Biology

2012 Mid Term Review

2011-12-16T13:36:00.000-08:00

You may have one page of handwritten notes to reference on the midterm.

1. Know the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units or SI.
2. How does one form a hypothesis?
3. Why do scientists publish details from important experimaents?
4. What is the most abundant compound in living things?
5. Describe the three particles that make up an atom.
6. Describe the nucleus of a cell.
7. Describe a suspension.
8. Describe the branch of science known as ecology.
9. Know the difference between producers and consumers.
10. Decribe the water cycle.
11. What is demography?
12. Describe some resouces provided by land.
13. Describe soil erosion.
14. Describe the functions of each part of a cell.
15. Describe osmosis.
16. DEscribe the process of photosynthesis.
17. What are the phases of mitosis?
18. Describe the stages of cell division.

October

2011-10-14T15:53:00.000-07:00

Discuss the relatonships among various types of organisms you have observed in your immediate enviornment.

Biology Final June 1st

2011-05-04T13:38:00.000-07:00

Biology Final chpts 11-18&35-39

You may bring a one sided sheet of notes.

Terms to know and practice questions below:

Mendel's traits conclusion

Principle of probability

Punnett square

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Meiosis

Mitosis

Selective breeding

Breeders maintain desired traits by...

Clone

Cell or cells to make Dolly

X chromosome in human sperm cell

Colorblindness (male vs. female)

Charles Darwin's observations in the Galapagos Island

Rock layers and their formation over time

Darwin's natural selection

Directional selection, stabilizing selection, disruptive selection, genetic drift

Allele frequencies

Earth's early atmosphere

Sexual reproduction and evolution

Evolutionary classification scheme

Regions of the brain: brain stem, medulla oblongata, hypothalamus, thalamus (What is their function?)

Osteocytes, Haversian canals, bone marrow, periosteum

Extraction of water from digestive food

Materials removed from blood through dialysis

1.
Offspring that result from crosses between true-breeding parents with different traits

2.
Mendel concluded that traits are

3.
The principles of probability can be used to

4.
A Punnett square shows all of the following EXCEPT

5.
Which of the following statements about Thomas Hunt Morgan is true?

6.
Unlike mitosis, meiosis results in the formation of

7.
Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA?

8.
Which of the following statements is true?

9.
Selective breeding produces

10.
Breeders maintain the desired traits of an organism by

11.
Which of the following is a clone?

12.
What kind of cell or cells were used to make Dolly?

13.
What is the probability that a human sperm cell will carry an X chromosome?

14.
Chromosomes 21 and 22 contain long stretches of repetitive DNA, which

15.
Colorblindness is more common in males than in females because

16.
On the Galápagos Islands, Charles Darwin observed

17.
One scientist who attempted to explain how rock layers form and change over time was

18.
When lions prey on a herd of antelope, some antelope are killed and some escape. Which part of Darwin’s concept of natural selection might be used to describe this situation?

19.
The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. Most biologists would probably explain this fact on the basis of

20.
Which statement about gene pools is typically true?

21.
When individuals at only one end of a bell-shaped curve of phenotype frequencies have high fitness, the result is

22.
Genetic drift tends to occur in populations that

23.
The genetic equilibrium of a population can be disturbed by each of the following EXCEPT

24.
The allele frequencies of a population are more likely to remain unchanged if

25.
Two gases that probably existed in Earth’s early atmosphere are

26.
Which of the following functions can RNA perform under certain conditions?

27.
Why did the development of sexual reproduction speed up the process of evolution?

28.
Traditional classifications tended to take into account primarily

29.
In an evolutionary classification scheme, species within one genus should

30.
What is true about dissimilar organisms such as a cow and a yeast?

31.
What kingdoms composed the three-kingdom classification system used by scientists in the 1800s?

32.
The four basic types of tissue in the human body are

33.
The region of the brain that recognizes hunger is the

34.
Which process enables the body to maintain a stable temperature?

35.
Which of the following contains nerves and blood vessels and runs through the compact bone?

36.
Which diagram in Figure 36-1 is an example of a ball-and-socket joint?

37.
Where is the protein called actin located in the body?

38.
Which of the following is NOT part of the integumentary system?

39.
Compared with the walls of arteries, the walls of veins

40.
Inorganic molecules that perform vital functions in the body are called
a. lipids. c. vitamins.
b. proteins. d. minerals.

41.
What is the minimum amount of water you should drink every day?
a. 0.5 liter c. 2 liters
b. 1 liter d. 3 liters

42.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the process of sweating?
a. Sweating is more likely to occur on hot days than on cool days.
b. Sweating is likely to occur after strenuous exercise.
c. Evaporation of sweat warms the body.
d. Excessive sweating can lead to dehydration.

43.
Water is extracted from digested food in the body primarily by the
a. bladder. c. large intestine.
b. gallbladder. d. pancreas.

