GRADE 12 BIOLOGY (SBI4U)
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji
TOPIC OUTLINE AND TEXTBOOK ASSIGNMENT
1. BIOCHEMISTRY – UNIT 1 (pg 2)
CHAPTER 1: THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE (Biochemistry)
A. ATOMS AND BONDING
ATOMIC STRUCTURE
ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS
BONDING (ionic, covalent, polar, hydrogen)
VALENCE
FORMULAE (structural and molecular)
PROPERTIES OF WATER
B.
BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
 IMPORTANCE OF CARBON
 ISOMERS
 FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
 MONOMERS
 POLYMERS
 HYDROLYSIS AND CONDENSATION
 CARBOHYDRATES
 LIPIDS
 PROTEINS
 NUCLEIC ACIDS
 OXIDATION AND REDUCTION
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY (pg 31)
Assigned Questions:
1.1 – pg 13 #1-5
1.2 – pg 20 #3-6, 8
1.3 – pg 30 #1, 3-6
pg 31 #3, 5-7
pg 32 #19
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2. METABOLIC PROCESSES-UNIT 2 (pg 34)
CHAPTER 2: ENZYMES AND ENERGY
 METABOLISM (catabolism and anabolism)
 LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
 EXOTHERMIC AND ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS
 ACTIVATION ENERGY AND CATALYSTS
 ENZYME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 LOCK AND KEY THEORY
 COFACTORS AND COENZYMES
 FACTORS AFFECTING ENZYME ACTIVITY
 INHIBITION AND ALLOSTERIC REGULATION
 COUPLED REACTIONS AND ATP
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY (pg 59)
Assigned Questions:
2.1 – pg 40 # 2, 3, 5-7
2.2 – pg 54 #1, 3, 5-8, 11
2.3 – pg 58 #1, 3, 5
pg 59 #3
CHAPTER 3: CELLULAR ENERGY
1. CELLULAR RESPIRATION
 AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC
RESPIRATION
 GLYCOLYSIS (parts 1 and 2)
 FERMENTATION
 STRUCTURE OF
MITOCHONDRIA
 KREBS CYCLE
 ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN
 CHEMIOSMOSIS
 PROTEIN AND LIPID
RESPIRATION
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY
(pg95)
Assigned Questions:
3.1 – pg 68 #1-5, 8, 13
3.2 – pg 82 #2-4, 9
3.3 – pg 94 #1, 2, 4-10
B. PHOTOSYNTHESIS
 LEAF STRUCTURE AND
FUNCTION
 CHLOROPLAST STRUCTURE
 PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS
 ABSORPTION AND ACTION
SPECTRA
 LIGHT REACTIONS
(photosystems)
 DARK REACTIONS (Calvin
Cycle)
 LIMITING FACTORS
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY
(pg95)
3. MOLECULAR GENETICS – UNIT 3 (pg 214)
CHAPTER 7: STRUCTURE OF DNA
 EVIDENCE FOR DNA AS THE GENETIC MOLECULE
 EVIDENCE FOR THE STRUCTURE OF DNA
 EVIDENCE FOR THE REPLICATION OF DNA
 DNA REPLICATION
 STRUCTURE OF THE GENE
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY (pg 247)
Assigned Questions:
7.1 – pg 223 #2, 3, 5, 9
7.2 – pg 231 #1-5, 7, 8
7.3 – pg 240 #1-7, 9
7.4 – pg 246 #1-4
CHAPTER 8: PROTEIN SYNTHESIS (Gene Expression)
 TRIPLETT HYPOTHESIS
 TRANSCRIPTION (DNA to RNA)
 TRANSLATION (RNA to protein)
 THE GENETIC CODE
 REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION (Operons Model)
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY (pg 281)
Assigned Questions:
8.1 – pg 256 #2, 3, 5, 6, 9
8.2 – pg 262 #1-3, 5-7
8.3 – pg 271 #1, 3, 4, 7, 10
8.4 – pg 280 #2, 3, 5, 6
CHAPTER 9: DNA MUTATIONS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
 MUTATIONS AND MUTAGENS
 THE SEQUENCE OF LIFE
 THE CHIMERA
 TRANSFORMING ANIMAL DNA
Assigned Questions:
9.1 – pg 292 #1-4, 6, 8
9.2 – pg 302 #1, 2, 6, 8
9.3 – pg 311 #1-4
9.4 – pg 318 #1-7 (odd only)
4. HOMEOSTASIS – UNIT 4 (pg 104)
CHAPTER 4, 6: FEEDBACK SYSTEMS
 FEEDBACK LOOPS
 KIDNEY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 REGULATION OF SALT AND WATER
 PANCREAS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 REGULATION OF BLOOD SUGAR
 TYPES OF HORMONES
 PITUITARY GLAND STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 ADRENAL GLANDS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 HUMAN MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES
 HORMONAL CONTROL OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Assigned Questions:
4.1 – pg 111 #1-6
4.2 – pg 120 #1-6
4.3 – pg 124 #1, 2, 4, 5, 9
6.1 – pg 183 #1-6, 8
6.2 – pg 191 #1, 2, 5-9, 11
6.3 – pg 202 #1-3, 5, 6, 8
CHAPTER 5: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
 THE STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
 NEURONS AND REFLEX
 BASIC BRAIN STRUCTURE
 NEURON FUNCTION (all or none principle)
 THE SYNAPSE
 SENSORY RECEPTORS
 HUMAN EYE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 HUMAN EAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 HUMAN SKIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY (pg 163)
Assigned Questions:
5.1 – pg 146 #1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 13
5.2 – pg 151 #1-10
5.3 – pg 162 #2-9, 13
5. POPULATION DYNAMICS - UNIT 5 (pg 426)
CHAPTER 13: ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES
 ECOLOGY DEFINTIONS
 STRUCTURE OF ECOSYSTEMS
 FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS
 ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEMS
 BIOCHEMICAL CYCLES
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY (pg 461)
Assigned Questions:
13.1 – pg 439 #1-8, 11-12, 15
13.2 – pg 443 #1, 3-5, 7-9
13.3 – pg 450 #1-4, 6, 8
13.4 – pg 460 #1-9 (odd only), 12
CHAPTER 14: POPULATION ECOLOGY
 CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATIONS
 MEASURING POPULATION DENSITY
 POPULATION DISPERSION
 POPULATION GROWTH
 FACTORS LIMITING POPULATION GROWTH
 PREDATOR AND PREY INTERACTIONS
 SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS
 LANGUAGE OF BIOLOGY (pg 499)
Assigned Questions:
14.1 – pg 472 #1, 4, 5, 7, 8
14.2 – pg 480 #1-3, 5, 7-9, 11, 12
14.3 – pg 491 #2, 4, 8, 9
14.4 – pg 498 #3-6, 8, 9