Evolution as the unifying explanation, ecosystems as systems, and the technologies that act on heredity.
These are the statements the Science Year 10 syllabus makes about Living World. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Natural selection and adaptation - Living World, Year 10.
Evidence for evolution - Living World, Year 10.
Speciation and extinction - Living World, Year 10.
Ecosystem dynamics and energy flow - Living World, Year 10.
Biodiversity and its value - Living World, Year 10.
Human impacts on biodiversity - Living World, Year 10.
Body systems and homeostasis - Living World, Year 10.
Biotechnology and its applications - Living World, Year 10.
Year 10 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Living World are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Science Year 10 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Living World opens the Science Year 10 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Science Year 10 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.