BLOCK 7/23 - 7/24 What is the class policy regarding: Food Drinks Electronic Devices

Thursday 7/25 *** Describe the differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Observations: *** List the 5 properties that are shared by all “Living Organisms”:

Friday 7/26 Scientific Process/Scientific Method List the 6 Steps we discussed in class: What do you do if your Hypothesis is rejected?

Monday 7/29 Define Independent Variable What is another name for the I.V.? On what axis would you graph it? Define Dependent Variable What is another name for the D.V.? On what axis would you graph it? What are the controlled variables in an experiment?

BLOCK 7/30 – 7/31 Create a Hypothesis involving tomato plants and fertilizer (use if______then_____because_______) Name the Independent, dependent, and controlled variables in the experiment above:

Thursday 8/1 What are the 5 things required on every graph? The X-axis covers 34 squares on your graph paper. Your IV data ranges from 0 to 120. What scale could you use when setting up your graph? (1 square =??)

Monday 8/5 Name three things relating to the Metric System: The Metric System is based on multiples of _______. There are _________ centimeters in (1) meter.

BLOCK 8/6 – 8/7 What do each of the following letters represent, and what is each unit’s numeric value (if Base Unit = 1) K H D B D C M ___ ___ ___ Base ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 1 ___ ___ ___ What is metric unit of length? What is metric unit of volume (liquid)? What is metric unit of mass?

Warm Up Thursday 8/8 Convert 48 centimeters (cm) to: _______ meters (m) _______ millimeters (mm) Convert 245 milliliters (ml) to: _______ liters (l) How many mm in (1) meter? _________ How many mm in (1) cm? _________ How many cm in (1) meter? _________

Monday 8/12 How well do you think you performed on your Quiz? (Score out of 60 points) How did you prepare for it? List some things you recall regarding Chemistry: –

BLOCK 8/13 – 8/14 Define “element”: What 4 elements compose 90% of the mass of most organisms? Define “atom”: What three particles make up an atom? Electrons in an atom’s outermost shell are called ______________ electrons

Warm Up 8/15 Atoms of the same element can have different numbers of neutrons; these variations of an element are called:______ An atom’s Atomic Number is equal to that element’s number of :______________ An element’s Atomic Mass is equal to its number of _________ plus its number of __________. To determine the number of neutrons, the ________is subtracted from the ________

Friday 8/16 What type of chemical bonds form between Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms in the making of a water molecule? What type of chemical bond forms between two water molecules? What do we mean when we say that water is a polar molecule?

Warm Up Monday 8/19 Compare adhesion and cohesion: Describe capillary action and give an example: Compare hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances, and give an example of each:

Friday 8/23 What is the molecular formula for Glucose? Use your notes from Thursday and draw its structure: The storage polysaccharide found in plants is: animals is: Animals store this polysaccharide where in their bodies?

Monday 8/26 Compare Saturated vs. Unsaturated Fats: source: phase: shape: healthy? Draw a phospholipid bilayer as is found in a cell membrane. Label polar and nonpolar areas: Which of the CHONs are in Carbohydrates? Which of the CHONs are in lipids?

Block 8/27 – 8/28 There are how many Amino Acids?______ From these amino acids, we can build how many proteins? __________________ Draw and Label the parts of an amino acid: When a protein is unfolded and loses its original 3- dimensional shape, it has become _____________

Thursday 8/29 What is “Activation Energy”, and how is it affected by an enzyme? List two unique characteristics of enzymes: What is a substrate? What was the substrate in the Enzyme demonstration I gave on Block Day?

Monday 9/9 How do eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells differ? Where is DNA found inside a eukaryotic cell? Where in a cell are Proteins made? Where does photosynthesis take place in plant cells? Which organelle converts energy stored in glucose into ATP (usable energy for the cell) ?

BLOCK 9/10 - 9/11 What are 3 things found in a plant cell that are not found in animal cells? ___________ __________ ___________ Compare magnification and resolution As cell size increases, the surface-area-to volume ratio: increases / decreases / remains the same ? What are the 3 components of the Cell Theory:

Thursday 9/12 List Six organelles and their functions: Which type of cell would probably have more mitochondria, fat cells or muscle cells? Why?

Monday 9/16 Describe the make-up of the cell membrane: What does “Selectively Permeable” mean? What is the difference between Active and Passive Transport across a cell membrane?

Block 9/17 – 9/18 Name and describe the THREE types of Passive Transport discussed in class: An artificial cell contains a 20% sugar solution. Would the cell be considered Hypotonic or Hypertonic when compared to a 30% sugar solution?? How do Active Transport processes differ from Passive Transport processes:

Friday 9/20 Name and describe the 3 types of Active Transport discussed in class: How is Facilitated Diffusion and one of the three types of Active Transport similar??

