bra

ne

str

uc

ture

Top

ic 1

.4 M

em

bra

ne

tra

nsp

ort

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Topic 11: Animal physiology

Biology guide 105

11

.3 T

he

kid

ne

y a

nd

osm

ore

gu

lati

on

Gu

ida

nce

:

AD

H w

ill b

e u

sed

in p

refe

ren

ce t

o v

aso

pre

ssin

.

Th

e d

iag

ram

of

the

ne

ph

ron

sh

ou

ld in

clu

de

glo

me

rulu

s, B

ow

ma

n’s

ca

psu

le,

pro

xim

al c

on

vo

lute

d t

ub

ule

, lo

op

of

He

nle

, dis

tal c

on

vo

lute

d t

ub

ule

; th

e

rela

tio

nsh

ip b

etw

ee

n t

he

ne

ph

ron

an

d t

he

co

lle

cti

ng

du

ct

sho

uld

be

incl

ud

ed

.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: S

exu

al r

ep

rod

uc

tio

n in

vo

lve

s th

e d

ev

elo

pm

en

t a

nd

fu

sio

n o

f h

ap

loid

ga

me

tes.

11

.4 S

ex

ua

l re

pro

du

cti

on

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ass

ess

ing

ris

ks

an

d b

en

efi

ts a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h—

the

ris

ks

to h

um

an

ma

le f

ert

ility

we

re n

ot

ad

eq

ua

tely

ass

ess

ed

be

fore

ste

roid

s re

late

d t

o p

rog

est

ero

ne

an

d e

stro

ge

n w

ere

re

lea

sed

into

th

e e

nv

iro

nm

en

t a

s a

re

sult

of

the

use

of

the

fe

ma

le c

on

tra

cep

tiv

e p

ill. (

4.8

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Sp

erm

ato

ge

ne

sis

an

d o

og

en

esi

s b

oth

inv

olv

e m

ito

sis,

ce

ll g

row

th, t

wo

div

isio

ns

of

me

iosi

s a

nd

dif

fere

nti

ati

on

.

Pro

cess

es

in s

pe

rma

tog

en

esi

s a

nd

oo

ge

ne

sis

resu

lt in

dif

fere

nt

nu

mb

ers

of

ga

me

tes

wit

h d

iffe

ren

t a

mo

un

ts

of

cy

top

lasm

.

Fe

rtili

zati

on

in a

nim

als

ca

n b

e in

tern

al o

r e

xte

rna

l.

Fe

rtili

zati

on

inv

olv

es

me

cha

nis

ms

tha

t p

rev

en

t p

oly

spe

rmy.

Imp

lan

tati

on

of

the

bla

sto

cy

st in

th

e e

nd

om

etr

ium

is e

sse

nti

al f

or

the

co

nti

nu

ati

on

of

pre

gn

an

cy.

HC

G s

tim

ula

tes

the

ov

ary

to

se

cre

te p

rog

est

ero

ne

du

rin

g e

arl

y p

reg

na

nc

y.

Th

e p

lace

nta

fa

cilit

ate

s th

e e

xch

an

ge

of

ma

teri

als

be

twe

en

th

e m

oth

er

an

d f

etu

s.

Est

rog

en

an

d p

rog

est

ero

ne

are

se

cre

ted

by

the

pla

cen

ta o

nce

it h

as

form

ed

.

Bir

th is

me

dia

ted

by

po

siti

ve

fe

ed

ba

ck in

vo

lvin

g e

stro

ge

n a

nd

ox

yto

cin

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Th

e a

ve

rag

e 3

8-w

ee

k p

reg

na

nc

y in

hu

ma

ns

can

be

po

siti

on

ed

on

a g

rap

h s

ho

win

g t

he

corr

ela

tio

n b

etw

ee

n a

nim

al s

ize

an

d t

he

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

the

yo

un

g a

t b

irth

fo

r o

the

r m

am

ma

ls.

