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Study guide for the Second Semester Final:
Study guide for Regular Biology Second Semester Final
1) Study nightly the notes and any vocabulary word from the Respiratory and circulatory systems.
2) Study concepts of evolution; Darwin’s theory, natural selection
3) Know the definition of producers and consumers
4) Know the types of cells produced by mitosis and meiosis
5) Know the base pairing rules for DNA and RNA
6) What are codons?
7) What are the monomers of nucleic acids?
8) Know how to read the genetic code chart
9) Review all the vocabulary from genetics include: heterozygous, autosomal, somatic, gametes, alleles, crossing over, non-disjunction, sex-linked gene, pleiotropy, codominance. and nucleotide
10) Review a simple Punnett square
11) Review the functions of the organelles, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus.

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Chapter 10 test.  Study the vocabulary word. 
Be able to replicate the DNA, transcribe and translate the RNA.
Know how to read the genetic code chart
Be able to repeat the process and activities of chapter 10

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Genetics test.  Study the vocabulary words and all the concepts studied during the unit: Punnett squares, Pedigree charts, Sex-Linked traits and Blood types. 

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Read all the notes, study the vocabulary words, and know the major events of the stages if mitosis and meiosis.

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Chapter 7 Study guide is attached

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Study guide for the first semester final
 
Chapter 7 - Photosynthesis.  Questions from photosynthesis will not appear on the test

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Record your dietary intake for three days.
Record break lunch, dinner, and snacks.  (Include liquids, not water)
Record your height and note your weight.
Make a chart:  Separate by days.
                           Day 1
Foods consumed   Amount consumed    Calorie amount.
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks

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The open notes test for Sex education.  Don't forget to bring your packets.

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Name the 6 types of proteins found in the plasma membrane and state the functions of each.

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Study all the functions of the organelles and the vocabulary word..  Be able to distinguish plant, animal, and bacterial cell.  Know the passage of manufactured products through the endomembrane system. Know the organelles and features of the plant cell, not present in the animal cell

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Cell analogy project is due.
You will work in groups of two to compare the activities of the organelles of the cell to a factory, a city, or any other organization.  Choose something you know. 
 
For your project you will describe the function of the  14 organelles listed below and then describe the comparison and state why the function of the analogy is similar to the organelle.  Total points possible : 112

Draw pictures of the analogy.

 
 
1) Nucleus
2) nucleolus ( the center of the nucleus)
3) Rough endoplasmic reticulum (rough ER)
4) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (smooth ER)
5) Golgi Apparatus
6) Ribosomes
7)Vesicle
8) Mitochondrion
9) Lysosomes
10) Cytoskeleton
11) Peroxisomes
12) Vacuole
13) Plasma membrane
14) cytoplasm

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List the 6 major types of Proteins.
Make a chart, state the function, explain what it does and give an example.
For example the columns for your chart could be:
Name              What the protein does                Example of the protein

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Test on the Chemistry of Life.  Study guide is attached.

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Ecology Test. The study guide is attached

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Read through the assignments done in class since the start of this school year.  This will make the in class assignment on Monday easier to complete.  It will be individual work.