Biology · Grade 10

33/33 weeks ready · A. G‘afurov, A. Abdukarimov, J. Tolipova, O. Ishankulov, M. Umaraliyeva, I. Abdurahmonova. Biology, Grade 10, 1st edition. “Sharq” publishing and printing joint-stock company, Tashkent, 2017

Chapter IThe concept of biological systems

The science of biology. Properties and levels of life

Chapter IIGeneral biological laws at the molecular level of life

The molecular level of life. Chemical composition of the cell

Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids

Chapter IIIGeneral biological laws at the cellular level of life

The cellular level. Cell theory. Metabolism

Photosynthesis, chemosynthesis and protein biosynthesis

The cell cycle. Mitosis and meiosis. Laboratory work

Chapter IVGeneral biological laws at the organism level of life

The organism level of life. Types of nutrition

Asexual and sexual reproduction

Ontogenesis – individual development

Mendel’s laws

Chromosome theory. Genetics of sex

Sex-linked inheritance. Gene interaction

Variation. Genetics and health

Hereditary diseases. History of genetic engineering

Genetic elements of the cell

Enzymes and recombinant DNA

Transgenic plants and animals. Hybridoma

Biotechnology and achievements in Uzbekistan

Chapter VGeneral biological laws at the species and population level of life

Species and population

Laboratory work 2. Evolutionary ideas

Linnaeus, Lamarck, Cuvier and Darwin

Factors of evolution. Laboratory work 3

Struggle for existence. Natural selection

Adaptations. Laboratory work 4

The synthetic theory. Origin of species

Evidence for evolution

Biogeography. Types of evolutionary change

Main directions of evolution

Views on the origin of life

Chemical evolution. Archaean and Proterozoic

The Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras

Anthropology: evidence for human origins

Human evolution: stages and driving forces