LIFE SCIENCE
TRIVIA
10TH GRADE CST PREP
WHY TEST?
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No Child Left Behind (federal mandate)
Grade 5
Grade 8
Grade 10
Life Science Standards
WHO WILL TEST?
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All 10th grade students in America.
Each state has their own assessment.
CST Life Science
In CA, only CST left this year
• 60 question item test
WHEN?
• Tuesday, April 14th
• Block A/B (morning, before lunch) if you have
a science during those blocks
• Block C/D (after lunch) if you have a science
after lunch
• MOST students are done within one block (90
minutes)
CST Life Science
ADVANCED
PROFICIENT
2009 2010 2011
4% 5% 10%
11% 14% 20%
15% 19% 30%
2012
10%
24%
34%
2013
9%
27%
36%
2014
16%
28%
44%
YOUR INCENTIVE . . .
• A GRADE CHANGE!!
• If you score PROFICIENT or above, your last
Biology AB grades (both semesters) will be
changed ONE grade level.
CST LIFE SCIENCE BOOTCAMP
• 2 DAYS
• Trivia Game (5 rounds)
• Will review the standards you will see on the
test.
1) Cell Biology
2) Genetics
3) Evolution
4) Ecology
5) Body Systems
DAY 1
• 2 Rounds
• Cell Biology and Evolution
• Top 3 Teams will win a prize.
GAME CARD
• Fill out Game Card
• Teams of 4
ROUND 1
Cell Biology
TESTING STRATEGIES
• UNDERLINE for KEY WORDS
• ELIMINATE wrong answers (NO penalty for
writing on the test)
• MARK the diagrams, graphs, and charts.
KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS
• TYPES OF CELLS (Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic, Virus
• CELL STRUCTURES (cell membrane, cell wall)
• CELL ORGANELLES (nucleus, chloroplast,
mitochondria)
• DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CELLS
• PROCESSES (photosynthesis, cellular respiration,
cell division)
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!!
START!
• SWITCH GAME CARDS WITH ANOTHER TEAM
• USE PEN TO CORRECT
ROUND 1 ANSWERS
CELL BIOLOGY
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. D
6. D
INVENTORY
• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally
mark next to the question(s) you missed.
VIDEO #1
• CELL ORGANELLES
ROUND 2
GENETICS
KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS
• TRAITS CAN BE DOMINANT
(EXPRESSED) OR RECESSIVE
(HIDDEN).
• A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC
(PHENOTYPE) IS DETERMINED
BY THE GENETIC MAKEUP
(GENOTYPE)
• SEX-LINKED INHERITANCE IS
DETERMINED BY WHICH
PARENT CARRIES THE TRAIT
– MALES = XY
– FEMALES = XX
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DOMINANT
RECESSIVE
GENOTYPE
PHENOTYPE
ALLELE
GENES
INHERITANCE
TRAIT
SEX-LINKED
OFFSPRING
• PUNNETT SQUARES!!
– Each box is worth 25%
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!
START!!
• SWITCH GAME CARDS
ROUND 2
GENETICS
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. D
INVENTORY
• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally
mark next to the question(s) you missed.
VIDEO #2
DAY 2
• BODY SYSTEMS
• EVOLUTION
• ECOLOGY
NEW GAME CARD
• TEAMS OF 4
• TOP 3 TEAMS WIN A PRIZE!
KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS
• ALL BODY SYSTEMS
COMPLIMENT EACH
OTHER TO BRING
OXYGEN AND
NUTRIENTS TO CELLS
AND REMOVE WASTE
AND CARBON DIOXIDE.
• VACCINES ARE USED TO
PREVENT DISEASE.
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ABSORPTION
HOMEOSTASIS
VACCINE
INFECTION
ANTIBODIES
ANTIGEN
TESTING STRATEGIES
• UNDERLINE for KEY WORDS
• ELIMINATE wrong answers (NO penalty for
writing on the test)
• MARK the diagrams, graphs, and charts.
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!!!
START!!!
• SWITCH GAME CARDS
ROUND 3
BODY SYSTEMS
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. B
INVENTORY
• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally
mark next to the question(s) you missed.
VIDEO #3
ROUND 4
• EVOLUTION
KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS
• NATURAL SELECTION ACTS
ON THE PHENOTYPE NOT
THE GENOTYPE.
• LETHAL ALLELES ARE
HIDDEN (RECESSIVE) AND
ARE PASSED FROM
GENERATION TO
GENERATION.
• NATURE SELECTS WHO LIVES
AND WHO DIES.
• IF AN ORGANISM CANNOT
ADAPT IT CAN BECOME
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PHENOTYPE
GENOTYPE
HOMOZYGOUS
HETEROZYGOUS
NATURAL SELECTION
FOSSIL
BIODIVERSITY
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!
START!!!
• SWITCH GAME CARDS
ROUND 4
EVOLUTION
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. D
INVENTORY
• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally
mark next to the question(s) you missed.
VIDEO #4
LAST ROUND!!!
ROUND 5
ECOLOGY
ROUND 3
KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS
• BIRTH AND
IMMIGRATION RATES
INCREASE THE SIZE OF A
POP.
• DEATH (BY DISEASE OR
PREDATION) AND
EMIGRATION DECREASE
SIZE OF A POP.
• ELEMENTS ARE CYCLED
THROUGH ORGANISMS
AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
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POPULATION
BIRTH RATE
DEATH RATE
IMMIGRATION
EMIGRATION
ECOSYSTEM
PHOTOSYTHESIS (“E”
IN)
• RESPIRATION (“E” OUT)
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!!
START!!!
• SWITCH GAME CARDS
ROUND 5
ECOLOGY
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. A
INVENTORY
• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally
mark next to the question(s) you missed.
GOOD LUCK!!
• Be sure to rest the night before.
• Be sure to eat breakfast/lunch day of.
• See Mr. Torres, Testing Coordinator, Room 521
if you do not receive a seat number.
• Don’t forget about the grade change
incentive!!