SCIENCE NOTES

Unit 1: Safety and Scientific Method

Unit 2: Microbiology/Disease

• Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic

• Viruses

• Bacteria

• Parasites

• Fungi

• Microbial Diseases

• Epidemics/Pandemics/Prevention of Infectious Diseases

Unit 3: Ecosystems

• Biotic/Abiotic Factors

• Population Density/Limiting Factors

• Interactions of Living Things

• Food Chains/Food Webs

• Organisms Interactions

• Carbon/Nitrogen Cycles

Unit 4: Evolution/Genetic Variability

• Charles Darwin/Natural Selection

• Adaptations

• Genetic Variation/Mutation

• Taxonomy/Dichotomous Key

• Biodiversity

• Environmental Change/Natural Selection

Unit 5: Earth History

• Fossils/Geologic Time

• Law of Superposition/Relative and Absolute Age

• Faults/Unconformities

• Rock Cycle

• Plate Tectonics

Unit 6: Hydrosphere

• Properties of Water

• Water Distribution

• Rivers, River Basin, Watersheds

• Marine Ecosystems

• Photosynthesis/Chemosynthesis

• Water Quality

Unit 7: Chemistry - Matter and Properties

• Physical/Chemical Properties

• Atoms/Elements/Compounds

• Periodic Table

• Law of Conservation of Mass

• Chemical Equations

Unit 8: Energy

• Forms of Energy

• Renewable/Non-Renewable Resources

• Energy Conservation

Unit 3: Ecosystems

• Introduction to Ecosystems (9/22)

• Biotic vs. Abiotic Factors (9/23)

• Investigating Factors (9/24)

• Ecological Relationships (9/25)

• Food Chains (9/26)

Unit 2: Microbiology/Disease

• Bacteria vs. Viruses (9/8)

• Microbiology Vocabulary (9/9)

• Pathogens Continued (9/10)

• Pandemics vs Epidemics (9/15)

• Crash Course #35 (9/16)

Unit 1: Safety and Scientific Method

• Lab Equipment (8/27)

• Lab Safety Rules (8/28)

• Scientific Method (8/29)