State of Florida - Biology EOC Item Specifications

SC.912.L.18.1 MACROMOLECULES

• You need to know the basic molecular structure and primary functions of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

• You need to know the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions.

• You need to know how factors such as pH and temperature affect enzyme activity.

SC.912.L.18.11 ENZYMES

• You need to know the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions.

• You need to know how factors such as pH and temperature affect enzyme activity.

SC.912.L.15.8 ORIGINS OF LIFE:

• You need to know the scientific explanations of the origin of life on Earth.

• Items may assess how contributions of scientists such as Pasteur, Oparin, Miller and Urey, Margulis, or Fox aided in the development of the scientific explanation of the origin of life but will not assess what each scientist contributed. 

• Students will describe scientific explanations of the origin of life on Earth. 

• Students will identify situations or conditions contributing to the origin of life on Earth.  

SC 912 L. 14.1 CELL THEORY

• You need to know the cell theory and how continuous investigations and/or new scientific information influenced the development of cell theory.

• You need to know how scientific claims are evaluated through scientific argumentation, critical and logical thinking and consideration of alternative explanations, in the context of cell theory.

• You need to know the difference between theories and laws and be able to explain how a theory is developed.  

SC.912 L.14.3 CELL STRUCTURE

• You need to know the general structures of plant and animal cells and how plant and animal cells are alike and different.

• You need to know the general structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and how they are alike and different. 

• You need to know how the structure relates to the function for the components of plant or animals cells. Structures you need to know are the cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, plasmids, ribosomes, flagella, nucleus, nuclear envelope, nucleolus, chromatin, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, microtubules, microfilaments, vacuoles, mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, chloroplasts, lysosomes, and cilia

• You need to understand the role of the cell membrane as a highly selective barrier that carries out passive and active transport.

Homework Assignments 9/26 Through 11/18

Chapters 2, 8, 11 & 20