Sk

ill: A

nn

ota

tio

n o

f d

iag

ram

s o

f se

min

ife

rou

s tu

bu

le a

nd

ov

ary

to

sh

ow

th

e s

tag

es

of

ga

me

tog

en

esi

s.

Sk

ill: A

nn

ota

tio

n o

f d

iag

ram

s o

f m

atu

re s

pe

rm a

nd

eg

g t

o in

dic

ate

fu

nc

tio

ns.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Fe

rtili

zati

on

inv

olv

es

the

acr

oso

me

re

ac

tio

n, f

usi

on

of

the

pla

sma

me

mb

ran

e o

f th

e e

gg

an

d s

pe

rm a

nd

th

e

cort

ica

l re

ac

tio

n.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 3

.3 M

eio

sis

Top

ic 6

.6 H

orm

on

es,

ho

me

ost

asi

s a

nd

re

pro

du

cti

on

Aim

s:

Aim

8: D

isp

ute

s o

ve

r th

e r

esp

on

sib

ility

fo

r

fro

zen

hu

ma

n e

mb

ryo

s.

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135Biology guide 135

Op

tio

n D

: Hu

ma

n p

hys

iolo

gy

15

/25

ho

urs

Co

re t

op

ics

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: A

ba

lan

ced

die

t is

ess

en

tia

l to

hu

ma

n h

ea

lth

.

D.1

Hu

ma

n n

utr

itio

n

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Fals

ific

ati

on

of

the

ori

es

wit

h o

ne

th

eo

ry b

ein

g s

up

ers

ed

ed

by

an

oth

er—

scu

rvy

wa

s th

ou

gh

t to

be

sp

eci

fic

to h

um

an

s, b

eca

use

att

em

pts

to

ind

uce

th

e s

ym

pto

ms

in

lab

ora

tory

ra

ts a

nd

mic

e w

ere

en

tire

ly u

nsu

cce

ssfu

l. (1

.9)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ess

en

tia

l nu

trie

nts

ca

nn

ot

be

sy

nth

esi

zed

by

the

bo

dy,

th

ere

fore

th

ey

hav

e t

o

be

incl

ud

ed

in t

he

die

t.

Die

tary

min

era

ls a

re e

sse

nti

al c

he

mic

al e

lem

en

ts.

Vit

am

ins

are

ch

em

ica

lly

div

ers

e c

arb

on

co

mp

ou

nd

s th

at

can

no

t b

e

syn

the

size

d b

y th

e b

od

y.

So

me

fa

tty

aci

ds

an

d s

om

e a

min

o a

cid

s a

re e

sse

nti

al.

La

ck o

f e

sse

nti

al a

min

o a

cid

s a

ffe

cts

th

e p

rod

uc

tio

n o

f p

rote

ins.

Ma

lnu

trit

ion

may

be

ca

use

d b

y a

de

fici

en

cy,

imb

ala

nce

or

exc

ess

of

nu

trie

nts

in t

he

die

t.

Ap

pe

tite

is c

on

tro

lle

d b

y a

ce

ntr

e in

th

e h

yp

oth

ala

mu

s.

Ov

erw

eig

ht

ind

ivid

ua

ls a

re m

ore

like

ly t

o s

uff

er

hy

pe

rte

nsi

on

an

d t

yp

e II

dia

be

tes.

Sta

rva

tio

n c

an

lea

d t

o b

rea

kdo

wn

of

bo

dy

tiss

ue

.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Pro

du

cti

on

of

asc

orb

ic a

cid

by

som

e m

am

ma

ls, b

ut

no

t o

the

rs

tha

t n

ee

d a

die

tary

su

pp

ly.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

an

d t

rea

tme

nt

of

ph

en

ylk

eto

nu

ria

(P

KU

).

