Life Sciences Memo 2 (Afrikaans)

May-June 2026 — Grade 12 / Matric — Life Sciences

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1.2.9Kar okines entrome kontinue variasie Biogeogra fie Waterstof Chiasma

1.3.3Slegs eide eide (6\

1.4.1leoti Stikstofbasis Ribose

1.4.5leus Mitochon dri Merk slegs eerste TWEE

1.5.1Filogenetiese boom Ardipithecus (1\

1.5Australopithecus afarensis

1.5.5Homo neanderthalensis (Merk slegs eerste EEN\

1.5.6Australopithecus africanus Homo habilis (Merk slegs eerste TWEE TOT AL AFDELING

2.1.1(a\ Spoelvesel (c\ Ovum (1\

2.1.2Produseer spoelvesels (Merk slegs eerste EEN\

2.1Meta ase

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2.14 chromosome in plaas van et nie geskei nie disjun ksie het plaasgevind (tydens Anafase (3\ (12\

2.2Die le heli DNS/DNA draai af Die dubbele stringe van DNS/ DNA rits los swak waterstofbindings breek m twee aparte stringe te vorm

2.5.1Alleel wat in die fenotipe uitgedruk word in die hetero sigotiese toestand 'n Alleel wat

2.5.2/Vrou met dwergisme (1\ (b\ (1\ (c\ Drie (1\

2.5.4Beide ouers het nie ondroplasie nie is nie geaffekteer nie Hulle het die genot pe aa Omdat individu

3.1.1(2\

3.1.2

3.1.4(1\

3.1.5Bewyse om misdade op te los Om vermiste persone op te spoor Identifi sering van geneti ese afwykings Om familieverwantskappe te bepaal Om weefsels vir orgaanoorplantings

3.2.1Biotegnologie is die manipulasie van biologiese pro esse om in menslike behoeftes te voorsien (1\

3.2.2loning (1\

3.2.3Om inplant ing te fasiliteer /embrioniese ontwikkeling (1\

3.2.4Om mitose te stimuleer (1\

3.2.5geneti ese materia van die surrogaatma is nie gebruik nie Die genetiese materiaal van Koei was gebruik

3.2.6Die skadelike karaktereienskappe sal ook gekloon word Geneti ese varia sie word verlaag Enige (Merk slegs eerste EEN\ (1\

3.3As n bevolking deur n geografiese versperring (see, rivier, berg, meer\ geskei word dan verdeel die bevolking in twee Daar is nou geen geenvloei tussen die twee bevolkings nie Omdat elke bevolking aan verskillende omgewingstoestande

3.4.1Modifi kasie deur afstamming /Homolo stru kture (1\

3.4.2Soortgelyke strukture by verskillende organism modifi seer om verskillende fun ksies te verrig ui evolusie van gemeenskaplike voorouer aan

3.5temperat (1\

3.5Ondersoeke is gedoen van 1970 2014 vir jaar (Merk slegs eerste EEN\

3.5

3.6.1Die odern mens het sy oorsprong in Afri het toe na ander kontinente migreer (2\

3.6.2Turkana boy die oudste fossiel van Homo erectus is in Ken Afri gevind terwyl die jonger fossi

3.6.3(Robert\room (1\

3.6.4Taung child Little oot (Merk slegs eerste TWEE\ (2\ (9\ TOT AL

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Total150 marks

Sections50 = 50 marks

Paper information

SubjectLife Sciences

Year2026

SessionMay-June

TypeMemo

PaperPaper 2

LanguageAfrikaans

Pages10

Downloads4

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Decade2020s

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About Life Sciences examination preparation

Grade 12 Life Sciences combines biological knowledge with interpretation and scientific reasoning. Paper 1 covers molecular biology, genetics, and cell biology, while Paper 2 tests human physiology, ecology, and evolution.

Every available Grade 12 Life Sciences past paper and memorandum is collected in the Life Sciences hub at life-sciences.freemode.co.za — browse all years, sessions and languages in one place.

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