STPM Baharu In Depth - Biology (written by Wai Kent Ng)
This is an introduction of the subject Biology written by my friend, Ng Wai Kent. Wai Kent is one of the top student in CHS that have been achieving fantastic results academically. Also a cheerful and ongoing person in life, his tips in Biology will surely help you in your studies in Form 6! Read it here: Hopefully this brief introduction may give you some ideas while choosing Physics or Biology or both for your STPM. FIRST TERM: Biological Molecules and Metabolism Basically, you are going to revise on what you have learnt in SPM Biology. You have learnt water, lipids, carbohydrates, cellular components, plasma membrane, enzymes, respiration and photosynthesis when you were in SPM, didn’t you? In additon to this, you are going to learn about eukaryotes and prokaryotes, induced fit hypothesis for enzyme reaction (which differs slightly from lock-and-key), Michaelis-Menten constant for an enzyme-catalysed reaction. The most ‘exciting’ part of this term is all about rememb...