Inte

rna

tio

na

l-m

ind

ed

ne

ss:

Th

e V

ita

min

an

d M

ine

ral N

utr

itio

n In

form

ati

on

Sy

ste

m (

VM

NIS

), f

orm

erl

y

kn

ow

n a

s th

e M

icro

nu

trie

nt

De

fici

en

cy

Info

rma

tio

n S

yst

em

(M

DIS

), w

as

est

ab

lish

ed

in 1

99

1 f

oll

ow

ing

a r

eq

ue

st b

y t

he

Wo

rld

He

alt

h A

sse

mb

ly t

o

stre

ng

the

n s

urv

eill

an

ce o

f m

icro

nu

trie

nt

de

fici

en

cie

s a

t th

e g

lob

al l

ev

el.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Th

ere

are

po

siti

ve

eff

ec

ts o

f e

xpo

sure

to

su

n s

uch

as

the

pro

du

cti

on

of

Vit

am

in D

as

we

ll a

s h

ea

lth

ris

ks

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

exp

osu

re t

o U

V r

ays.

Ho

w

can

co

nfl

icti

ng

kn

ow

led

ge

cla

ims

be

ba

lan

ced

?

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 6

.1 D

ige

stio

n a

nd

ab

sorp

tio

n

Ge

og

rap

hy

Pa

rt 2

F T

he

ge

og

rap

hy

of

foo

d a

nd

he

alt

h

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic B

5 V

ita

min

s

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D.1

Hu

ma

n n

utr

itio

n

Ap

plic

ati

on

: La

ck o

f V

ita

min

D o

r ca

lciu

m c

an

aff

ec

t b

on

e m

ine

raliz

ati

on

an

d

cau

se r

icke

ts o

r o

ste

om

ala

cia

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Bre

akd

ow

n o

f h

ea

rt m

usc

le d

ue

to

an

ore

xia

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ch

ole

ste

rol i

n b

loo

d a

s a

n in

dic

ato

r o

f th

e r

isk

of

coro

na

ry h

ea

rt

dis

ea

se.

Sk

ill: D

ete

rmin

ati

on

of

the

en

erg

y co

nte

nt

of

foo

d b

y co

mb

ust

ion

.

Sk

ill: U

se o

f d

ata

ba

ses

of

nu

trit

ion

al c

on

ten

t o

f fo

od

s a

nd

so

ftw

are

to

calc

ula

te in

take

s o

f e

sse

nti

al n

utr

ien

ts f

rom

a d

ail

y d

iet.

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: D

ige

stio

n is

co

ntr

oll

ed

by

ne

rvo

us

an

d h

orm

on

al m

ech

an

ism

s.

D.2

Dig

est

ion

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Se

ren

dip

ity

an

d s

cie

nti

fic

dis

cov

eri

es—

the

ro

le o

f g

ast

ric

aci

d in

dig

est

ion

wa

s e

sta

blis

he

d b

y W

illia

m B

ea

um

on

t w

hil

e o

bse

rvin

g t

he

pro

cess

of

dig

est

ion

in a

n o

pe

n

wo

un

d c

au

sed

by

gu

nsh

ot.

(1.4

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ne

rvo

us

an

d h

orm

on

al m

ech

an

ism

s co

ntr

ol t

he

se

cre

tio

n o

f d

ige

stiv

e ju

ice

s.

Exo

crin

e g

lan

ds

secr

ete

to

th

e s

urf

ace

of

the

bo

dy

or

the

lum

en

of

the

gu

t.

Th

e v

olu

me

an

d c

on

ten

t o

f g

ast

ric

secr

eti

on

s a

re c

on

tro

lle

d b

y n

erv

ou

s a

nd

ho

rmo

na

l me

cha

nis

ms.

Aci

d c

on

dit

ion

s in

th

e s

tom

ach

fav

ou

r so

me

hyd

roly

sis

rea

cti

on

s a

nd

he

lp t

o

con

tro

l pa

tho

ge

ns

in in

ge

ste

d f

oo

d.

Th

e s

tru

ctu

re o

f ce

lls o

f th

e e

pit

he

lium

of

the

vill

i is

ad

ap

ted

to

th

e

ab

sorp

tio

n o

f fo

od

.

