Gymnázium, Brno, Slovanské nám. 7, WORKBOOK - Biology
WORKBOOK
http://agb.gymnaslo.cz
Subject:
Biology
Teacher:
Iva Kubištová
Student:
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School year: …………../…………
Topics:
1. Introduction to Biology
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Gymnázium, Brno, Slovanské nám. 7, WORKBOOK - Biology
Introduction to biology - Task No 1: Classification of Biology
Branches of Biology:
Fill short characteristic of science
Microbiology
Mycology
Botany
Algology
Bryology
Dendrology
Zoology
Entomology
Ichthyology
Ornithology
Anthropology
Paleontology
Morphology and Anatomy
Physiology
Immunology
Ontogeny of organisms
Phylogeny (evolutionary
biology)
Genetics
Ethology
Ecology
Biogeography
Taxonomy
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
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Introduction to Biology - Task No 2: Astronauts
Writte answers!
If you were a member of an astronaut team sent to another planet, how could you tell
whether object on that planet were alive?
You could gather clues to your prior ideas of what constitutes life.
To answer the question with confidence, you need to consider what characteristic living
things have in common.
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Introduction to Biology - Task No 3: Levels of organization of life
Match the characteristic (one Czech, one English example) of the part of life on Earth with the
level of life.
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Multicellular Organism
Organ System
Organ
Tissue
Cell
Organelle
Molecule
Atom
Subatomic Particle
Pine tree population
Pine tree
Epidermal cells
Forest ecosystem
Forest community
Nucleus, vacuole, cytoplasm
DNA, proteins, starch
Carbon, hydrogen, oxagen, nitrogen,
sulphur
Roots, trunk, needle, cone, seeds
Meristematic tissues
populace kapra obecného
kapr obecný
cévní soustava
ekosystém rybníka (voda, její teplota,
proudění, ryby, bezobratlí)
buňky srdeční tkáně
jádro, cytoplazma, mitochondrie
nukleové kyseliny, bílkoviny, voda,
amoniak…
společenstvo rybníka (řasy, sinice, rostliny,
ryby, bezobratlí)
srdce, cévy
vazivový obal, srdeční svalovina
uhlík, vodík, kyslík, dusík, síra
elektrony, neutrony
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Introduction to Biology - Task No 4: Characteristic of life
Use the characteristic of life key terms listed in the box to fill in the blanks in the sentences.
You will not use all the terms.
Metabolism
Reproduction
Inheritance
Complex structural organisation
Growth
Development
Reaction to stimuli
Evolution
1. _____________ is the biological process which new individual organismus are
produced; each individual organism exists as the result of ______________.
2. _____________ in biology is reaction to a stimulus.
3. All living things must have an unceasing supply of energy and matter. The
transformation of this energy and matter within the body is called _____________.
4. _____________ is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or
becomes predisposed to characteristics of its parent cell or organism.
5. _____________ refers to an increase in some quantity over time. The quantity can be
physical (e.g., growth in height) or abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex,
an organism becoming more mature: It is named ____________).
6. _____________ is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation
to generation.
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Introduction to Biology - Task No 5: Chemistry in Biology
Fill in right answers.
1. What atoms make up carbohydrates?
________________________________________________________________________
2. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about carbohydrates.
a. Starches and sugars are examples of carbohydrates.
b. Living things use them as their main source of energy.
c. The monomers in sugar polymers are starch molecules.
d. Plants and some animals use them for strength and rigidity.
3. Single sugar molecules are also called:_________________________________________
4. Circle the letter of each monosaccharide.
a. galactose
b. glycogen
c. glucose
d. fructose
5. What are polysaccharides? __________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
6. What kinds of atoms are lipids mostly made up of? _______________________________
7. What are three common categories of lipids?
a. ___________________
b. ___________________
c. ___________________
8. Many lipids are formed when a glycerol molecule combines with compounds called
________________________________________________________________________
9. Circle the letter of each way that fats are used in living things.
a. As parts of biological membranes
b. To store energy
c. To give plants rigidity
d. As chemical messengers
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10. Complete the table about lipids.
11. Nucleic acids contain what kinds of atoms? _____________________________________
12. The monomers that make up nucleic acids are known as __________________________
13. A nucleotide consists of what three parts? ______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
14. What is the function of nucleic acids in living things? _____________________________
15. What are two kinds of nucleic acids?
a. _____________
b. _____________
16. Proteins contain what kinds of atoms? _________________________________________
17. Proteins are polymers of molecules called ______________________________________
18. What are four roles that proteins play in living things?
a. __________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. __________________________________
d. __________________________________
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