I CAN STATEMENTS- Academic Biology
I Can Statements for Chapter 1 and Sections 2.1 & 2.2
1) Define what science is and what it relies on (pgs. 4-5)
2) Identify fields of biology (using common science prefixes and suffixes, pgs. 22-23)
3) In an example, identify which step of the scientific method is being conducted. I can use the scientific method to design an experiment (pgs. 6-9)
· To design an experiment, what four attitudes are important for a scientist to have? (pg. 10)
· What three variables are always present in an experiment? How are they different? (pg. 7)
· What system of measurement is used in science? What units are used for mass, time, volume and length? How can you easily convert between different “sizes” of the same unit? (pg. 24)
4) Compare and contrast the uses and practicality of different types of microscopes (pgs. 191-192)
5) Explain the difference between a hypothesis and a theory (pgs. 7,13)
6) In an example, identify which characteristic of life is most clearly being demonstrated (pgs. 17-21)
7) Explain the structure of an atom and how it differs with isotopes and ions (pgs. 34-35, 37)
8) Compare and contrast the two ways that compounds form (bonding, pgs 37)
9) Explain water’s polarity and how it attributes to it’s unique properties (pgs. 40-42)
10) Use the pH scale to determine the strength and characteristics of acids and bases (pgs. 43-44)
I Can Statements for Sections 2-3,4:
Describe the unique qualities of Carbon
Describe the structures and functions of each of the four groups of macromolecules
Explain how chemical reactions affect chemical bonds
Describe how energy changes affect how easily a chemical reaction will occur
Explain why enzymes are important to living things
I Can Statements for Chapter 3:
Describe the study of ecology
Explain how biotic and abiotic factors influence an ecosystem
Describe the methods used to study ecology
Define primary producers
Describe how consumers obtain energy and nutrients
Trace the flow of energy through living systems
Identify the three types of ecological pyramids
Describe how matter cycles among the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem
Describe how water cycles through the biosphere
Explain why nutrients are important in living systems
Describe how the availability of nutrients affects the productivity of ecosystems
I Can Statements for Chapter 4:
Differentiate between weather and climate
Identify the factors that influence climate
Define niche
Describe the role competition plays in shaping communities
Describe the role predation and herbivory play in shaping communities
Identify three types of symbiotic relationships in nature
Describe how ecosystems recover from a disturbance
Compare succession after a natural disaster with succession after a human caused disturbance
Describe and compare the characteristics of the major land biomes
Identify the areas that are not classified into a major biome
I Can Statements for Chapter 5:
List the characteristics used to describe a population
Identify factors that affect population growth
Describe exponential and Logistic growth
Identify factors that determine carrying capacity
Identify the limiting factors that depend on population density
Identify the limiting factors that do not depend on population density
Discuss the trend of human population growth
Explain why population growth rates differ in countries throughout the world
I Can Statements for Chapter 6:
Describe human activities that can affect the biosphere
Describe the relationship between resource use and sustainable development
Describe how human activities affect soil and land
Describe how human activities affect water resources
Describe how human activities affect air resources
Define biodiversity and explain its value
Identify current threats to biodiversity
Describe how biodiversity can be preserved
I Can Statements for Chapter 7:
State the cell theory
Distinguish between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Describe the structure and function of the cell nucleus
Describe the role of vacuoles, lysosomes, and the cytoskeleton
Identify the role of ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus in making proteins
Describe the function of the chloroplasts and mitochondria in the cell
Describe the function of the cell membrane
Compare and contrast active and passive transport
Explain how unicellular and multicellular organisms maintain homeostasis
I Can Statements for Chapter 8:
Describe the role of ATP in Cellular activities
Explain where plants get the energy they need to produce food
Explain the role of light and pigments in photosynthesis
Explain the role of electron carrier molecules in photosynthesis
State the overall equation for photosynthesis
Describe what happens during the light dependent reactions
Describe what happens during the Calvin Cycle
Identify factors that affect the rate at which photosynthesis occurs
I Can Statements for Chapter 9:
Explain where organisms get the energy the need for life processes.
Define cellular respiration
Compare photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Describe what happens during glycolysis.
