Biology Syllabus Tanzania, For Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE).
FORM V
- CYTOLOGY
1.1. The cell Theory
1.2. Cell structure and function
- Eukaryotic & Prokaryotic cells
1.3. Organic Constituents of cells
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Enzymes
- ATP
- PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFICATION
- Classification systems
- Categories of classification
- Nomenclature
- Taxonomic keys
- COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NATURAL GROUPS OF ORGANISMS
3.1. Viruses
3.2. Kingdom Monera
3.3. Division Eubacteria
3.4. Kingdom Protista
- Phylum Rhizopoda
- Phylum Zoomastigina
- Phylum Apicomplexa
- Phylum Euglenophyta
- Phylum Oomycota
- Phylum Chlorophyta
- Economic importance
3.5. Kingdom Fungi
- Phylum Zygomycota
- Phylum Ascomycota
- Phylum Basidiomycota
- Economic Importance
3.6. Kingdom Plantae
- Division Bryophyta
- Division Filicinophyta
- Division Coniferophyta
- Division Angiospermophyta
- Economic Importance
3.7. Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Platyhelminthes
- Phylum Aschelminthes (Nematoda)
- Phylum Annelida
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Phylum Chordata
- COORDINATION
4.1. Nervous coordination in Mammals
- The Nerve impulse
- Receptors
4.2. Hormonal Coordination in mammals
4.3. Coordination in Plants
- NUTRITION
- Food Manufacture in plants ( Photo-synthesis)
- Digestion in Mammals
- GASEOUS EXCHANGE AND RESPIRATION
- REGULATION (Homeostasis)
- General Concept
- Temperature Regulation
- Excretion
FORM 6
- TRANSPORTATION
8.1. Transportation in Plants
- Movement of Materials across the Root
8.2. Transportation in Vertebrates
9. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
9.1. Mitosis
9.2. Growth Patterns
9.3. Growth and Development in Plants
- Primary and Secondary Growth in Angiosperms
- Seed Dormancy and viability
- REPRODUCTION
10.1. Meiosis
10.2. Reproduction in plants
- Fertilization
- Seed and fruit Development
- Life cycles
10.3. Reproduction in Animals
- Fertilization and zygote Development in mammals
- Birth and Parental Care
- Life cycles
- GENETICS
11.1. Hereditary Materials
11.2. Mendelian principles of inheritance
11.3. Non Mendelian Inheritance
11.4. Mutations
12. THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
12.2. Theories on the Mechanism of organic Evolution
12.3. Evidence for Evolution
- Paleontology
- Comparative Morphology and Anatomy
- Comparative Bio-Chemistry
- Bio-geography
- Selective Breeding
12.4. Speciation
- ECOLOGY
- Ecosystem
- Methods of studying ecology
- Population by Dynamics
- Sustainable use of environmental resources