Scavenger Hunt through the Biology – McDougal Littell Textbook

(Let’s get to know your textbook as a useable tool)

  1. Who is the author of your book? Where did they attend college for their Bachelors and Masters Degrees? Where did they earn their Doctorate at and what was the degree in?
  2. Name two units that you think you will find interesting.
  3. What is Chapter 33 about? Name the 3 sections found in this chapter.
  4. Where in you book would you find an appendix (pl. appendices)? What is found in Appendix B?
  5. Provide the root, meaning, and example of two scientific terms found in Reference area page R18.
  6. What kind of information is found in the vocabulary handbook on page R18?

Draw three organisms found in Appendix A and provide a brief explanation to their kingdom description.

  1. Take about 5 minutes and examine some of the contents presented in the Lab Handbook section. (R4) Draw 5 symbols and explain what these symbols stand for.
  2. Which chapter contains information on biomes? Name 2 types of biomes.
  3. Where would you find a chapter summary? What does the textbook call this?
  4. Looking at the vocabulary section of chapter 2, name two places where you could go to find the definition for polymer?
  5. In Ch 1, find and describe the word origin (meaning) for the term “Biology”.
  6. What kind of organism is featured in Figure 1-1?
  7. Examining Data Analysis Lab on page 49, which Variable set is the length of time spent jogging representing? What is the difference between the Dependent Variable and the Independent Variable?
  8. In which chapter would you find figure 2.22?
  9. In figure 2.22 (Catalysts and activation energy), what happens to the catalyzed activation energy as compared to activation energy required in an uncatalyzed reaction?
  10. What is the state standard addressed at the beginning of section 1.5?
  11. If you wanted to find detailed information on hydrogen bonds, where would you go to find out about this concept? Define hydrogen bonds.
  12. What information can you find out about on pages R1 to R100? What is this section called and how can it help you out? What does the R stand for?
  13. What is found on the back, inside cover of your book? Provide 3 different types of information that you could find from this chart.

Scavenger Hunt through the Biology – McDougal Littell Textbook

(Let’s get to know your textbook as a useable tool)

  1. Who is the author of your book? Where did they attend college for their Bachelors and Masters Degrees? Where did they earn their Doctorate at and what was the degree in?
  2. Name two units that you think you will find interesting.
  3. What is Chapter 33 about? Name the 3 sections found in this chapter.
  4. Where in you book would you find an appendix (pl. appendices)? What is found in Appendix B?
  5. Provide the root, meaning, and example of two scientific terms found in the reference section page R18.
  6. What kind of information is found in the vocabulary handbook on page R18?

Draw three organisms found in Appendix A and provide a brief explanation to their kingdom description.

  1. Take about 5 minutes and examine some of the contents presented in the Lab Handbook section. (R4) Draw 5 symbols and explain what these symbols stand for.
  2. Which chapter contains information on biomes? Name 2 types of biomes.
  3. Where would you find a chapter summary? What does the textbook call this?
  4. Looking at the vocabulary section of chapter 2, name two places where you could go to find the definition for polymer?
  5. In Ch 1, find and describe the word origin (meaning) for the term “Biology”.
  6. What kind of organism is featured in Figure 1-1?
  7. Examining Data Analysis Lab on page 49, which Variable set is the length of time spent jogging representing? What is the difference between the Dependent Variable and the Independent Variable?
  8. In which chapter would you find figure 2.22?
  9. In figure 2.22 (Catalysts and activation energy), what happens to the catalyzed activation energy as compared to activation energy required in an uncatalyzed reaction?
  10. What is the state standard addressed at the beginning of section 1.5?
  11. If you wanted to find detailed information on hydrogen bonds, where would you go to find out about this concept? Define hydrogen bonds.
  12. What information can you find out about on pages R1 to R100? What is this section called and how can it help you out? What does the R stand for?
  13. What is found on the back, inside cover of your book? Provide 3 different types of information that you could find from this chart.