Describe what happens during the Krebs cycle
Explain how high-energy electrons are used by the electron transport chain
Identify how much ATP cellular respiration generates
Explain how organisms get energy in the absence of oxygen
I Can Statements for Chapter 12:
Summarize the process of bacterial transformation
Describe the role of bacteriophages in identifying genetic material
Identify the role of DNA in heredity
Identify the chemical components of DNA
Discuss the experiments leading to the identification of DNA as the molecule that carries the genetic code
Describe the steps leading to the development of the double-helix model of DNA
Summarize the events of DNA replication
Compare DNA replication in prokaryotes with that of eukaryotes
I Can Statements for Chapter 10:
Explain the problems that growth causes for cells
Compare sexual and asexual reproduction
Describe the role of chromosomes in cell division
Name the main events of the cell cycle
Describe what happens during the four phases of mitosis
Describe the process of cytokinesis
Describe how the cell cycle is regulated
Explain how cancer cells are different from other cells
Describe the process of differentiation.
Define stem cells and explain their importance.
Identify the possible benefits and issues related to stem cell research.
I Can Statements for Chapter 13:
Contrast RNA and DNA
Explain the process of transcription
Identify the genetic code and explain how it is read
Summarize the process of translation
Describe the “central dogma” of molecular biology
Define mutations and describe different types of mutations
Describe the effects mutations can have on genes
I Can Statements for Chapter 11:
Describe Mendel’s studies and conclusions about inheritance
Describe what happens during segregation
Explain how geneticists use the principles of probability to make Punnett squares
Explain the principle of independent assortment
Explain how Mendel’s principles apply to all organisms
Describe the relationship between genes and the environment
Contrast the number of chromosomes in body cells and gametes
Summarize the events of meiosis
Contrast meiosis and mitosis
Describe how alleles from different genes can be inherited together
I Can Statements for Chapter 14:
Identify the types of human chromosomes in a karyotype
Describe the patterns of inheritance of human traits
Explain how pedigrees are used to study human traits
Explain how small changes in DNA cause genetic disorders
Summarize the problems caused by nondisjunction
Summarize the methods of DNA analysis
State the goals of the human genome project and explain what we have learned from it thus far
I Can Statements for Chapter 15:
Explain the purpose of selective breeding
Explain how people increase in genetic diversity
Explain how scientists manipulate DNA
Describe the importance of recombinant DNA
Define transgenic and define the usefulness of some transgenic organisms to humans
Describe the benefits of genetic engineering as they relate to agriculture and industry
Explain how recombinant DNA technology can improve human health
Summarize the process of DNA fingerprinting and explaining its uses
Describe some of the issues that relate to biotechnology
Identify some of the pros and cons of genetically modified food
Describe some of the ethical issues relating to biotechnology
I Can Statements for Chapter 16:
State Charles Darwin’s contribution to science
Describe the three patterns of biodiversity noted by Darwin
Identify the conclusions drawn by Hutton and Lyell about Earth’s history
Describe Lamarck’s hypothesis of evolution
Describe Malthus’ view of population growth
Explain the role of inherited variation in artificial selection
Describe the conditions under which natural selection occurs
Explain the principle of common descent
Explain how geologic distribution of species relates to their evolutionary history
Explain how fossils and the fossil record document the descent of modern species from the ancient ancestors
Describe what homologous structures and embryology suggest about the process of evolutionary change
Explain how molecular evidence can be used to trace the process of evolution
Explain the results of the Grant’s investigation of adaptation in Galapagos finches
I Can Statements for Chapter 17:
Define evolution in generic terms
Identify the main sources of genetic variation in a population
State what determines the number of phenotypes for a trait
Explain how natural selection affects single-gene and polygenic traits
Describe genetic drift
Explain how different factors affect genetic equilibrium
Identify the types of isolation that can lead to the formation of a new species
Describe the current hypothesis about Galapagos finch speciation
Explain how molecular clocks are used
Explain how new genes evolve
Describe how Hox genes may be involved in evolutionary change
I Can Statements for Chapter 18:
Describe the goals of binomial nomenclature and systematics
Identify the taxa in the classification devised by Linnaeus
Describe the difference between evolutionary classification and Linnaean Classification
Describe how to interpret a cladogram
Explain the use of DNA sequences in classification
Name the six kingdoms of life as they are currently identified
Explain what the tree of life represents
