1. Starters Week Monday
Plants use different compounds to complete the process of photosynthesis. What do plants give off as a waste product during photosynthesis? GLE
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Oxygen
water
Which event is a type of sexual reproduction? GLE
The division of regular body cells
The laying of eggs on land or in water
The production of egg and sperm cells
The growth of small buds on the body

2. Proteins and amino acids Carbon dioxide and water
Tuesday
Which of the following materials are direct products of photosynthesis? GLE
Fats and starches
Oxygen and sugar
Proteins and amino acids
Carbon dioxide and water
Which statement can be explained by Mendel’s law of dominance? GLE
Heterozygous offspring will exhibit the dominant trait in the phenotype.
During gamete formation, the two alleles responsible for a trait separate.
Alleles for different traits are not distributed to sex cells independently on one another.
Alleles for a trait are recombined at fertilization producing the genotype for the offspring.

3. Wednesday
Which kind of rock is produced by deposition and cementation? GLE
Marble, a metamorphic rock
Sandstone, a sedimentary rock
Granite, an intrusive igneous rock
Pumice, an extrusive igneous rock
Glossy leaves are smooth and shiny. What percent of offspring from the cross shown will have glossy leaves? GLE 0%
25%
50%
100%

4. Thursday
Students were observing a green, odorless mineral, with no visible crystals. The mineral was very soft, with a slick feel. They compared its characteristics to the table. Which of these were the students most likely observing? GLE
Talc
Sulfur
Halite
Quartz
Which statement describes a major reproductive difference between plants and animals? GLE
Plants are producers and animals are consumers.
Most plants are dormant in winter; most animals are not.
Plants have special cell structures that animals do not have.
Most plants have both male and female structures; most animals do not.

5. Today is your Starter Quiz!
February 5, 2016
Today is your Starter Quiz!
Make sure you turn in you Starters from this week.