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Summary IEB Life Science Gr12 : Summaries & Notes ( on whole syllabus)

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Summary of the entire IEB Gr12 Life Sciences syllabus. The IEB SAGS document for Life sciences has been used to ensure the notes contain all relevant information needed for the final examination. These notes have been written using a multitude of resources and include many visuals, diagrams, definitions, explanations and colour to make understanding and remembering the content easy and accessible. The topics included in this document are: - Animal reproductive strategies - Endocrine system - Plant reproduction - Genetics and inheritance - Meiosis - DNA and protein synthesis - Human reproduction - Population ecology - Evolution - Human evolution Includes very short summaries of the summaries for each topic at the end of the document to refresh your memory.

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Animal Reproductive
strategies
* to maximize reproductive success in different environments.




Courtship
>
specific mating behaviours that bring the
3 females together the
-

males at


correct time .

adults
mature
only
·
.




Both co-operate to the behaviour .
must
recognise
·




Attracts opposite b reduces potential
aggression
·
sex .




Promotes hormonal responses
·
that prepare the bodies for reproductive success.

·
used by males to determine whether the females are
ready to mate


Cable to conceive) >
-
if female responds with appropriate behaviour

courtship continues3 takes place.
mating


Fertilization

>
the male
-


When
gamete (sperm) fuses with the female
gamete (ovum) to


produce a diploid zygote
* Sperm need moisture to swim to ovum !

aquatic animals -
> males fertilize in
ovd
externally water .


land female's
animals & require a mechanism to place sperm inside body
to
prevent sperm from drying out




* INTERNAL FERTILIZATION


* EXTERNAL FERTILIZATION SC


RNALFERTIATO
female lays ova.



male releases sperm on /near them .


gamete wastage (currents/eaten) .




1 ots of
gametes produced (increased chance of fertilization) .




INTERNAL FERTILIZATION

terrestrial animals transfer without being exposed
·

must sperm

to air .




most animals =
penis . sperm fluid = semen

4
insects= indirect transfer (spermatophore) transport

have ↳ contains
reptiles =
males 3 females a muscular nutrients



(digestive
↳ chemicals
cloaca , urinary + reproductive opening) activate sperm

↳ ↳ alkaline
during mating the male puts his cloaca to neutralize

acidity in
vagina .
against the female's to transfer sperm .




& antibiotic prevents infection .




birds =
cloaca Iducks have penises)
mammals =
penis

, Protection of the
embryo
growt h,
Diploid zygote embryo
·




I must be protected .




1
Ovipary)
.




female
·

releases eggs into environment


terrestrial animals enclose their in shell
drying
·



eggs a to prevent .
out


·
internal fertilization happens before shell is formed .

·
REPTILES & BIRDS are oviparous


*


leathery shell hard brittle chalky shell
-



*
-
.

, ,




laid in hole in soil shell is porous (gaseous exchange
- -




covered with soil large (holds food for embryo
-
-




-

warm Sun > incubation
- ↳ albumen =
protein + water



embryos hatch Yolk fats vitamins nutrients
-

mature =
, .
,



fend for themselves parents sit
-

for
-

on
eggs incubation .




vulnerable predators
-

to




egg is closed limit to size 3 nutrients that be received .
·

can

, 2 .



Ouovipary
·
female incubates egg inside her body
.
·
soft shell , constant temperature .

·
Fish , Amphibians ,
Lizards 3 Snakes are ovoviparous .

embryo relies on the food inside the
egg.
·




·
hatch inside the parents body 3 then leave .

fend for themselves .
young
·




.
3
Vivipary
inside female's
young embryo develops the uterus .
·




embryo covered
by membranes.
·




all nutrients obtained via the placenta of
well as
exchange gasses.
·
are as


·
most mammals .

>
egg-laying mammals .

Monotremes but
·
> oviparous female produces milk for the babies


(platypus once
they have hatched .

spiny anteaters)

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