I Can Statements for Chapter 19:
Explain what information fossils can reveal about ancient life
Differentiate between relative dating and radiometric dating
Identify the divisions of the geologic time scale
Describe how environmental processes and living things have shaped life on Earth
Identify the processes that influence survival or extinction of a species or clade
Contrast gradualism and punctuated equilibrium
Name two important patterns in macroevolution
Explain the evolutionary characteristics of coevolving organisms
Identify some of the hypotheses about early Earth and the origin of life
Explain the endosymbiotic theory
Explain the importance of sexual reproduction in evolution
I Can Statements for Chapter 20:
Explain how viruses reproduce
Explain how viruses cause infection (lytic and lysogenic)
Explain how the two groups of prokaryotes differ (Eubacteria and Archaebacteria)
Describe how prokaryotes vary in structure and function
Explain the role of bacteria in the living world
Explain how bacteria cause disease
Explain how viruses cause disease
Identify examples of bacteria being beneficial to the environment and to the human race
I Can Statements for Chapter 21:
Describe what a protist is
Describe how protists are related to other eukaryotes
Describe the various methods of protist locomotion
Describe how protists reproduce
Describe the ecological significance of photosynthetic protists
Describe how heterotrophic protists obtain food
Identify the symbiotic relationships that involve protists
Identify the defining characteristics of fungi
Describe how fungi affect homeostasis
I can Statements for Taxonomy:
Identify basic animal structures from each taxon discussed.
Organize (classify) animals by different characteristics into phyla, classes, and orders.
I Can Statements for Chapter 31
Identify the structures of the nervous system
Describe the function of neurons
Describe how a nerve impulse is transmitted
Discuss the functions of the brain and spinal cord
Describe the effects of drugs on the brain
Describe the functions of the sensory division of the peripheral nervous system
Describe the functions of the motor division of the peripheral nervous system
Discuss the sense of touch and identify the various types of sensory receptors in the skin
Explain the relationship between smell and taste
Identify the parts of the ears that make hearing and balance possible
Describe the major parts of the eye and explain how the eye enables us to see
I Can Statements for Chapter 30:
Explain how food provides energy
Identify the essential nutrients that the body needs and how they are important to your body
Explain how to plan a balanced diet
Describe the organs of the digestive system and explain their functions
Explain what happens during digestion
Describe how nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream and how wastes are eliminated from the body
Describe the structures of the excretory system and explain their functions
Explain how the kidneys clean your blood
Describe how the kidneys maintain homeostasis
I Can Statements for Chapter 32:
List the structures and functions of the skeletal system
Describe the structure of a typical bone
List the different kinds of joints and describe the range of motion of each
Describe the structure and function of each of the three types of muscle tissue
Describe the mechanism of muscle contraction
Describe the interaction of muscle bones and tendons to produce movement
State the functions of the integumentary system
Identify the structures of the integumentary system
Describe some of the problems that affect the skin
I Can Statements for Chapter 33:
Identify the functions of the human circulatory system
Describe the structure of the heart and explain how it pumps blood through the body
Name three types of blood vessels in the circulatory system
Explain the functions of blood plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
Describe the role of the lymphatic system
List three common circulatory diseases
Describe the connection between cholesterol and circulatory disease
Identify the structures of the respiratory system and describe their functions
Describe gas exchange
Describe how breathing is controlled
Describe the effects of smoking on the respiratory system
I Can Statements for Chapter 34:
Describe the structure and function of the endocrine system
Explain how hormones work
Identify the functions of the major endocrine glands
Explain how endocrine glands are controlled
Describe the effects that sex hormones have on development
Name and discuss the structures of the male and female reproductive system
Describe commonly occurring sexually transmitted diseases
Describe fertilization and early stages of development
Identify the major events of later stages of development
I Can Statements for Chapter 22:
Describe what plants need to survive.
Describe how the first plants evolved.
Explain the process of alternation of generations.
Identify the characteristics of green algae.
Describe the adaptions of bryophytes.
Explain the importance of vascular tissue.
Describe the reproductive adaptations of seed plants.
Identify the reproductive structures of gymnosperms.
Identify the reproductive structures of angiosperms.
Identify some of the ways angiosperms can be categorized.