PIB Biology

Syllabus

 

Unit 1: Energy, Matter, and Organization

Chapter 1         The Chemistry of Life

Chapter 2         Energy, Life and the Biosphere

Chapter 3         Exchanging materials with the Environment

Chapter 4         Autotrophy: Collecting Energy from the nonliving Environment

Chapter 5         Cell Respiration: Releasing Chemical Energy

 

Unit 2: The Cell: Homeostasis and Development

Chapter 6         Cell Structures and Their Functions

Chapter 7         Transport Systems

Chapter 8         The Cell Cycle

Chapter 9         Expressing Genetic Information

Chapter 10       Animal Growth and Development

Chapter 11       Plant Growth and Development

 

Unit 3: Heredity: Continuity of Life

Chapter 12       Reproduction

Chapter 13       Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 14       Other Forms of Inheritance

Chapter 15       Advances in Molecular Genetics

Chapter 16       Population Genetics

 

Unit 4: Evolution

Chapter 17       The Origin of Life

Chapter 18       Diversity and Variation

Chapter 19       Changes in Species

Chapter 20       Human Evolution

 

Unit5: Responding to the Environment

Chapter 21       Nervous Systems

Chapter 22       Behavior

Chapter 23       Immune Systems

 

Unit 6: Interactions and Interdependence

Chapter 24       Ecosystem Structure and Function

Chapter 25       Change in Ecosystems