1: The characteristics and variety of living things
2: Cells
3: Food and diet
4: Feeding and the digestive system
5: Plant nutrition
6: Transport in mammals
7: Support and transport in plants
8: Respiration
9: Gas exchange and breathing
10: Homeostasis: the maintenance of a constant internal environment
11: Sensitivity and movement in plants
12: Support and movement in animals
13: Co-ordination in animals
14: Animal senses and behaviour
15: The reproductive process
16: Reproduction in plants
17: Human regrowth
18: Population growth and control
19: Evolution and natural selection
20: Variation, heredity, and genetics
21: Parasites, disease, and immunity
22: Soil
23: The balance of nature
24: Ecology and ecosystems
25: Pollution and conservation

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