Th

e r

ate

of

tra

nsi

t o

f m

ate

ria

ls t

hro

ug

h t

he

larg

e in

test

ine

is p

osi

tiv

ely

corr

ela

ted

wit

h t

he

ir f

ibre

co

nte

nt.

Ma

teri

als

no

t a

bso

rbe

d a

re e

ge

ste

d.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Th

e r

ed

uc

tio

n o

f st

om

ach

aci

d s

ecr

eti

on

by

pro

ton

pu

mp

inh

ibit

or

dru

gs.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: De

hyd

rati

on

du

e t

o c

ho

lera

to

xin

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Hel

ico

ba

cter

pyl

ori

infe

cti

on

as

a c

au

se o

f st

om

ach

ulc

ers

.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f e

xocr

ine

gla

nd

ce

lls t

ha

t se

cre

te d

ige

stiv

e ju

ice

s a

nd

vill

us

ep

ith

eliu

m c

ells

th

at

ab

sorb

dig

est

ed

fo

od

s fr

om

ele

ctr

on

mic

rog

rap

hs.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Ad

ap

tati

on

s o

f v

illu

s e

pit

he

lial c

ells

incl

ud

e m

icro

vill

i an

d m

ito

cho

nd

ria

.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 1

.2 U

ltra

stru

ctu

re o

f ce

lls

Top

ic 6

.5 N

eu

ron

s a

nd

sy

na

pse

s

Ch

em

istr

y

Top

ic D

4 p

H r

eg

ula

tio

n o

f st

om

ach

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Th

e c

he

mic

al c

om

po

siti

on

of

the

blo

od

is r

eg

ula

ted

by

the

liv

er.

D.3

Fu

nc

tio

ns

of

the

liv

er

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Ed

uca

tin

g t

he

pu

blic

on

sci

en

tifi

c cl

aim

s—sc

ien

tifi

c st

ud

ies

hav

e s

ho

wn

th

at

hig

h-d

en

sity

lip

op

rote

in c

ou

ld b

e c

on

sid

ere

d “

go

od

” ch

ole

ste

rol.

(5.2

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Th

e li

ve

r re

mo

ve

s to

xin

s fr

om

th

e b

loo

d a

nd

de

toxi

fie

s th

em

.

Co

mp

on

en

ts o

f re

d b

loo

d c

ells

are

re

cyc

led

by

the

liv

er.

Th

e b

rea

kdo

wn

of

ery

thro

cy

tes

sta

rts

wit

h p

ha

go

cy

tosi

s o

f re

d b

loo

d c

ells

by

Ku

pff

er

cells

.

Iro

n is

ca

rrie

d t

o t

he

bo

ne

ma

rro

w t

o p

rod

uce

he

mo

glo

bin

in n

ew

re

d b

loo

d

cells

.

Su

rplu

s ch

ole

ste

rol i

s co

nv

ert

ed

to

bil

e s

alt

s.

En

do

pla

smic

re

ticu

lum

an

d G

olg

i ap

pa

ratu

s in

he

pa

toc

yte

s p

rod

uce

pla

sma

pro

tein

s.

Th

e li

ve

r in

terc

ep

ts b

loo

d f

rom

th

e g

ut

to r

eg

ula

te n

utr

ien

t le

ve

ls.

So

me

nu

trie

nts

in e

xce

ss c

an

be

sto

red

in t

he

liv

er.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

jau

nd

ice

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Du

al b

loo

d s

up

ply

to

th

e li

ve

r a

nd

dif

fere

nce

s b

etw

ee

n s

inu

soid

s

an

d c

ap

illa

rie

s.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Exc

ess

ive

alc

oh

ol c

on

sum

pti

on

may

ca

use

liv

er

cirr

ho

sis.

Are

att

itu

de

s to

dru

gs

an

d a

lco

ho

l an

exa

mp

le o

f so

me

thin

g t

ha

t is

re

lati

ve

to

cu

ltu

re?

Is a

ll

kn

ow

led

ge

de

pe

nd

en

t o

n c

ult

ure

?

