BIOLOGY SEM 3 CHECK LIST

TOPIC REMARKS
Taxonomy 1. Definition
2. importance
Species 1. definition
Biological classification system 1. artificial classification
2. natural classification
3. dichotomous keys
4. definition
5. level (kingdom to species)
6. how’s this created
Kingdom Protista 1. subkingdom (algae, protozoa)
2. phylum (chlorophyta,zoomastigina)
3. characteristics
4. examples
Kingdom Fungi 1. phylum (zygomycota)
2. characteristics
3. examples
Kingdom Plantae 1. phylum (bryophyte, filicinophyta,
coniferophyta, angiospermophyta)
2. characteristics
3. examples
4. camparison between phylum
Kingdom Animalia 1. phylum (polifera, cnidaria, Platyhelminthes,
arthropoda, mollusca, chordata)
2. characteristics
3. examples
4. comparison between phylum
Biodiversity 1. definition
2. importances
3. level of diversity
Threaten biodiversity 1. definition
2. factors
3. steps & efforts
4. examples
Biodiversity conservation 1. definition
2. steps (national, international)
3. in-situ & ex-situ
4. examples
Ecological organisation levels 1. definitions
2. organisation levels
3. biotic & abiotic factors
4. examples
5. niche & habitat
Biogeochemical cycles 1. biogeochemical cycle
2. carbon cycle
3. phosphorus cycle
4. sulphur cycle
5. definition
Energy flow 1. definition
2. equation
3. explanation
4. energy flow diagram
5. examples
J curve/ S curve 1. definition
2. examples
3. graph
4. comparison
5. explanation
Survivorship 1. comparison (type I, II, III)
2. definition
3. examples
4. graph
K-strategy/r-strategy 1. comparison
Carrying capacity 1. graph
2. definition
3. explanation
4. examples
Density-dependent & density- 1. comparison
indepemdent factors 2. examples
Quadrat sampling 1. equations
2. calculations
3. methods
Pattern of distribution 1. explanation
2. comparison
Variation 1. importance
2. continuous & discontinuous
3. comparison
4. examples
Selection 1. definition
2. natural & artificial
3. examples
4. comparison
5. types of selection (graph,example,explanation)
Allopatric & sympatric 1. definition
speciation 2. examples
3. explanation
4. comparison
New species formation method 1. isolation (postzygotic, prezygotic)
2. genetic drift (bottleneck effect, founder effect)
3. hybridisation
4. adaptive radiation
5. definition, examples
Mendel’s experiments 1. Mendel’s 1st & 2nd law
2. Monohybrid & dihybrid inheritances
3. Definition
4. Test cross/backcross/reciprocal cross/selfing
5. Pure breeding/outbreeding/inbreeding/selective
breeding
Non-mendelian inheritance 1. Incomplete dominance
2. Codominance
3. Multiple alleles
4. Lethal genes
5. Polygenes
6. Linked genes
7. Sex-linked genes
8. Haemophilia
9. Epistasis
10. Pedigree analysis
11. how to draw test cross!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Genetic mapping 1. crossing over value COV
2. calculation
3. definition
Population genetic 1. definition
2. calculation
3. Hardy- Weinberg Equilibrium
4. Examples
DNA replication 1. Experiments (Griffith, Avery, Hershey & Chase,
Meselsohn & Stahl)
2. Mechanism
Gene expression 1. Beadle & Tatum’s experiment
2. Genetic code
3. Explanation
4. Transcription & translation
5. Mechanism
6. Operon system
7. Gene regulation
8. Jacob & Monod hypothesis
Mutation 1. Examples of mutagens
2. Gene mutation
3. Chromosomal mutation
4. Non-disjunction
5. Aneuploidy, euploidy, autopolyploidy,
allopolyploid
Recombinant DNA technology 1. Terms
2. Techniques
3. Comparison between plasmid &
bacteriophages vectors
4. applications
Biotechnology 1. applications in food
2. applications in agriculture
3. applications in medicine & forensic
4. applications in public health
5. amniocentesis vs chorionic villus sampling
CVS