Biology for CSEC® Examinations: 3rd Edition Notes

Online Resources

• Macmillan Caribbean website: www.macmillan-caribbean.com/mee
• Access code: BIO470243683573 (5 years)
• Interactive questions, audio-based activities & animations included

Section A: Living Organisms in the Environment

• Variety of living organisms
• Ecology and Abiotic factor impacts
• Feeding relationship between organisms
• Ecosystems, habitats, populations & communities
• Cycling of nutrients
• Population growth, natural resources & their limits
• Effects of human activity on the environment

Section B: Life Processes and Disease

• Cells
• Photosynthesis
• Feeding and Digestion
• Respiration
• Gaseous Exchange
• Transport and Defence in Animals
• Transport in Plants
• Storage in Plants and Animals
• Excretion, Osmoregulation and Homeostasis
• Movement
• Irritability, Sensitivity and Coordination
• The Eye, the Ear, and the Skin
• Reproduction in Animals
• Reproduction in Plants
• Disease and Humans

Section C: Continuity and Variation

• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Heredity and Genetics
• Variation and Evolution

Section D: School-Based Assessment

• Practical work in Biology
• School assessment contents