Aim

s:

Aim

6: T

em

po

rary

mo

un

ts o

f h

ep

ato

cy

tes

can

be

pre

pa

red

fro

m f

resh

liv

er.

Aim

8:

Giv

en

th

e p

ress

ure

on

he

alt

h r

eso

urc

es,

esp

eci

all

y t

he

av

aila

bili

ty o

f

org

an

s fo

r tr

an

spla

nt,

sh

ou

ld a

n a

lco

ho

lic b

e a

llo

we

d a

liv

er

tra

nsp

lan

t?

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Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: In

tern

al a

nd

ex

tern

al f

ac

tors

infl

ue

nce

he

art

fu

nc

tio

n.

D.4

Th

e h

ea

rt

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

De

ve

lop

me

nts

in s

cie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h f

oll

ow

ed

imp

rov

em

en

ts in

ap

pa

ratu

s o

r in

stru

me

nta

tio

n—

the

inv

en

tio

n o

f th

e s

teth

osc

op

e le

d t

o im

pro

ve

d k

no

wle

dg

e o

f th

e

wo

rkin

gs

of

the

he

art

. (1.

8)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Str

uc

ture

of

card

iac

mu

scle

ce

lls a

llo

ws

pro

pa

ga

tio

n o

f st

imu

li th

rou

gh

th

e

he

art

wa

ll.

Sig

na

ls f

rom

th

e s

ino

atr

ial n

od

e t

ha

t ca

use

co

ntr

ac

tio

n c

an

no

t p

ass

dir

ec

tly

fro

m a

tria

to

ve

ntr

icle

s.

Th

ere

is a

de

lay

be

twe

en

th

e a

rriv

al a

nd

pa

ssin

g o

n o

f a

sti

mu

lus

at

the

atr

iov

en

tric

ula

r n

od

e.

Th

is d

ela

y a

llow

s ti

me

fo

r at

ria

l sys

tole

be

fore

th

e a

trio

ven

tric

ula

r v

alv

es

clo

se.

Co

nd

uc

tin

g f

ibre

s e

nsu

re c

oo

rdin

ate

d c

on

tra

cti

on

of

the

en

tire

ve

ntr

icle

wa

ll.

No

rma

l he

art

so

un

ds

are

ca

use

d b

y th

e a

trio

ve

ntr

icu

lar

va

lve

s a

nd

se

milu

na

r

va

lve

s cl

osi

ng

ca

usi

ng

ch

an

ge

s in

blo

od

flo

w.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

art

ific

ial p

ace

ma

kers

to

re

gu

late

th

e h

ea

rt r

ate

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Use

of

de

fib

rilla

tio

n t

o t

rea

t li

fe-t

hre

ate

nin

g c

ard

iac

con

dit

ion

s.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

hy

pe

rte

nsi

on

an

d t

hro

mb

osi

s.

Sk

ill: M

ea

sure

me

nt

an

d in

terp

reta

tio

n o

f th

e h

ea

rt r

ate

un

de

r d

iffe

ren

t

con

dit

ion

s.

Sk

ill: I

nte

rpre

tati

on

of

syst

olic

an

d d

iast

olic

blo

od

pre

ssu

re m

ea

sure

me

nts

.

Sk

ill: M

ap

pin

g o

f th

e c

ard

iac

cyc

le t

o a

no

rma

l EC

G t

race

.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f e

pid

em

iolo

gic

al d

ata

re

lati

ng

to

th

e in

cid

en

ce o

f co

ron

ary

he

art

dis

ea

se.

Gu

ida

nce

:

Incl

ud

e b

ran

chin

g a

nd

inte

rca

late

d d

iscs

in s

tru

ctu

re o

f ca

rdia

c m

usc

le.

