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UNIT 1

Living Things and Their

Environment

What are living things? How do they respond to MODULES
their environment? In this unit, you are given time to think
about them and discuss the major characteristics of a living
system and how they are related to their environment.
1 Respiratory and
This unit is divided into four modules. The first Circulatory System
module concerns the respiratory and circulatory systems
working with the other systems. You will learn the different
parts and functions of the respiratory and circulatory Inheritance and
systems. The second module is about inheritance and 2
variation. You will know the genetic information that is Variation
organized in genes in the chromosomes. The third module
is about biodiversity and evolution. The topic concerns
species extinction, its natural causes, how human activities 3 Biodiversity and
affect extinction, the importance of biological diversity, and Evolution
how organisms will respond to environmental changes.
The fourth module is about life energy. This topic is divided
4 Life Energy
into two major sub-topics: photosynthesis and respiration.

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