CHAPTERS 1

A. Group skills

           1. types of roles and their specific responsibilities (Notes)

           2. do's and don'ts of group work (Notes)

B. What is biology? 1:1

C. What are the characteristics of life?1:2

D) Homeostasis 1: 2
 

CHAPTER 2. Scientific method in biology

A. Problem solving methods in biology 2:1 pg. 40

B. How do you design and experiment (Notes)
 

Chapter 3. Principles of Ecology

1.  The environment is made up of Biotic and Abiotic factors pg 56 - 57

2.  We organize organisms in many ways. In ecology we group living things by their number. Example: organism, population, community, and ecosystem. Pg. 58-59

3.  Feeding relationship exist between populations. They are Autotrophs, Heterotrophs, Carnivores, Scavengers, Omnivores, and Decomposers.pg. 64- 65

4.  Organisms develop very close relationships with other organisms this is called symbiosis. Pg. 6

5.  How the food chain and food web explain the transfer of energy. Pg. 70-73
6.  Explain what the water cycle is composed of , Pg. 75
7.  Explain what the carbon cycle is composed of. Pg 76
 

Chapter 4 Review Homeostasis in Communities -Changing with the environment

1.  Limiting Factors Any Biotic or Abiotic factor that restricts an organism pg. 84
2.  Range of Tolerance (graph) pg. 85
3.  Tolerance- the ability to withstand fluctuations in biotic and abiotic factors.
4.  Succession Change in an ecosystem as population change, grow, and diminish in size over
time. Types of Succession page 86
5. Population dynamic studying a change in population tells much about the health of a species

• Small body size mature rapidly and have a short life population increase and

 

 

decrease rapidly

• Large animal size Mature slowly and live longer
7.  Population is maintained near carrying capacity pg. 118
8 . Environmental limits to population growth pg. 120

C. Effects of crowding and stress

CHAPTER 7. "The Chemistry of Life"

1. Elements, atoms, and isotopes. 7:1 pg. 161-163
2. Explain the differences between covalent and ionic bonding. 7:2
3.  Explain why water is polar and how it affect the action/reaction with other substances 7:2 pg. 167-168
4.  What makes a liquid an Acids or a Bases? pg. 172-173
5.  What is the pH scale?
6.  Distinguish between inorganic and organic compounds 7:3
7.  What are Carbohydrates/lipids/protein. 7:3 pg.178-181

CHAPTER 8. " A View Of the Cell"

1.   What are the two basic cell type? pg 194-195
2.   How do you use light microscopes? (Notes)
3.   How do you size things under a microscope? (Notes)
4.   Describe the parts of a cell and their functions. 8:2

-control and boundaries- pg 196-198
-storage and assembly- pg. 198-201
-Energy transformers- pg. 201-202
-cytoskeleton-
-cilia and flagella- 204

5.  Know the importance of cell membranes/wall and how they control the cell functions
6.  Explain how cells differ from one another- Notes

CHAPTER 9. "Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane"

1.   Distinquish between a permeable and selectively permeable membrane (Notes)
2.   Structure of plasma membrane pg 220
3.   Understand osmosis and diffusion and how they are related. 9:2 pg223-229
4.   passive transport vs. active transport pg 203-231
5.   What are endocytosis and exocytosis used for? Pg. 232
6.   Factors that control cell size. ( Notes)