Biology 2

Course Description

COURSE CONTENT

• Plant Systematics
• Systematics of Fungi
• Animal Systematics
• Plant tissues and organs
• Uptake, transport and loss of water
• Mineral nutrition and assimilation of minerals in plants
• Plant reproduction
• Animal tissues
• Digestive, circulatory and respiratory system
• Urinary system, locomotion system
• Nervous system and special senses
• Endocrine and immune system
• Reproductive system and embryonic development
• Basics of Ecology

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• define taxonomy, systematics and phylogenesis of living and extinct organisms, categorize selected plant and animal species according to taxonomic categories
• using microscopy to recognize and differentiate plant (meristematic and permanent) and animal tissues (epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous)
• describe structure and function of root, stem, leaf and flower
• explain interconnected action of digestive, circulatory, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, nervous, endocrine and immune system in a human enabling the organism to function as a whole
• discuss ecological problems caused by excessive human activity on a population, biocenosis, ecosystem and biosphere level