BIOLOGY SYLLABUS GRADE 10
Topics Subtopics 1 Characteristic and classification of living organisms 1.1 Characteristics of organisms 1.2 The biological classification system 1.3 Keys 1.4 Kingdoms 1.5 Groups within the animal and plant kingdoms 1.6 Viruses 2 Cells 2.1 Animal and plant cells 2.2 Bacterial cells 2.3 Specialised cells 2.4 Sizes of specimens 3 Movement into and out of cells 3.1 Diffusion 3.2 Osmosis 3.3 Active transport 4 Biological molecules 4.1 Carbohydrates, fats and proteins 4.2 The structure of DNA 5 Enzymes 5.1 Biological catalysts 5.2 Factors that affect enzymes 6 Plant nutrition 6.1 Making carbohydrates using light energy 6.2 Leaves 6.3 Factors affecting photosynthesis 7 Human nutrition 7.1 Diet 7.2 The human digestive system 7.3 Digestion 7.4 Absorption and assimilation