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Date of Issue  Thursday 13 August 2015Subject  Year 11 Biology

Title of task  Year 11 Biology Assessment Task 3

 Yearly ExaminationWeighting 40%Assessment Date Monday 31 August 2015

Length of Task  2 hours !lus 5 minutes reading time"

Modules Covered

#$2 A o&al E&osystem

#$3 'atterns in (ature

#$4 i)e on Earth

#$5 E*olution o) Australian Biota !art 1+ 2

and 3 only"

Task Description T,o hour examination !a!er &o*ering the modules listed a-o*e$ Total o) .5

marks/e&tion 1 20 Multi!le hoi&e uestions/e&tion 2 A range o) /hort Ans,er and onger es!onse uestions

S!llabus "utcomes'1 outlines the histori&al de*elo!ment o) maor -iologi&al !rin&i!les+ &on&e!ts and ideas'2 a!!lies the !ro&esses that are used to test and *alidate models+ theories and la,s o)s&ien&e+ ,ith !arti&ular em!hasis on rst6hand in*estigations in -iology'3 assesses the im!a&t o) !arti&ular te&hnologi&al ad*an&es on understanding in -iology'4 des&ri-es a!!li&ations o) -iology ,hi&h a7e&t so&iety or the en*ironment'5 des&ri-es the s&ienti& !rin&i!les em!loyed in !arti&ular areas o) -iologi&al resear&h'8 ex!lains ho, &ell ultrastru&ture and the &oordinated a&ti*ities o) &ells+ tissues and organs&ontri-ute to ma&ros&o!i& !ro&esses in organisms'9 ex!lains ho, !ro&esses o) re!rodu&tion ensure &ontinuity o) s!e&ies'10 identies and des&ri-es the e*iden&e )or e*olution'11 identies and im!lements im!ro*ements to in*estigation !lans'12 dis&usses the *alidity and relia-ility o) data gathered )rom rst6hand in*estigations andse&ondary sour&es'13 identies a!!ro!riate terminology and re!orting styles to &ommuni&ate in)ormation andunderstanding in -iology'14 dra,s *alid &on&lusions )rom gathered data and in)ormation

Te#t $eferencesMudie+ :$ ; Brotherton+ <$ 2009"$ =einemann Biology 'reliminary+ 3rd Edition$'earson Australia

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