Th

eo

ry o

f k

no

wle

dg

e:

Sym

bo

ls a

re u

sed

as

a f

orm

of

no

n-v

erb

al c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

. Wh

y is

th

e h

ea

rt

use

d a

s a

sy

mb

ol f

or

lov

e? W

ha

t is

th

e im

po

rta

nce

of

sym

bo

ls in

dif

fere

nt

are

as

of

kn

ow

led

ge?

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Biology guide140

Op

tio

n D

: Hu

ma

n p

hys

iolo

gy

15

/25

ho

urs

Ad

dit

ion

al h

igh

er

leve

l to

pic

s

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Ho

rmo

ne

s a

re n

ot

secr

ete

d a

t a

un

ifo

rm r

ate

an

d e

xert

th

eir

eff

ec

t a

t lo

w c

on

cen

tra

tio

ns.

D.5

Ho

rmo

ne

s a

nd

me

tab

oli

sm

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

co

llab

ora

tio

n b

etw

ee

n g

rou

ps

of

scie

nti

sts—

the

Inte

rna

tio

na

l Co

un

cil f

or

the

Co

ntr

ol o

f Io

din

e D

efi

cie

nc

y D

iso

rde

rs in

clu

de

s a

nu

mb

er

of

scie

nti

sts

wh

o w

ork

to

elim

ina

te t

he

ha

rm d

on

e b

y io

din

e d

efi

cie

nc

y. (4

.3)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

En

do

crin

e g

lan

ds

secr

ete

ho

rmo

ne

s d

ire

ctl

y in

to t

he

blo

od

stre

am

.

Ste

roid

ho

rmo

ne

s b

ind

to

re

cep

tor

pro

tein

s in

th

e c

yto

pla

sm o

f th

e t

arg

et

cell

to f

orm

a r

ece

pto

r–h

orm

on

e c

om

ple

x.

Th

e r

ece

pto

r–h

orm

on

e c

om

ple

x p

rom

ote

s th

e t

ran

scri

pti

on

of

spe

cifi

c

ge

ne

s.

Pe

pti

de

ho

rmo

ne

s b

ind

to

re

cep

tors

in t

he

pla

sma

me

mb

ran

e o

f th

e t

arg

et

cell

.

Bin

din

g o

f h

orm

on

es

to m

em

bra

ne

re

cep

tors

ac

tiv

ate

s a

ca

sca

de

me

dia

ted

by

a s

eco

nd

me

sse

ng

er

insi

de

th

e c

ell

.

Th

e h

yp

oth

ala

mu

s co

ntr

ols

ho

rmo

ne

se

cre

tio

n b

y th

e a

nte

rio

r a

nd

po

ste

rio

r

lob

es

of

the

pit

uit

ary

gla

nd

.

Ho

rmo

ne

s se

cre

ted

by

the

pit

uit

ary

co

ntr

ol g

row

th, d

ev

elo

pm

en

tal c

ha

ng

es,

rep

rod

uc

tio

n a

nd

ho

me

ost

asi

s.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: So

me

ath

lete

s ta

ke g

row

th h

orm

on

es

to b

uil

d m

usc

les.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

ntr

ol o

f m

ilk s

ecr

eti

on

by

ox

yto

cin

an

d p

rola

cti

n.

Aim

s:

Aim

8: T

he

re a

re n

um

ero

us

dru

gs

tha

t ca

n e

nh

an

ce p

erf

orm

an

ce. I

s th

e u

se

of

the

se d

rug

s a

cce

pta

ble

in t

erm

s o

f co

nd

uc

tin

g a

fa

ir t

est

as

lon

g a

s a

ll

ath

lete

s h

ave

eq

ua

l acc

ess

to

th

em

?

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Biology guide 141

Ess

en

tia

l id

ea

: Re

d b

loo

d c

ells

are

vit

al i

n t

he

tra

nsp

ort

of

resp

ira

tory

ga

ses.