Wednesday 10/16 Copy Cell Cycle info and Diagram from Board

Monday 10/21 1.Compare a Gamete and a Somatic Cell: 2.Human somatic cells have _____ chromosomes, while human gametes have ______. Which is Diploid? Haploid? 3.Human gametes have _____ sex chromosomes and _____ autosomes. 4. How many steps in the Cell Cycle? 5.How many phases in Mitosis? 6.What is a Zygote? Is it haploid or diploid? 7.What are the male sex chromosomes? 8.Arrange Cell Cycle in Proper Order: (M S G2 C G1)

BLOCK 10/22 – 10/23 What type of cells reproduce by Binary Fission? An organism has a haploid # of 12, what is it’s diploid #? What is an autosome? What are sister chromatids? Which stage of the cell cycle lasts the longest: G1 S G2 M C What is cancer?

Thursday 10/24 What are the reactants in Photosynthesis? What are the products of Photosynthesis? How is Photosynthesis related to our fossil fuels (gas, oil, coal)?? In what ways do you and I rely on Photosynthesis??

Monday 10/28 What is Photosynthesis? What is the Balanced equation for Photosynthesis? How does photosynthesis affect our Environment?

Block 10/29-10/30 Define autotroph: Define Heterotroph The oxygen released during the light reaction results from the splitting of what reactant molecule? What two high-energy electron-carrier molecules are made in the light reaction and used to power the Calvin Cycle?

Thursday 10/31 When water molecules are split during the Light Reactions, what results? The Electron Transport Chain provides energy to make _____________ ? What end products result from the light reaction? What is the end-product produced by the Calvin Cycle? Where do the Light Reactions take place? Where does the Calvin Cycle (Dark Reactions) take place?

BLOCK 11/5 – 11/6 Write out the BALANCED equation for Photosynthesis: Write out the BALANCED equation for Cellular Respiration : How are Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration interrelated?

Thursday 11/7 What are the three stages of Cellular Respiration? Glycolysis converts one molecule of _____________ into two molecules of _________________. What are the two electron carriers associated with Cellular Respiration? Glycolysis takes place where in the cell? What organelle is associated with Cellular Respiration?

Friday 11/8 Glycolysis produces: The Krebs Cycle produces: The ETC produces: The final electron acceptor in the ETC is ________, and it joins with the spent electrons and H+ ions to form ______________. Which is more efficient at producing ATP, Aerobic Respiration or Fermentation?

BLOCK 11/12 – 11/13 Complete Cellular Respiration Flowchart Should be on Page 32 in Notebook (front side)

Thursday 11/14 Complete diagram with your group. Everyone must agree.

Monday 11/18 What does DNA stand for? What is a gene? What are the 4 bases in DNA? What are the sides of the DNA “ladder” made of? Which bases pair together in DNA? What type of bonds hold the bases together?

Thursday 11/21 What role do the following enzymes play in DNA Replication: – Helicase – Polymerase – Ligase If a DNA sample has 15% Adenine, what will the % of Guanine be?

Monday 12/2 Write at least three complete sentences about things you found interesting from the video

BLOCK 12/3 – 12/4 What is a gene? What are the monomers (building blocks) of a protein? Proteins are synthesized by what organelle? What are the three differences between DNA and RNA?

Thursday 12/5 What are the three types of RNA? Where does Transcription take place? Where does Translation take place? If the DNA template strand is G C T A A T G, what will the transcribed mRNA strand be? DNA G C T A A T G mRNA _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Friday 12/6 What type of bond joins two amino acids? Transcription occurs when __________ acts as a template for ___________ synthesis. Translation occurs when the sequence of the mRNA ____________ determines the sequence of _________ _________ in a protein. The enzyme responsible for synthesizing mRNA during Transcription is ____________________

Monday 12/9 There are _____ amino acids but _______ possible codons. Transfer RNA (tRNA) has an _________ _________ at one end and a 3-base ____________ at the other. ____________ are the non-coding segments that are “snipped out” of the transcribed mRNA. The segments that do code for proteins, __________, are then “glued” together by the enzyme ligase. Translation is the process of decoding the _________ into a polypeptide chain (a protein).

BLOCK 12/10 – 12/11 Which type(s) of RNA are involved in Translation? Is the genetic code different in each species? What type(s) of mutations are considered “frame- shift” mutations? Only mutations in (gametes or somatic cells) can be passed on to the offspring of the affected individual.