AP Biology Quarter 2: Weeks 16-19
December 7, 2010 – January 13, 2011
Deadline: Semester 1 late/missing/redo W 12/15 3:45pm
DATE / IN CLASS / HOMEWORKWednesday
(6,7; 80 min.)
12/8/10 / Macroevolution and Cladistics
*How does the fossil record chronicle macroevolution? What is the role of mass extinctions and evo-devo in evolution? What is the role of phylogenetics and cladistics in systematics? / 1. Ch 10.17-23, 16 SG
DUE: F 12/10
2. Semester Exam
DUE: Th 12/16
Friday
(6,7; 95 min.)
12/10/10 / Prokaryotes and Protists
*What features characterize prokaryotes and protists? How did multicellularity arise? / 1. Ch 18-19.1-8 SG/Phylogeny Chart
DUE: T 12/14
2. Semester Exam
DUE: Th 12/16
Tuesday
(6,7; 95 min.)12/14/10 / Evolution of Invertebrates and Vertebrates
*What characterizes an animal? How does animal body plan help to understand the phylogeny of animals? / 1. Semester Exam
DUE: Th 12/16
Thursday
(6,7; 95 min.)
12/16/10 / AP Bio Semester Exam
Assessment: Unit I A, B, Unit II A, B, C
* Demonstration of Understanding!!! / No Homework!!!
Enjoy a well-deserved break!!!
Monday
(6,7; 95 min.)
1/3/11 / Animal Structure and Function: Homeostasis
* How does the hierarchy of animal structure dictate the function of animal systems? What is the importance of homeostasis for survival? / 1. Ch 21 Study Guide
DUE: W 1/5
Wednesday
(6,7:80 min.)
1/5/11 / Nutrition and Digestion
*What evolutionary trends are revealed in animal digestion? How does the human digestive system show both positive and negative feedback? / 1. Ch 22 Study Guide
DUE: F 1/7
Friday
(6,7; 95 min.)1/7/11 / Respiration
*How do animals exchange gasses on land vs. water? What is the value of counter current exchange? / 1. Ch 22 Study Guide
DUE: M-Th 1/10-13
Monday-Thursday
1/10-13/11 / / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday8:40-10:25 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 6
10:25-10:45 / Break
10:45-12:30 / 3 / 4/0 / 7 / 8
Respiration: Fish Gill Dissection
*How do animals exchange gasses on land vs. water? What is the value of counter current exchange? / 1. Ch 23 Study Guide
DUE: W 1/19
Knowledge
q Earth History and Macroevolution
o Macroevolution and the geologic time scale
o Radiometric dating
o Continental drift: Pangea, Laurasia, Gondwana, plate tectonics
o Mass extinctions
o Exaptation
o Evo-Devo and paedomorphosis
o Phylogenetic trees and cladistics
q Systematics and Phylogenetic Biology
o Systematic classification
o Convergent evolution: homology vs. analogy
o Molecular comparisons: protein comparisons, DNA and RNA comparisons, molecular clocks
o Cladistic analysis
q The Domains of Life
o Three domain system
q Early Earth and the Origin of Life
o Early Earth environment
o Origins of life, Miller-Urey
o Ribozymes and RNA world
o Molecular cooperatives
q Animal Evolution and Diversity
o Characteristics of animals
o Origins of the animal kingdom
q Invertebrates
o Porifera: radial symmetry, body plan, nutrition and digestion
o Cnidaria: radial symmetry, body plan, life cycle, nutrition and digestion, development
o Platyhelminthes: bilateral symmetry, nutrition and digestion, flukes, tapeworms, body cavities, disease
o Nematoda: body plan, nutrition and digestion, C. elegans, diseases
o Mollusca: body plan, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
o Annelida: segmentation, earthworms, polychetes, leeches
o Arthropoda: body plan, horseshoe crab, arachnids, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes, insects (types of metamorphosis)
o Echinodermata: radial symmetry, body plan, water vascular system
q Vertebrates
o Features of Chordates: nerve chord, notochord, pharengeal gill slits, post-anal tail
o Tunicates and Lancelets
o Vertebrates characteristics: skull and backbone, hinged jaws
o Chondricthyes and Osteichthyes
o Amphibians
o Reptiles and amniotic eggs
o Birds
o Mammals: monotremes, marsupials, eutherials
q Phylogeny of the Animal Kingdom
o Evolutionary trends: tissues, symmetry, body cavity, coelom
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