D.6

Tra

nsp

ort

of

resp

ira

tory

ga

ses

Na

ture

of

scie

nce

:

Sci

en

tist

s h

ave

a r

ole

in in

form

ing

th

e p

ub

lic—

scie

nti

fic

rese

arc

h h

as

led

to

a c

ha

ng

e in

pu

blic

pe

rce

pti

on

of

smo

kin

g. (

5.1

)

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

s:

Ox

yge

n d

isso

cia

tio

n c

urv

es

sho

w t

he

aff

init

y o

f h

em

og

lob

in f

or

ox

yge

n.

Ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

is c

arr

ied

in s

olu

tio

n a

nd

bo

un

d t

o h

em

og

lob

in in

th

e b

loo

d.

Ca

rbo

n d

ioxi

de

is t

ran

sfo

rme

d in

re

d b

loo

d c

ells

into

hyd

rog

en

carb

on

ate

ion

s.

Th

e B

oh

r sh

ift

exp

lain

s th

e in

cre

ase

d r

ele

ase

of

ox

yge

n b

y h

em

og

lob

in in

resp

irin

g t

issu

es.

Ch

em

ore

cep

tors

are

se

nsi

tiv

e t

o c

ha

ng

es

in b

loo

d p

H.

Th

e r

ate

of

ve

nti

lati

on

is c

on

tro

lle

d b

y th

e r

esp

ira

tory

co

ntr

ol c

en

tre

in t

he

me

du

lla o

blo

ng

ata

.

Du

rin

g e

xerc

ise

th

e r

ate

of

ve

nti

lati

on

ch

an

ge

s in

re

spo

nse

to

th

e a

mo

un

t o

f

CO

2 in

th

e b

loo

d.

Fe

tal h

em

og

lob

in is

dif

fere

nt

fro

m a

du

lt h

em

og

lob

in a

llo

win

g t

he

tra

nsf

er

of

ox

yge

n in

th

e p

lace

nta

on

to t

he

fe

tal h

em

og

lob

in.

Ap

pli

cati

on

s a

nd

sk

ills

:

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

hig

h a

ltit

ud

e f

or

ga

s e

xch

an

ge

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: pH

of

blo

od

is r

eg

ula

ted

to

sta

y w

ith

in t

he

na

rro

w r

an

ge

of

7.3

5

to 7

.45

.

Ap

plic

ati

on

: Ca

use

s a

nd

tre

atm

en

ts o

f e

mp

hy

sem

a.

Sk

ill: A

na

lysi

s o

f d

isso

cia

tio

n c

urv

es

for

he

mo

glo

bin

an

d m

yog

lob

in.

Sk

ill: I

de

nti

fica

tio

n o

f p

ne

um

oc

yte

s, c

ap

illa

ry e

nd

oth

eliu

m c

ells

an

d b

loo

d

cells

in li

gh

t m

icro

gra

ph

s a

nd

ele

ctr

on

mic

rog

rap

hs

of

lun

g t

issu

e.

Uti

liz

ati

on

:

Tra

inin

g c

am

ps

for

ath

lete

s a

re f

req

ue

ntl

y lo

cate

d a

t h

igh

alt

itu

de

to

incr

ea

se

the

he

mo

glo

bin

co

nte

nt

of

the

blo

od

. Th

is p

uts

th

e a

thle

te a

t a

n a

dv

an

tag

e

wh

en

th

ey

retu

rn t

o lo

we

r g

rou

nd

fo

r co

mp

eti

tio

n.

Sylla

bu

s a

nd

cro

ss-c

urr

icu

lar

link

s:

Bio

log

y

Top

ic 6

.4 G

as

exc

ha

ng

e

Ph

ysi

cs

Top

ic 3

.2 M

od

elli

ng

a g

as

Aim

s:

Aim

8: S

om

e s

po

rts,

su

ch a

s h

igh

-alt

itu

de

mo

un

tain

clim

bin

g o

r sc

ub

a

div

ing

, may

pu

sh t

he

lim

its

of

the

hu

ma

n b

od

y b

eyo

nd

en

du

ran

ce a

nd

ca

use

da

ma

ge

. Sh

ou

ld t

he

y b

e c

on

tro

lle

d o

r b

an

ne

d?