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September |
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PROMPT |
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15 Sep 09 |
A true breeding tall, purple pea plant (TTPP)
is crossed with a true breeding dwarf, white
flowered plant (ttpp).
A. What is the genotype of the F1
generation?
B. What is the phenotype of the F1
generation?
C. What four types of gametes are formed by
F1 plants?
D. List the phenotypes and ratios found in
the F2 generation.
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16 Sep 09 |
What is polygenics? What is pleiotropy?
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18 Sep 09 |
Parents: AbBBCcDdEEFf X AbBBCcDdEEFf
What is chance of offspring being:
AbBbCcDdEEFf
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22 Sep 09 |
Each cell has about 1 meter length of DNA in
its nucleus. Explain how it is possible to
fit this entire DNA into the nucleus of a
cell and organize it in such a way that it
does not get ripped apart during cell
division.
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23 Sep 09 |
Why must egg and sperm have ˝ the amount of
DNA as other cells? By what process do they
end up with ˝ as much DNA?
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24 Sep 09 |
What does it mean to say a diploid cell
becomes haploid during meiosis?
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25 Sep 09 |
Draw a 2n=2 cell undergoing the process of
meiosis.
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28 Sep 09 |
What is a recombinant? How can recombinants
be formed during meiosis?
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30 Sep 09 |
What is a test cross? |
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October |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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02 Oct 09 |
What is a karyotype and why are they done?
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19 Oct 09 |
What was the big idea from the movie we
watched on Friday?
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23 Oct 09 |
Why might variation be
an important aspect of evolution by natural
selection? |
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26 Oct 09 |
Summarize the process of natural selection
using these key terms:
Population
Variation
Resources
Time
Reproduce
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November |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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02 Nov 09 |
NEW QUARTER
Give an example of natural selection in the
"real world"
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04 Nov 09 |
Besides antibiotic resistance, what other
traits might humans be unintentionally
selecting for in pest organisms?
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06 Nov 09 |
Why might people stop
taking their antibiotics early? What is the
consequence of this behavior? |
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09 Nov 09 |
Why are fossils considered evidence for
evolution?
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10 Nov 09 |
IB Bio I flashback: Draw the formation
of maltose from two glucose molecules. |
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12 Nov 09 |
C-14 has a half life of 5730 years. If
initially there is 1024g of C-14, how much
time must go by for there to be 128g left?
Show your working.
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13 Nov 09 |
Why will it never to possible to “prove” how
life arose on Earth only to suggest with
evidence?
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17 Nov 09 |
What is a species?
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18 Nov 09 |
Define species using the “biological species
concept.” What are two shortcomings of
the biological species concept?
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19 Nov 09 |
How can geographic isolation lead to
speciation? Give two examples of
postzygotic isolation mechanisms.
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20 Nov 09 |
What effect would a very short generation
time, such as that of bacteria, have on
speciation?
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23 Nov 09 |
What is “adaptive radiation”? Provide an
example.
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December |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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02 Dec 09 |
What is the effect of selection on the
frequency of alleles in a population?
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04 Dec 09 |
Phenylketonuria is a severe form of mental
retardation due to a rare autosomal
recessive allele. About 1 in 10,000 newborn
Caucasians are affected with the disease.
Calculate the frequency of carriers (i.e.,
heterozygotes).
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07 Dec 09 |
What is the complete human classification?
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08 Dec 09 |
List 5 characteristics common to all
primates.
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09 Dec 09 |
List four genes mutations that have
influenced human evolution.
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11 Dec 09 |
List 5 skeletal adaptations for bipedal
locomotion in humans.
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January |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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06 Jan 10 |
What is an atrium?
What is a ventricle?
How many of each are found in a
fish?Amphibian? Mammal?
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07 Jan 10 |
Draw the structure of the heart and labeled
the atria, ventricles and valves.
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11 Jan 10 |
Describe the events of the cardiac cycle.
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12 Jan 10 |
Describe mygenic control of the heart beat.
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14 Jan 10 |
What is the why ventricles thicker than
atriums are? Arteries thicker than veins?
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26 Jan 10 |
NEW SEMESTER
Contrast the structure and function of veins
and arteries.
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27 Jan 10 |
Compare the structure and function of the
three layers of a blood vessel.
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28 Jan 10 |
Describe how to take a blood pressure
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29 Jan 10 |
What do you expect the effect of exercise to
be on systolic and diastolic blood pressure?
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February |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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01 Feb 10 |
Why and how is circulation different in a
fetus than in a newborn?
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02 Feb 10 |
What causes a heart attack?
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04 Feb 10 |
Why might the frog RBC be so much larger
than the human RBC?
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08 Feb 10 |
What are the organs of the respiratory
system?
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09 Feb 10 |
What is ventilation and why must it be done? |
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10 Feb 10 |
List all passage ways through which air
passes during human breathing.
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11 Feb 10 |
Which way does the diaphragm move during
inhalation? Exhalation?
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22 Feb 10 |
What is ventilation and
how does it happen in a human?
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23 Feb 10 |
Write 5 observations about this molecule:
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25 Feb 10 |
Using this diagram as a
guide, write a sentence that makes the
connection between breathing and cellular
respiration.
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March |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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01 Mar 10 |
Describe what is happening at arrows 1-6 in
this diagram of glycolysis.
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02 Mar 10 |
After glycolysis, the linking reaction and
the Kreb's cycle, what is the net ATP
created per glucose? NADH?
FADH2?
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03 Mar 10 |
How is the creation of ATP through oxidative
phosphorylation different than through
substrate level phosphorylation?
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08 Mar 10 |
What is the net ATP production after
glycolysis? If no oxygen is present, will a
cell continue to the Krebs cycle and ETC?
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