Unit Study Objectives
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How to Study
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npr-org-attention-students-put-your-laptops-away (1).pdfScientific method, observations, measurements, metric system, graphing, experimental design, characteristics of living things
Properties of water, pH, organic compounds, enzymes,
Cell structures and function, membranes and organelles
Cell transport: diffusion and osmosis, endo/exocytosis
Cell structures and function, membranes and organelles
Cell division: mitosis
Photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and fermentation
Unit 3 Slides
Ecology, food webs, energy flow, nutrient cycles, ecology pyramids, niche vs habitat, population vs community, population growth, carrying capacity, competition, predation, symbiosis, succession
Unit 4 Notes
SEMESTER BREAK
DNA structure and function, DNA replication, RNA and protein synthesis, mutations, gene expression
Genes and alleles, genotype vs phenotype, mendelian genetics, laws of segregation and assortment, dominance patterns, mono/dihybrid Punnett squares and probabilities, cell division: meiosis, non-mendelian genetics, sex linkage, nondisjunction, epigenetic interactions, pedigrees.
Biotechnology, genetic engineering, plasmids, transgenic organisms, recombinant DNA, cloning, CRISPR, restriction enzymes
Unit 8 Slides
Unit 8 Notes
Geologic time, Evidence of Evolution (homologies, molecular, embryology, vestigial structures, fossils), Darwin, natural selection/survival of the fittest
Natural selection/survival of the fittest, adaptations, gene flow, genetic drift, sexual selection, speciation, coevolution