Living Environment

Castle Learning Online's Living Environment contains hundreds of multiple choice and constructed response questions, linked to detailed hints, reasons, and vocabulary definitions.  Features extensive use of graphs, tables, charts, reading passages, laboratory apparatus, and other forms of data. This course is organized according to the New York State Education Department's Living Environment standards.

Units: (click to view Sections)

1. The Unity and Diversity of Life
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Life Processes and Homeostasis
   2. Cell Structure and Function
   3. Human Physiology
2. Genetics
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Genes and Inheritance
   2. DNA Structure and Replication
   3. Protein Synthesis
   4. Genetic Engineering
3. Evolution
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Natural Selection
   2. Sources of Variation in Species
   3. Evolution as a Branching Tree
4. Reproduction and Development
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Asexual Reproduction
   2. Sexual Reproduction and Development
   3. Human Reproduction and Development
5. Maintaining a Dynamic Equilibrium that Sustains Life
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Basic Biochemistry
   2. Photosynthesis
   3. Respiration
   4. Disease as a Failure of Homeostasis
   5. Regulation to Maintain Homeostasis
6. Ecology
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Energy flow and Cycling of Materials in an Ecosystem
   2. Interrelationships between Species and the Environment
   3. Diversity of Populations and Stability of an Ecosystem
   4. Ecological Succession and Changes in Ecosystems
7. The Impact of Humans on the Environment
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Interrelationships between Humans and the Environment
   2. Impact of Technology and Human Population Growth
   3. Improving the Environment
8. Laboratory Checklist
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Safety
   2. Correct Use of Instruments and Indicators
   3. Dichotomous Keys
   4. Observation of Biological Processes
   5. Dissection
   6. Developing an Hypothesis
   7. Designing and Conducting a Controlled Scientific Experiment
   8. Identifiying Variables
   9. Collecting, Organizing and Analyzing Data
   10. Formulating a Valid Conclusion
   11. Recognizing Assumptions and Limitations of an Experiment

Themes:

1. Nutrition
2. Transport
3. Respiration
4. Excretion
5. Regulation
6. Reproduction
7. Development
8. The Cell
9. Locomotion
10. Classification
11. Cell division
12. Biochemistry
13. Genetics
14. Evolution
15. Interdependence of Living Things
16. Tools of the Biologist

Attributes:

1. Graph
2. Table
3. Chart
4. Diagram
5. Reaction
6. Reading Passage
7. Apparatus