NAME:______________________________________
Biology
Semester 1 Study Guide
Mrs. Corbin
Chapter 1: Scientific Method
1.
Define Chapter 1 Vocabulary:
Scientific TheoryPeer ReviewObservationHypothesisExperimentScientific MethodControl groupInferenceSafety Symbol-
2. What is Science?
3. What are the 3 limits of science that we discussed in class?
a)
b)
c)
4) What are the 5 steps of the scientific method? Explain what happens in each step.
a)
b)
c)
d)
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5) In an actual scientific experiment how many things are tested at a time?
6) What is the mathematical formula for volume? Be prepared to use it in a question.
7) What is the mathematical formula for density? Be prepared to use in a question.
8) The table below shows the densities of six different metals. Make a bar graph of the information
shown below. Order the densities from low to high. Label both axes.
Metal
Aluminum
Iron
Nickel
Tin
Tungsten
Zinc
Density (g/mL)
2.7
7.9
8.9
7.3
19.3
7.1
9) Be able to determine the proper steps in the Scientific method if I give you an example.
Here’s the info you are given:
I noticed that I spilled my Coke into a pot of flowers. The next day I came back and the plants were
dead.
Use to the steps to create an experiment:
ObservationQuestionHypothesisMethodResults-
Test 2: Ecology
1. What are the 6 characteristics of living things?
2. Define an organism.
3. What is Ecology?
4. What is a heterotroph? What is an autotroph?
5. What are 3 types of heterotrophs?
6. What does “hetero” mean in Greek? What does “troph” mean in Greek?
7. What are the 2 major types of Ecosystems?
8. What are the 3 types of symbiosis? Be able to identify examples of each and explain your
reasoning.
9. Define symbiosis.
10. Define species, population, community, and ecosystem. Give an example of each.
11. Explain how a change in one population in a community could affect the entire ecosystem.
12. ______________________factors are the non-living things in an environment.
______________________ factors are the living things in an environment.
13. Which levels of the ecosystem includes just the biotic factors?
14. Which levels of the ecosystem includes the biotic and abiotic factors?
15. The ______________ is the portion of the Earth that supports all living things.
16. In the parasitic relationship between a flea and a dog, the flea is the _____________________
and the dog is the ______________________.
17. Wind, humidity, and rocks are all __________________ ___________________ in a terrestrial
environment.
18. In ecological classification, the next to smallest level after the ecosystem is the
________________________. (Hint: Study the graphic organizer you made for levels of
organization).
19. Be able to name the levels of organization of the biosphere and their definitions.
20. What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
21. State the steps of the Water Cycle.
22. State the steps of the Carbon Cycle.
23. State the steps of the Nitrogen Cycle.
24. State the steps of the Phosphorus Cycle.
25. Draw a diagram of each biogeochemical cycle.
Test 3: Biomes and Communities
1. What is a community?
2. What is a limiting factor? Give 2 examples of limiting factors.
3. What is the main difference between Primary Succession vs. Secondary Succession?
4. What is a Pioneer Community? What type of species are Pioneer Species?
5. What is a Climax community?
6. Which takes longer to occur: a primary succession or secondary succession? Why?
7. What is an example of when Secondary Succession would occur?
8. What is the most distinctive abiotic factor about the Tundra?
9. T or F: The tundra cannot support large trees because of the lack of rain. Correct if
statement is false.
10. Describe the Boreal Forest/Taiga.
11. Why do trees in the Temperate Forest shed their leaves in the Fall?
11. What Biome is GA in?
12. What defines a desert?
13. In what Biome do cacti belong?
14. What makes the Tropical Rainforest important?
15. In what Biomes would you NOT find reptiles? Remember: Reptile cannot maintain their
own body heat.
16. In what Biome would you find mainly grasses and scattered trees with lions, hyenas, and
elephants?
17. Be able to describe one biome in detail. Needs to include the climate, 2 specific animals, 2
specific plants, and the factors threatening to destroy it.
Test 4: Chemistry in Biology
1. What is matter?
2. What defines an element?
3. What tool do scientists use to organize and classify elements?
4. Each element is made of individual __________ unique to that element. Every element is different in
_____________ and _____________.
5. The atom has 2 specific areas. Name them and describe what subatomic particle resides in each
area.
6. The proton has a ___________ charge. The neutron has ___________ charge. The electron has a
_________________ charge.
7. Each element is identified with a 1, 2, 3 letter abbreviation called the _________________________.
8. The atomic number of an element determines the number of ___________________ and also the
number of ___________________.
9. The atomic mass is the sum of the ___________________ and _________________________.
10. What does organic mean in the context of this chapter? (hint: It has nothing to do with vegetables
at the market)
11. Define macromolecule.
12. Define a polymer.
13. What are the 4 major types of macromolecules.
14. Study the Graphic Organizer for Macromolecules!!!
15. What is a nucleotide?
16. Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
cellulose
e.
polymer
b.
polar molecule f.
solution
c.
nucleus
g.
enzyme
d.
peptide bond h.
metabolism
1. large molecule formed when many smaller molecules bond together
2. molecule with unequal distribution of charge
3. protein that speeds up a chemical reaction
4. bond formed between amino acids
5. all the chemical changes that occur within an organism
6. mixture in which one substance is distributed evenly in another
7. glucose polymer that forms the cell walls of plants
Chapter 7: Cell
1. Draw a diagram of the cell membrane. Include a phospholipid bilayer, a single phospholipid labeled,
a carbohydrate chain, and a transport protein.
2. Label the hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas of a phospholipid.
3. What is the Cell Theory? Name the 4 parts.
4. Who was the first person to name the cell?
5. Who was the first person to study living plant cells?
6. What is the difference between a eukaryotic cell and a prokaryotic cell?
7. What is an organelle?
8. What is the function of the cell membrane?
9. Describe the term selectively permeable membrane.
10. Be able to label the animal cell and plant cell organelles. Review and correct quiz mistakes.
11. Be able to give a one sentence definitions of all the organelles that were on the quiz.
12. What is a isotonic solution?
13. What is a hypertonic solution?
14. What is a hypotonic solution?
15. What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis?
16. What is the difference between osmosis and active transport?
17. What are the similarities between cilia and flagella? What are the differences?
18. Be able to draw what happens to a cell that is placed in each of the other solutions.
19. Review all of your plasma membrane Quiz!
20. Review all of your Cell Labeling Quiz!
21. What is a plasmid?