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Section 1: Tissues, Cells and Molecular Studies

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  1. Cell Structure50% developed  as of 26 April 2008
  2. Micro-organism structure
  3. Tissues and organs
  4. DNA and chromosomes
  5. Cell division
    1. Mitosis
    2. Meiosis
  6. Genes, inheritance and genetic disorders
  7. Disease and immunity
  1. Food industry
  2. Traditional techonologies
  3. Medical biotechnologies
  4. Genetic engineering
  5. Cloning
  6. DNA fingerprinting and forensics
  1. Tissue culture
  2. Cloning
  3. Genetic modification
  4. Beliefs, attitudes and values
    1. Diseases
    2. Genetic counselling

Section 2: Structure, Control and Processes in basic life systems of Plants and Humans

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Chapter 1: Energy

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  1. Photosynthesis
  2. Energy release

Chapter 2: Food

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  1. Manufacture and preservation
  2. Human nutrition
  3. Related diseases and allergies
  1. Plants
    1. Gaseous exchange
    2. Water transport
  2. Humans
    1. Gaseous exchange, related diseases and allergies
    2. Blood transport and related diseases
    3. Blood transfusions and life support systems
    4. Endocrine system and related diseases
    5. Excretion
  1. Nervous system
  2. Support systems in plants and humans
  3. Reproduction
    1. Reproductive systems
    2. Related diseases
    3. Reproduction ethics
      1. Sperm banks
      2. Surrogacy
      3. Test Tube babies
      4. Abortion
  4. Sexuality ethics

Section 3: Environmental Studies

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  1. Biospheres, biomes and ecosystems
  2. Resources
    1. Biotic (living) and Abiotic (non-living) resources
    2. Nutrient cycles
    3. Energy flow within environments
  1. Air
    1. Ozone, global warming and the greenhouse effect
    2. Acid rain
  2. Land
  3. Water
  4. Industrialisation
  5. Effect of pollutants on humans
  1. Exploitation
  2. Sustainability
  3. Eco-tourism
  4. Rehabilitation of environments
  5. Waste management
  6. Air, land and water-born disease management
  1. Ownership and use
  2. Urban decay
  3. Agriculture
  4. Nature and game reserves
  5. Deforestation and desertification
  6. Political, legal, economic, ethical and environmental influences

Section 4: Diversity, Change and Continuity

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  1. Biodiversity studies
  2. Significance and value of Biodiversity
  3. Threats to biodiversity
  4. Conservation
    1. Conservation methods and ethics
    2. Species extinction
    3. Red Data book
    4. Endangered species list
  1. Characteristics
  2. Growth and fluctuation
  3. Limiting factors
  4. Social behaviour
    1. Predation
    2. Competition
  5. Managing populations
  1. Theories
    1. Evolution
    2. Mutation
    3. Adaptation
    4. Natural selection
    5. Macro-evolution
    6. Speciation
    7. Creationism
  2. Fossil studies
  3. South Africa as the cradle of mankind?
  4. Mass extinction theories
  5. Biological evidence for evolutionary populations