BLOCK 7/23 - 7/24What 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 7/26Scientific 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 – 7/31Create a Hypothesis involving tomato plants and

fertilizer (use if______then_____because_______)

Name the Independent, dependent, and controlled variables in the experiment above:

Thursday 8/1What 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 8/5Name three things relating to the Metric System:

• • •

The Metric System is based on multiples of _______ .

There are _________ centimeters in (1) meter.

BLOCK 8/6 – 8/7What 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 – 8/14Define “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:1. 2. 3.

Thursday 9/12List 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 10/29-10/30Define 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 – 11/6Write 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.