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| 7202826714 | Pangaea | Single landmass thought to have been the origin of all continents. | 0 | |
| 7202826715 | Gondwana | Continent that formed the southern portion of Pangaea, including South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, Australia | 1 | |
| 7202827184 | Continental drift | The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart | 2 | |
| 7202830343 | Plate tectonics | The movement of lithospheric plates. | 3 | |
| 7202830344 | Continental margins | Boundaries between the continental and ocean crust | 4 | |
| 7202834610 | Mid-ocean ridges | An underwater mountain range that forms where ocean plates move apart. |  | 5 |
| 7202834611 | Spreading zones | Occur when continental plates pull away from each other (forms earthquakes, volcanoes and rift valleys) | 6 | |
| 7202837117 | Convergent movement | Continental plates colliding | 7 | |
| 7202837118 | Divergent movement | Continental plate separating, either to form mid-ocean ridges or spreading zones | 8 | |
| 7202837399 | Transform-fault movement | Continental plates sliding past each other | 9 | |
| 7202837400 | Megafauna | The giant animals known from fossil evidence to have once inhabited Australia; ancestors of many present-day Australian species | 10 | |
| 7202837897 | Extant species | A living species with a long fossil history e.g. Wollemi pine | 11 | |
| 7202838139 | Monotremes | Mammals that lay eggs in which the embryo develops until hatching. The platypus and species of echidna are the only known monotremes currently living. | 12 | |
| 7202838563 | Variation | The natural differences between individuals of a species as a result of inherited (genetic) or environmental factors | 13 | |
| 7202838564 | Evolution | Change over time. In living organisms this occurs through natural selection. | 14 | |
| 7202839107 | Natural selection | The process by which favourable variations in a population accumulate over time in a particular environment | 15 | |
| 7202840471 | Divergent evolution | When two or more species sharing a common ancestor become more different over time | 16 | |
| 7202840472 | Meiosis | Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms | 17 | |
| 7202840473 | Mitosis | The division of the cell nucleus and its contents. Occurs in somatic (body) cells only. | 18 | |
| 7202840830 | Fertilisation | Fusing of a male sex cell with a female sex cell to form a zygote. | 19 | |
| 7202840831 | Diploid | Two sets of chromosomes i.e. full set | 20 | |
| 7202840832 | Haploid | An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes. | 21 | |
| 7202841162 | Gametes | Haploid sex cell - either egg or sperm | 22 | |
| 7202841163 | Zygote | A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; the first stage of a unique new organism | 23 | |
| 7202842739 | Homologous chromosomes | Pair of chromosomes that are the same size, same appearance and same genes. | 24 | |
| 7202843418 | Random segregation | The random lining up of the chromosomes during metaphase I; results in genetic variation | 25 | |
| 7202843982 | Crossing over | The exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes during meiosis | 26 | |
| 7202845080 | External fertilisation | When two gametes fuse together OUTSIDE the female | 27 | |
| 7202845081 | Internal fertilisation | When two gametes fuse together inside the body of an animal | 28 | |
| 7202845740 | Sepals | Leaflike parts that cover and protect the flower bud | 29 | |
| 7202845741 | Petals | The outside layer of a flowering plant the works through colour to attract pollinators. | 30 | |
| 7202845742 | Angiosperm | A flowering plant which forms seeds inside a protective chamber called an ovary. | 31 | |
| 7202846222 | Stamen | The male reproductive organ of a flower | 32 | |
| 7202846223 | Anther | Pollen-producing structure located at the tip of a flower's stamen | 33 | |
| 7202846224 | Filament | The stalk of the stamen which supports the anther | 34 | |
| 7202846390 | Pollen | Tiny grains produced in the anthers of flowers that contain haploid male sex cells. | 35 | |
| 7202846391 | Pollination | Transfer of pollen from one flower to another by wind and animals such as insects and birds | 36 | |
| 7202846392 | Seed dispersal | The scattering or spreading of seeds by animals, wind, water, or by falling | 37 | |
| 7202846701 | Germination | The process of a seed sprouting and its growth into a young plant | 38 | |
| 7202846702 | Self-pollination | When the pollen of a plant pollinates a flower on the same plant | 39 | |
| 7202846703 | Cross-pollination | The transfer of pollen from the stamen of one flower to the stigma of another flower | 40 | |
| 7202847239 | Pistil | Female reproductive organs of the flower; composed of stigma, style and ovary | 41 | |
| 7202847240 | Stigma | Receptive surface for pollen; found at the tip of the style | 42 | |
| 7202847241 | Style | Organ in flower that bears the stigma. After pollination, pollen tubes grow down toward the ovules. | 43 | |
| 7202847242 | Ovary | Female organ in which egg cells migrate and develop into mature eggs | 44 | |
| 7202848742 | Asexual reproduction | The production of genetically identical offspring from a single parent | 45 | |
| 7202848743 | Sexual reproduction | Process by which sex cells from two organisms join to create a new organism | 46 | |
| 7202851225 | Binary fission | A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells. | 47 | |
| 7202851440 | Budding | A form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism grows out of the body of a parent. | 48 | |
| 7202851861 | Vegetative propagation | The process of growing new plants from existing plant parts | 49 | |
| 7202852905 | Regeneration | The regrowth of parts of an organism which have been cut off or lost. Used in plant propagation and by some animals. | 50 | |
| 7202852906 | Climate change | Long-term sustained change in the average global climate | 51 | |
| 7202853386 | Biodiversity | The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. | 52 |
