Experimental Design
1. Be able to apply the basic steps of the scientific method.
2. Understand the difference between inductive & deductive logic and how each relates to the steps in the scientific method.
3. Be able to explain how the following relate to blood
pressure:
a) systolic
pressure
b) diastolic pressure
c)
cholesterol d)
stroke
e) heart attack f) anurism
4. Know what is considered healthy and unhealthy blood
pressure
limits.
Human Cytogenetics and Inheritance
1. Understand how these terms relate to human genetics:
a) autosomes vs sex
chromosomes b) genotype
vs phenotype c)
dominant
vs recessive
2. Be able to use a Punnet square to predict the probabiltiy of certain genetic outcomes.
3. Understand how to use and interpret a finished karyotype. (No, you won't have to arrange the chromosomes yourself.) :)
4. Understand the following about blood types:
a) how a person's genotype
will determine their blood
type
b) how the wrong blood type can be fatal
Population Genetics and Evolution
1. Understand what a population is.
2. Understand what the steps of Evolution by Natural Selection are and how they are expressed in nature.
3. Be familiar with the basics of Charles Darwin's life, especially as they relate to similarities with your life.
4. Understand these terms, as they relate to genetics and
evolution:
a)
allele
b) homozygous c)
heterozygous
d) biological fitness
5. Be able to explain how these terms effect population
genetics:
a) natural
selection
b) genetic drift c) lethal
gene
6. Be able to interpret graphs of different population
distributions
(genetic drift, natual selection, etc.)
Adaptation of Plants
1. Be able to describe the various adaptations that plants have
evolved to distribute their seeds.
2. Understand how these adaptations are used to conserve water
in plants:
a)
succulence
b) armature (thorns) c) leave
size and shape d)
cuticle
3. Be able to explain the function of gaurd cells and stomata.
4. Be able to recognize the difference between vines and poison ivy, especially the trait of tendrils vs aerial roots.
5. Understand the functions of these and how they relate to
production
and storage of plant materials:
a)
leaves
b) roots c) seeds
6. Be able to give examples of allelochemicals are and what they are used for in plants.
7. Understand how chemicals that are addictive to people are
used
by plants.
Adaptations of Animals
1. Understand these terms and be able to give examples for these
are adaptations in animals:
a)
symmetry
b) cryptic coloration c)
aposomatic
coloration d) mimicry
2. Looking at a skull, be able to identify which feeding strategy (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore) it uses and what each term means.
3. Be able to identify the difference between homologous and analogous structures, and how they relate to an animal's evolution.
4. Be able to distinguish between these terms and give
examples
of each:
a)
symbiosis
b) mutualism c)
parasitism
d) commensalism
Nature Hike
Understand these concepts
Station 1:
a) What animals and plants
are present in the butterfly garden?
b) What are the functions
of the plants?
c) What are the non-living
features of the garden?
d) What are the 4 aspects
of habitat?
e) What is an ecosystem?
Station 2:
a) How does the majority
of water enter and leave Lake Inferior?
b) What controls the water
quality in Lake Inferior?
c) What are: phytoplankton
and zooplankton ?
d) Why is important to human
quality of life in the Midwest that ice float?
Station 3:
a) What are primary
succession
and secondary succession and where would you find examples of
each?
b) What is the most common
form of litter in the United States (and on NKU's campus)?
Station 4:
a) What is meant by
a dominant species and understory plants?
b) What adaptation
do most understory plants for living in low light environments?
c) What is detritus?
d) What is meant by
habitat
destruction?
Pollution
1. Understand how these terms relate to water pollution:
a) parts per
million
b) parts per
billion
c) aquifer d) target
species
e) non-target species
2. Be able to describe how each of these relate to water
pollution:
a) oil
spills
b)
micro-organisms
c) pesticides d) soil erosion
3. Understand how diarrhea and dysentery relate to:
a) water
pollution
b) how they causes human
death
c) why they are a global concern
4. Be able to describe what biomagnification is and how
it relates to water pollution.
BQ: According to scientific
estimates,
how often does a plant or animal go extinct? At least one
every
day.