44.
Which of the following is NOT part of a nephron?
a. urethra c. glomerulus
b. renal vein d. Bowman’s capsule

45.
What materials are removed from the blood through dialysis?
a. urea and excess salts c. amylase and pepsin
b. chyme d. none of the above

46.
The chances of fertilization are very good if sperm are present when a(an)
a. blastocyst is already present.
b. egg is in a Fallopian tube.
c. woman is menstruating.
d. all of the above

47.
Which of the following is a function of the placenta?
a. mixing the blood of the mother and the fetus
b. protecting the fetus from any drugs or alcohol in the mother’s body
c. providing nutrients to the fetus
d. cushioning and protecting the fetus

Essay

48.
Mendel might have been surprised to learn that genes simply contain the instructions for assembling proteins. What do proteins have to do with the phenotype of an organism?

49.
What can you conclude if you observed a male cat that has both black and orange spots? Explain your answer.

50.
How does the body lose water?

5.1 Midterm Review

2010-12-16T09:31:00.000-08:00

You may have one sheet of handwritten notes to use on the midterm.

1. Know the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units or SI.
2. How does one form a hypothesis?
3. Why do scientists publish details from important experimaents?
4. What is the most abundant compound in living things?
5. Describe the three particles that make up an atom.
6. Describe the nucleus of a cell.
7. Describe a suspension.
8. Describe the branch of science known as ecology.
9. Know the difference between producers and consumers.
10. Decribe the water cycle.
11. What is demography?
12. Describe some resouces provided by land.
13. Describe soil erosion.
14. Describe the functions of each part of a cell.
15. Describe osmosis.
16. DEscribe the process of photosynthesis.
17. What are the phases of mitosis?
18. Describe the stages of cell division.

2010-10-21T13:39:00.000-07:00

Wet-labs are held the 1st & 3rd Fridays of each Parkview month in room 701, 10-11:30 AM.

1st semester: 2nd semester:
Oct. 8 & 22 Feb. 4 & 18
Nov. 5 & 19 Mar. 4 & 18
Dec. 3 & 17 Apr. 1, 15 & 29
Jan. 7 & 21 May 13

Your Biology mid-term study guide will be posted here as we get closer to the end of the semester.

2.1

2010-10-04T21:07:00.000-07:00

Our first wet lab of the semester is this Friday, 10/8 from 10:00-11:30.

Biology Final Study Guide

2010-05-17T17:08:00.000-07:00

Biology Final chpts11-18&35-39

ABCD 1.
Offspring that result from crosses between true-breeding parents with different traits

ABCD 2.
Mendel concluded that traits are

ABCD 3.
The principles of probability can be used to

ABCD 4.
A Punnett square shows all of the following EXCEPT

ABCD 5.
Which of the following statements about Thomas Hunt Morgan is true?

ABCD 6.
Unlike mitosis, meiosis results in the formation of

ABCD 7.
Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA?

ABCD 8.
Which of the following statements is true?

ABCD 9.
Selective breeding produces

ABCD 10.
Breeders maintain the desired traits of an organism by

ABCD 11.
Which of the following is a clone?

ABCD 12.
What kind of cell or cells were used to make Dolly?

ABCD 13.
What is the probability that a human sperm cell will carry an X chromosome?

ABCD 14.
Chromosomes 21 and 22 contain long stretches of repetitive DNA, which

ABCD 15.
Colorblindness is more common in males than in females because

ABCD 16.
On the Galápagos Islands, Charles Darwin observed

ABCD 17.
One scientist who attempted to explain how rock layers form and change over time was

ABCD 18.
When lions prey on a herd of antelope, some antelope are killed and some escape. Which part of Darwin’s concept of natural selection might be used to describe this situation?

ABCD 19.
The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. Most biologists would probably explain this fact on the basis of

ABCD 20.
Which statement about gene pools is typically true?

ABCD 21.
When individuals at only one end of a bell-shaped curve of phenotype frequencies have high fitness, the result is

ABCD 22.
Genetic drift tends to occur in populations that

ABCD 23.
The genetic equilibrium of a population can be disturbed by each of the following EXCEPT

ABCD 24.
The allele frequencies of a population are more likely to remain unchanged if

ABCD 25.
Two gases that probably existed in Earth’s early atmosphere are

ABCD 26.
Which of the following functions can RNA perform under certain conditions?

ABCD 27.
Why did the development of sexual reproduction speed up the process of evolution?

ABCD 28.
Traditional classifications tended to take into account primarily

ABCD 29.
In an evolutionary classification scheme, species within one genus should

ABCD 30.
What is true about dissimilar organisms such as a cow and a yeast?

ABCD 31.
What kingdoms composed the three-kingdom classification system used by scientists in the 1800s?

