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Agenda Week of 9 May–13 May2011
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Monday 5/9/11
Ppt of Rat Dissection
HW: Review organ list and write functions
Tuesday 5/10/11
-Rat Dissection
HW: Organs Function and Review
Wednesday 5/11/11 –LateStart
-Rat Dissection
HW: Study for Quiz
Thursday 5/12/11
-Rat Dissection
HW: Study for Quiz
Friday 5/13/11
-Unit 6 Quiz 3
-Dissection Review
-Lab Practical Formative
HW: Endocrine Review
Parents/Guardian –
I have reviewed my child’s activities and homework for the week of 5/9/11-5/13/11.
I understand that is important for me to make sure that my child is ready for thequiz on 5/13/11, and has completed all assignments this week.
Semester Final 6/1-2/11.
Dissection Letters must be signed and all rules followed. Students not following safe dissection techniques will be excused from dissections and given an alternate assignment. No instruction will be available for alternate assignments during class.
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Bell Ringers: Week of 7 May – 13May 2011
Monday –Evolution can be seen in the fossil record in which of the following ways?
A. Organisms in the fossil record are identical to living organisms.
B. Individual species disappear and reappear in the fossil record over time.
C. The fossil record provides evidence that organisms have changed over time.
D. The fossil record provides evidence that all organisms developed at the same time.
Danaus plexippus and Danaus gilippus are two species of butterflies. Which of the following statements best explains why scientists classify them as two different species?
A. Only one of the species migrates in winter.
B. Only one of the species is found in North America.
C. The two species are not eaten by the same predators.
D. The two species cannot produce fertile offspring with each other.
What are the two main ways that speciation occurs
Tuesday – A mutation in an allele in an individual newt gave that newt faster reflexes. It is found that, after many generations, most of the newt population has the new allele.
Which of the following most likely caused this change?
A. The newt gave its mutated allele to other adult newts.
B. Other newts learned to copy the strategies of the mutated newt.
C. The same mutation occurred in other newts as a result of environmental conditions.
D. Newts with the mutation are better able to survive and reproduce than newts without the mutation.
Wednesday –The digestive system of most birds includes a structure called the gizzard. The gizzard crushes and grinds food, often with the help of small stones that the bird has swallowed.
Which of the following structures in the human digestive system has a function most similar to that of a bird’s gizzard?
A. esophagus
B. large intestine
C. small intestine
D. teeth
Thursday - A hereditary muscular disease in horses causes abnormal opening and closing of the sodium ion channels in the muscle cells. Which of the following statements describes the most likely origin of this disease?
A. A virus evolved specifically to attack the muscle cells of horses.
B. Motor neurons near some of the muscle cells degenerated over time.
C. High levels of sodium in the blood irreversibly damaged the ion channels.
D. A mutation occurred in the gene coding for the sodium ion channel protein.
Friday –Scientists believe that three species of lizards living on the Canary Islands descended from a common ancestor. Similarities in which of the following would most strongly support the scientists’ theory?
A. body size
B. main diet
C. population sizes
D. amino acid sequences
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Unit 6 Quiz 2 5/6/11
To determine heart rate, a student should countthe pulsations per minute in
1 a vein 3 an artery
2 a capillary 4 a lymph vessel
- What are the immune systems first lines of defense? List at least 2
- Antibodies produced by ______bind to ______on invading bacteria.
- Vaccinate individuals become protected against a specific disease because the weaken pathogen causes______
- Doctors prescribe antibiotics for what type of infection?
- What is a major difference between B cells and T cells?
- A foreign substance to the body that triggers an immune response is called a
- The antibody production response is much faster after the 2nd exposure to an antigen than the first one. The cell most likely response for this is
Non-specific immunityAntibodiesPlasma CellB-CellsVaccineAntigen
AntibioticsmutationPathogenT-cellsT-helper CellAllergy
T-Killer CellMemory CellPassive ImmunityActive Immunity
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