Living Envir. Topic Outline

What topics are covered on the Living Environment Regents Exam?

Unit 1 - Unity and Diversity among living things

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    1. Concept of Life
    2. Diversity of Life
    3. Unity of Life

Unit 2 - Maintenance in living things

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    1. Nutrition
    2. Transport
    3. Respiration
    4. Excretion
    5. Regulation
    6. Locomotion

Unit 3 - Human Physiology

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    1. Nutrition
    2. Transport
    3. Respiration
    4. Excretion
    5. Regulation
    6. Locomotion

Unit 4 - Reproduction and Development

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    1. Asexual reproduction
    2. Sexual reproduction

Unit 5 - Transmission of traits from generation to generation

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    1. Foundations of Genetics
    2. Some major genetic concepts
    3. Mutations
    4. Applications of Genetic theory
    5. Interaction of heredity and environment
    6. Human heredity
    7. Modern genetics

Unit 6 - Evolution

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    1. Evolution
    2. Evolution theory
    3. Heterotroph hypothesis

Unit 7 - Ecology

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    1. Ecology
    2. Ecological Organization
    3. Ecosystems
    4. Biosphere and humans