Complete Biology for Cambridge Secondary 1 Student Book For Cambridge Checkpoint and beyond

This brand new course builds in crucial challenge material right from the start, enabling students to confidently leap into Cambridge IGCSERG Science study with a solid foundation in Biology. It is the best preparation for our bestselling Complete Science for Cambridge IGCSE course, facilitating seamless progression from Cambridge Secondary 1 Stage 9 right into Complete Biology for Cambridge IGCSE. Complete Biology for Cambridge Secondary 1 covers all three years of Cambridge Secondary 1 Biology in the same book, flowing smoothly from one stage to the next. Regular revision and extension exercises will help consolidate learning and then stretch and challenge students to reach the next level. Plus, it's endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations, so you know it's comprehensive.

Stage 7
1 Plants
1.1. Leaves, stems and roots
1.2. Enquiry: Questions, evidence and explanations
1.3. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
2 Humans
2.1. The human skeleton
2.2. Muscles and movement
2.3. Organ systems
2.4. The circulatory system
2.5. Studying the human body
2.6. Extension: Extending lives
2.7. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
3 Cells and organisms
3.1. The characteristics of living things
3.2. Microbes
3.3. Louis Pasteur
3.4. Enquiry: Testing predictions
3.5. Useful micro-organisms
3.6. Enquiry: Planning investigations
3.7. Harmful micro-organisms
3.8. Plant and animal cells
3.9. Specialised cells
3.10. Nerves
3.11. Tissues and organs
3.12. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
4 Living things in their environment
4.1. Habitats
4.2. Food chains
4.3. Feeding ourselves
4.4. Changing the planet
4.5. Preventing extinction
4.6. Obtaining energy
4.7. Extension: Growing fuels
4.8. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
5 Variation and classification
5.1. Variation
5.2. Extension: Causes of variation
5.3. Species
5.4. Classification
5.5. Vertebrates
5.6. Classification of plants
5.7. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
Stage 7 Review
Stage 8
6 Plants
6.1. Why we need plants
6.2. Enquiry: Asking scientific questions
6.3. Water and minerals
6.4. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
7 Diet
7.1. Food
7.2. Enquiry: Managing variables
7.3. A balanced diet
7.4. Deficiencies
7.5. Extension: Choosing foods
7.6. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
8 Digestion
8.1. The digestive system
8.2. Enzymes
8.3. Extension: Using enzymes
8.4. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
9 Circulation
9.1. Blood
9.2. Anaemia
9.3. The circulatory system
9.4. Enquiry: Identifying trends
9.5. Diet and fitness
9.6. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
10 Respiration and gas exchange
10.1. Lungs
10.2. Respiration and gas exchange
10.3. Extension: Anaerobic respiration
10.4. Smoking and lung damage
10.5. Enquiry: Communicating findings
10.6. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
11 Reproduction and fetal development
11.1. Reproduction
11.2. Fetal development
11.3. Extension: Twins
11.4. Adolescence
11.5. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
12 Drugs and disease
12.1. Drugs
12.2. Disease
12.3. Extension: Defence against disease
12.4. Extension: Boosting your immunity
12.5. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
Stage 8 Review
Stage 9
13 Plants
13.1 Photosynthesis
13.2 Enquiry: Preliminary tests
13.3 Plant growth
13.4 Extension: Phytoextraction
13.5 Flowers
13.6 Seed dispersal
13.7 Review: Checkpoint-style questions
14 Adaptation and survival
14.1. Adaptation
14.2. Extreme adaptations
14.3. Extension: Survival
14.4. Enquiry: Sampling techniques
14.5. Studying the natural world
14.6. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
15 Energy flow
15.1. Food webs
15.2. Energy flow
15.3. Decomposers
15.4. Changing populations
15.5. Facing extinction
15.6. Extension: Maintaining biodiversity
15.7. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
16 Human influences
16.1. Air pollution
16.1. Enquiry: How scientists work
16.3. Water pollution
16.4. Saving rainforests
16.5. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
17 Variation and classification
17.1. Using keys
17.2. What makes us different?
17.3. Extension: Chromosomes
17.4. Extension: Investigating inheritance
17.5. Selective breeding
17.6. Enquiry: Developing a theory
17.7. Darwin's theory of evolution
17.8. Extension: Moving genes
17.9. Extension: Using genes
17.10. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
Stage 9 Review
Reference pages
Glossary
Index