ABCD 32.
The four basic types of tissue in the human body are

ABCD 33.
The region of the brain that recognizes hunger is the

ABCD 34.
Which process enables the body to maintain a stable temperature?

ABCD 35.
Which of the following contains nerves and blood vessels and runs through the compact bone?

ABCD 36.
Which diagram in Figure 36-1 is an example of a ball-and-socket joint?

ABCD 37.
Where is the protein called actin located in the body?

ABCD 38.
Which of the following is NOT part of the integumentary system?

ABCD 39.
Compared with the walls of arteries, the walls of veins

ABCD 40.
Inorganic molecules that perform vital functions in the body are called
a. lipids. c. vitamins.
b. proteins. d. minerals.

ABCD 41.
What is the minimum amount of water you should drink every day?
a. 0.5 liter c. 2 liters
b. 1 liter d. 3 liters

ABCD 42.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the process of sweating?
a. Sweating is more likely to occur on hot days than on cool days.
b. Sweating is likely to occur after strenuous exercise.
c. Evaporation of sweat warms the body.
d. Excessive sweating can lead to dehydration.

ABCD 43.
Water is extracted from digested food in the body primarily by the
a. bladder. c. large intestine.
b. gallbladder. d. pancreas.

ABCD 44.
Which of the following is NOT part of a nephron?
a. urethra c. glomerulus
b. renal vein d. Bowman’s capsule

ABCD 45.
What materials are removed from the blood through dialysis?
a. urea and excess salts c. amylase and pepsin
b. chyme d. none of the above

ABCD 46.
The chances of fertilization are very good if sperm are present when a(an)
a. blastocyst is already present.
b. egg is in a Fallopian tube.
c. woman is menstruating.
d. all of the above

ABCD 47.
Which of the following is a function of the placenta?
a. mixing the blood of the mother and the fetus
b. protecting the fetus from any drugs or alcohol in the mother’s body
c. providing nutrients to the fetus
d. cushioning and protecting the fetus

Essay

48.
Mendel might have been surprised to learn that genes simply contain the instructions for assembling proteins. What do proteins have to do with the phenotype of an organism?

49.
What can you conclude if you observed a male cat that has both black and orange spots? Explain your answer.

50.
How does the body lose water?

Week 27 Review Questions

2010-03-18T11:43:00.000-07:00

Read the questions below and post your answer.

1 Two students were testing the amount of
fertilizer that would best promote the growth of strawberries in a garden. Which of the following could be an unavoidable source of experimental error?

2. In most stable freshwater environments,
populations of Daphnia are almost entirely female and reproduce asexually. However, males are observed in low oxygen environments or when food is scarce. Based on these observations, a researcher suggests that male Daphnia develop in response to unfavorable environmental conditions. This is an example of a_____

3.Which of the following best describes the use of
population models in biology?
A They are generally easy to construct.
B They can represent reality precisely.
C They are used when no observations have
been made. D They can help predict outcomes

Midterm Review

2010-01-04T15:15:00.000-08:00

1. Know the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units or SI.
2. How does one form a hypothesis?
3. Why do scientists publish details from important experimaents?
4. What is the most abundant compound in living things?
5. Describe the three particles that make up an atom.
6. Describe the nucleus of a cell.
7. Describe a suspension.
8. Describe the branch of science known as ecology.
9. Know the difference between producers and consumers.
10. Decribe the water cycle.
11. What is demography?
12. Describe some resouces provided by land.
13. Describe soil erosion.
14. Describe the functions of each part of a cell.
15. Describe osmosis.
16. DEscribe the process of photosynthesis.
17. What are the phases of mitosis?
18. Describe the stages of cell division.

Welcome 2009-2010

2009-08-26T23:07:00.001-07:00

Please use this site to discuss wet labs with your classmates.

Final Wet Labs

2009-05-07T07:20:00.000-07:00

Reminder to all students:

Completed notebooks will be checked and graded on Friday, May 8th (our final session)

All previous lab reports are due on Friday, May 8th (NOTE: Make-up labs are not available, you are entitled to miss one lab class)

Reports for the lab on May 8th are due and will be picked up on May 22. Reports will not be accepted after that time.

Bio students: REMEMBER YOUR BONES!!!!!! This week's lab requires YOU to bring in dried bones. Come prepared.

Chem students: Make sure you read and understand this week's lab - you chose it!

Any questions? Email me.

Mrs. Rubinstein

2009-03-06T21:20:00.000-08:00

You may fulfill your your one hour of weekly interactive instruction through the following means:
1) Attending on campus wet labs

Wet Lab 3

2008-11-11T16:17:00.000-08:00

Lab ! The Scienctific Process

2008-10-11T10:04:00.000-07:00

Use the "comments" function on this BLOG to submit your hypothesis for Lab 1.

Lab 12: Class of Species

2008-04-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

How are species claissified?