AGBU- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian High School
9th GRADE BIOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE MIDTERMS
(2015-2016)
The key to success and good grades is READING.
READ all assigned sections to be best prepared for your exams.
Make up of the Midterm Exam:
1. Multiple choice questions
2. Matching terms
3. “True-False” questions
4. Short essay questions
5. Labeling
6. 2 Diagram based short-answer questions
YOU CANNOT SHARE OBJECTS
WITH YOUR FRIENDS DURING THE EXAM.
Chapters and Sections covered during the 1st semester that will be included in the midterm are:
Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Function
Section 2: Cell Organelles
Section 3: Cell Membrane
Section 4: Diffusion and Osmosis
Chapter 4: Cells and Energy
Section 1: Chemical Energy and ATP
Section 2: Overview of Photosynthesis
Section 4: Overview of Cellular Respiration
Chapter 5: Cell Growth and Division
Section 1: The Cell Cycle
Section 2: Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Chapter 6: Meiosis and Mendel
Section 1: Chromosomes and Meiosis
Section 2: Process of Meiosis
Section 4: Traits, Genes and Alleles
Matching Terms
Vocabulary words and definitions will be covered in “matching terms”. Two columns will be provided: a. list of terms, b. their explanations.
You should write the term next to its corresponding explanation.
True and False
Major concepts (Main Ideas) in the sections will be asked as true or false statements.
Short Essay Questions
Short Essay Questions are similar to the “Section Review” questions at the end of each section. The list of all the sections covered in the mid-term exam is mentioned above.
Labeling
Fig. 3.6: Cell Structure, p. 74
Fig. 5.7: The Cell Cycle, p. 141 (the name of the phases ONLY)
Diagram Based Short-Essay Questions
A diagram or a data/graph will be given followed by a set of questions to interpret the diagrams.