BLOCK 1/10 – 1/11 What are the 3 parts of Interphase? When does the DNA replicate? What are the four stages of Mitosis? What is the end result of Mitosis? What occurs after Mitosis?

Thursday 1/12 What are somatic cells? What are gametes? Humans have ___ total chromosomes? ___ pair? What are autosomes? What do we call a change in an organism’s chromosome structure?

Friday 1/13 What are 4 ways that genetic variation is achieved regarding sexual reproduction/meiosis: What occurs during Anaphase 1 of Meiosis? What occurs during Anaphase 2 of Meiosis?

BLOCK 1/17 – 1/18 In Humans, gametes contain _____ autosome(s) and ______ sex chromosome(s) Alternate versions of a gene or trait (such as eye color or hair texture) are called _________ Separation of Homologous Chromosomes (pairs) occurs during ____________ of Meiosis ____ Sister Chromatids separate during _________ of Meiosis _____

Thursday 1/19 How are Chromosomes arranged in a Karyotype? 3 What information can we determine from a Karyotype? 2 What is nondisjunction? 1 When can nondisjunction occur during meiosis?

Monday 1/23 List 4 things you know about genetics What is a Punnett Square? What is it used for?

BLOCK 1/24 – 1/25 A = Dominant a = recessive (Airhead) (brainiac) Show a Heterozygous genotype: Show a Homozygous recessive: Show a Homozygous dominant: Draw a Punnett Square crossing Aa X Aa: What is the Phenotypic Ratio: What is the Genotypic Ratio:

Thursday 1/26 Explain what a Test Cross is and how/why you would use it: Explain Mendel’s Law of Segregation: Explain Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment: What is the exception to Independent Assortment?

Answer for Previous Q Law of Segregation: the two alleles for a trait segregate (separate) when gametes are formed during meiosis Bb parent could contribute B or b to gamete Law of Independent Assortment: alleles of different genes separate independently of one another during gamete formation Note: genes must be located on different chromosomes or far apart from each other on the same chromosome (due to crossing over) Example: plant height isn’t affected by plant’s flower color

Friday 1/27 What are the possible gamete combinations for an individual with the following genotype: DdRr ________ ________ ________ ________ Remember to use the F-O-I-L method !! TtPP

BLOCK 1/31-2/1 In Snapdragons, flower color is controlled by incomplete dominance. Show a Punnett Square cross that would produce the most variety of genotypes in the offspring: Describe the resulting phenotype(s) of offspring produced from a Co-Dominant crossing of a pure Blue frog and a pure Yellow frog:

Thursday 2/2 Show the (6) possible genotypes for human blood types: Show the 5 possible genotypes for a sex-linked trait (use B and b to represent color blindness, remember that it is a sex-linked recessive trait)

Friday 2/3 When looking at a Pedigree Chart: How can you determine if a disorder is autosomal or x-linked? How can you determine if a disorder is Dominant or Recessive? If a trait is autosomal recessive, what is a term we can use for an individual heterozygous for that trait (H h)?

BLOCK 2/7-2/8 What is the estimated age of Earth? How long ago did Dinosaurs become extinct? Of all the life forms to ever exist on Earth, what percentage have gone extinct? How many years have humans (Homo sapiens) been on Earth?

Friday 2/10 The Geologic Times Scale is broken into 4 Era’s. Name them, oldest to most recent? What Era could be termed “The Age of Dinosaurs”? List the periods of the Paleozoic, and name one Evolutionary Milestone that occurred in each one. When did the Cenozoic Era begin and end?

BLOCK 2/14 – 2/15 List and “correct” 3 common misconceptions regarding Evolution:

Thursday 2/16 With the extinction of the Dinosaurs, what class of animals became dominant? Describe Darwin’s idea of “Natural Selection”: What were reptile’s main adaptations for life on land? What class of animals did reptiles evolve from? What current animals are thought to be the closest relatives to small Dinosaurs?

Friday 2/17 How many Million Years Before Present (MYBP) do we have evidence of: Eukaryotic cells? First Bird (Archeopteryx)? First flowering plants? First insects? First fish? First dinosaurs? T-rex and Velociraptor?

BLOCK 2/21 – 2/22 Darwin’s travels were 1831-1836. Why did he wait until 1859 to publish “On the Origin of Species”? What was Lamark incorrect about? In evolutionary terms, what does “fitness” mean? Every population has ______________ .

Friday 2/24 List the 5 categories of Evolutionary Evidence along with a description and/or examples:

2/28 - 3/1 BLOCK What are 4 types of Physical Adaptations? What are 2 types of Behavioral Adaptations?

Friday 3/31 What are the 8 Levels of Classification (from broadest to most specific): What are the 3 Domains? Which are Prokaryotic?

Monday 4/3 We can break down the Archaebacteria into what 3 Phyla: What are the three main shapes associated with Eubacteria? Example of “good” bacteria: Example of “bad” bacteria:

BLOCK 4/4 – 4/5 Who came up with the 2-word Latin taxonomic naming system? What is this system called? This “scientific name” uses what two taxons? In what special way must the name be written?

Monday 4/10 List characteristics of r-selected species What does r stand for? List characteristics of K-selected species What does K stand for? Draw an exponential growth curve (labels, etc) Draw a logistic growth curve (labels, etc)

The smallest living organisms are ______________. Protists can be ____________ , ____________ , or __________ - like. Spirogyra, Volvox, Diatoms and Euglena all contain _______________ so are considered plant-like. Algae are major producers of _________ and are also a major part of the food chain.

List 4 Categories of Fungi and give an example of each: Describe the make-up of a lichen: Describe Mycorrhizae:

Describe four (4) characteristics of plants:

What are the three Environmental factors that determine whether stomata are Open or Closed? Which cells in a leaf contain the most chlorophyll? What are the three reactants needed for Photosynthesis?

Name 3 Phyla of Non Vascular Plants: Name 4 examples of Vascular, non-seeded plants: Which generation is dominant in vascular plants? Gametophyte or Sporophyte

Name the three parts of the Pistil (female) Name the 2 parts of the Stamen (male) Name 2 characteristics of Dicots Name 2 characteristics of Monocots Another name for Flowering Plants is ___________

Describe the purposes of these Body Systems: Nervous Respiratory Digestive Circulatory Excretory

List 8 animals that are as different from each other as possible (appearance, function, size, etc):

List the 9 Main Phyla of the Animal Kingdom Which Phyla has the most species? Which Phyla’s members have nematocysts? Which Phyla’s members are unsegmented parasites?

What do you hope to learn from our Fetal Pig Dissection? What questions or comments do you have before we begin??

Monday List some factors that determine whether a population grows, decreases, or stays constant:

BLOCK List characteristics of: r-strategists: K-strategists Draw a logistic curve for population growth: Draw an exponential growth curve: Note: include labeled X and Y axis for both