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Final Exam Study Guide
General Information
Use this guide to help you study for your exam. It will be cumulative, covering everything from the first day of school until the exam.
There will be 100 multiple choice, true/false, or matching questions on the exam. Each question will count for one point totaling to
100 points for the exam. You will have almost two hours to complete the exam.
If you know you will be ABSENT on the day of the exam, please schedule another time to make up the exam before summer
break. All exams that are not taken before break will receive a zero in the grade book and be added to your report card grade.
BONUS!!
You will be able to bring one 3X5 note card (no bigger) with anything that you want written on it (front and back) to the exam
and use it while you take the test. If the note card is larger than 3X5 it will not be allowed to be used.
Study Tips:
A. Be sure to study all old tests and quizzes. They will have ALL the questions and information you will see on the exam.
Test questions can be viewed or checked out to take home during any help session.
B. You will have almost TWO FULL WEEKS to study for the exam. Study a few items each night to make studying more
manageable so you won’t be overwhelmed. I have broken them up into smaller sections you should try to do each night. DO
NOT WAIT until the last minute to study!!!
C. Use your old study guides. You have already done most of this work. You just need to refresh your memory.
D. This exam will count for almost as much as TWO QUIZ grades so it has the power to really move your grade up if you
study or down if you don’t. Take advantage of this opportunity.
E. SCHEDULE HELP SESSIONS to go over anything that is confusing for you or that you need help with. DO NOT wait
until the last minute or I may not be available to see you.
Tonight’s Homework is to GET ORGANIZED – Gather old tests and quizzes. If you have lost any get with a friend to see about
making copies of theirs. I will not be able to provide copies of old tests to keep, but you can come to help session and look at any test
questions you would like. Gather all vocabulary. Organize study materials into sections by chapter and lesson number. This will make
studying MUCH EASIER for you.
Tuesday and Wednesday Night Homework
1. Collect and begin studying all vocabulary definitions and notes from lessons 1.1 - 1.2, pages 49-50 of lesson 2.1,
lessons 2.2 - 2.4, and lessons 3.1-3.2, 4.1-4.2, 5.1-5.2, 6.2, 12.1-12.2, 13. 2, 14.1-14.3, 17.1, and 7.3. Divide the
lessons up so you study a little bit each night. Don’t panic. These are all review so you should remember most of
them as you review.
2. Know all the characteristics of life and be able to identify examples of each characteristic
3. Know where all the energy on our Earth comes from
4. Know how to name organisms and classify them according to the levels of classification: domain, kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
Weekend Homework
1. Know examples of organisms for each kingdom (there are six)
2. Know which kingdoms are grouped in the Eukarya domain
3. Know which classification taxa (group) is the most general and which is the most specific
4. Be able to use a dichotomous key to name an unknown organism
5. Know who Linnaeus, Aristotle, Hooke, Whittaker, van Leeuwenhoek, Schleiden, Schwann, Vichow, Mendel, and
Darwin, what time period they are from, and what their major contributions to science were.
6. Know the parts of an animal and a plant cell and be able to label each part
Monday Night Homework
1. Know the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells (including where their DNA is located)
2. Be able to identify all organelles of cells and know each of their functions
3. Know which organelles plant cells have that animal cells do not
4. Know the organization of an organism (cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism) and be able to identify
examples of each
5. Know the three parts of the cell theory
6. Explain the relationship between form and function
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Tuesday Night Homework
1. Know the difference between atoms and cells
2. Know the difference between active and passive transport and know the types of each
3. Know the difference between osmosis and diffusion
4. Explain why molecules generally move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
5. Be able to explain what it means for something to be semipermeable Know which part of the cell is semipermeable
and how that affects passive and active transport
6. Know what transport proteins are and be able to name two different types and how they work
Wednesday Night Homework
1. Be able to explain all the steps of cellular respiration
2. Be able to name the products and reactants of cellular respiration
3. Be able to identify which organisms photosynthesize, use cellular respiration, and use both types of fermentation
4. Know why fermentation is used in animals and what it does not need that the other processes listed above do need
5. Know the role of chloroplasts in photosynthesis and mitochondria in cellular respiration
Thursday Night Homework
1. Be able to explain the difference between haploid and diploid cells
2. Be able to explain why haploid sex cells (eggs/sperm or seed/pollen, etc.) are necessary for reproduction
3. Know how many chromosomes human diploid and haploid cells have
4. Understand how traits are passed down from parent to offspring
5. Understand the difference between and give examples of phenotype and genotype.
6. Know how to make, interpret, use and read a Punnett square
Weekend Homework
1. Know the scientific names for the bones of the human body (spelling counts)
2. Know and be able to describe the types of tissues that make up bones
3. Know the types of joints in the human body and an example for each
4. Distinguish between the 3 types of muscle
5. Know the cells, tissues, and organs of the digestive system
6. Know the role of enzymes and which enzymes are delivered in the mouth and small intestine
Monday Night Homework
1. Be able to trace food flow from ingestion to digestion to absorption to excretion
2. Be able to explain the difference between chemical and mechanical digestion
3. Know the difference between a digestive tract organ and an accessory organ
4. Know the cells, tissues, and organs of the respiratory system
5. Be able to trace the flow of oxygen through the parts of the respiratory system
6. Be able to explain the difference between breathing and respiration
7. Know some diseases of the respiratory system and how smoking/second hand smoke affects the lungs and alveoli
8. Be able to name some common irritants of the respiratory system
9. Understand the role of the diaphragm and air pressure in breathing
Tuesday Homework
1. Know the chambers, valves, major veins, and major arteries of the heart
2. Know the three types of blood vessels – characteristics of them, sizes, jobs, etc.
3. Be able to explain the difference between coronary, systemic, and pulmonary circulation
4. Know the parts of blood
5. Know the different human ABO blood types and which can be safely donated/received from each other
6. Know the functions of the skeletal, muscular, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and reproductive systems and
how they maintain homeostasis
7. Know the cells, tissues, and organs of the male and female reproductive system
8. Know the functions of the organs of the male and female reproductive system
9. Know what a virus is and what the steps are for viral replication