WARM UP
QUESTIONS
Biology B
Mrs. Rhodes Spring 2014
These are completed on a blue
page, due each week
Week of March 17
March
17
Still taking 2nd trimester EXAMS
18
Define energy. List several types and give
several examples
Energy is the ability to do work. Movement is required
to be work. Types = solar, mechanical, electrical,
nuclear, chemical bonds, etc
Examples = eating food, photosynthesis, charging ipad
19
What is an invasive species? How does this
have any relationship to energy?
Species that ‘invades’ an area and outcompetes the
native species normally found there.
It disrupts the food web by taking away resources like
food or sunlight
20
Define energy transfer and give at least 3
examples.
The energy is moving somewhere else but is also
changing form.
Coal (chemical) – power plant – wires (electrical) –
transformer – socket – iPad (sound, light).
Sun – wheat – carbs – granola bar – ATP – muscle
movement
21
Write the equation for photosynthesis.
sunlight
6 CO2 + 6 H2O
chlorophyll
C6H12O6 + 6 O2
Week of March 24
I will have a sub on Tuesday
and Wednesday to write
School Improvement Report
March
24
List 5 carbohydrates and explain where in the
carb the energy actually is found.
Glucose, sucrose, fructose, cellulose, starch, sugar,
pasta, cookies, bagels, etc
Energy is in the C-C and C- H bonds.
25
What is the role of the circulatory
(cardiovascular) system?
What do the words cardio, circulate and
vascular mean?
To circulate (move) things. Things like sugar, oxygen,
etc. , not to move the blood but to transport the things in
the blood.
Cardio = heart, circulate = move in a circle or loop,
vascular = tubes or vessels (blood vessels)
26
What things are absorbed by the digestive
system?
Sugars, amino acids, proteins, fats, fatty acids, etc.
27
Make a carbon cycle diagram and label the
following parts; photosynthesis, cellular
respiration and digestion and circulation
CO2 – plant - photosynthesis – sugar – digestion to
circulation to cellular respiration – CO2
28
What is/are the energy transfers that occur in
photosynthesis?
Solar energy (light and heat; only need light) to
chemical energy in carbs. (see Monday )
Week of March 31
March
31
How is aerobic cellular respiration (CR)
related to organismal respiration
(gill/lungs/etc)?
CR needs oxygen, in the
mitochondria In order to
work – breathing provides cells
with that oxygen.
April
1
Sketch an ATP molecule.
Note the P-P bonds called “high energy
bonds”
Chpt 3 –
P-P is highly AVAILABLE energy.
Sun – lots; hard to store, sugar – stored
energy hard to spend, ATP easy to spend
format in cells
2
What is a ‘carbon sink’?
Traps or holds carbon; reservoir; out of
the cycle for a while – carbon in trees –
may be trapped there for 100s of years.
3
Why does MI have higher CO2 levels in the
winter?
No leaves – no photosynthesis
consuming CO2/ plants respiring to stay
alive actually give off CO2 – reverses in
summer
4
No School ~ Spring Break Starts

Remember you have an extra
credit opportunity over break.
Week of April 14 ~ Welcome Back !
April
14
Define ecosystem and give 3-4 examples
A defined region and all the living things in the
area and all the living things they interact with
and all the nonliving things they interact with.
15
Define ecological succession
Living things give and take from environment.
This changes the environment over time –
making it better or worse for specific species –
some species are replaced by others.. Field, fills
with weeds, then shrubs and small trees,
eventually becomes a forest.
16
Describe the 10% rule
10 of energy at each trophic level is available to
be used by next trophic level
17
“where does the other 90% go? “
Its lost to environment or stored in organism
18
What is a keystone species?
Vital to so many food chains within a food web
that it supports the whole web.
Week of April 21 - 25
April 21
Define population and give
several examples
All the individuals of the same species in the same place at
the same time that could potentially produce viable offspring.
April 22
How does the predator-prey
relationship impact
predators? How does it
impact prey?
Predator – gets food; if lots of prey its easy, if less prey its
harder/ more competition. If lots of predators its harder –
less predators = easier
Prey gets better because the best/ fastest/ healtiest/smartest
survive – less prey = less competition for resources
April 23
Sketch a graph that shows
exponential population
growth and give an example
of a population that would fit
this trend.
Bacteria
rabbits
? Humans fit this trend
April 24
April 25
½ day for conferences
Conferences at HS are 1- 4 and 5-8 pm
Explain three factors that can
cause a population to
decresase/ increase in size
POWER OUT
(enough food/ lack of food, more/ less predators, more/ less
space – increased competition, disease out break, etc)
Week of April 28 – May 2
This week was notebook paper
due to broken printer 
April
28
Define biome and give at least 3
examples
Large geographic region
Similar climate (same latitude, temp range and precip amounts, seasons, etc)
Similar vegetation supported because of simiilar climate
Ex: desert, tropical rain forest, temperate grassland (prairie), etc
29
Define terrestrial.
What does the root ‘terra’ mean?
What are some other words with
terra in them?
Land or Earth
Land or earth
Territory – region of land, Terrain – like terrain park, Terra Firma, ATV; all terrain
vehicle – goes on all kinds of land….
Terrace/ terraced ,Terrarium, extra-terrestrial (beyond earth), terra nova (new
land), Mediterranean
30
Define aquatic. Describe at least 4
aquatic biomes.
Related to water – think “agua”
Rivers and streams
Lakes
Ocean – lots of regions’; coral reef, tidal zone, open ocean, abyss
estuary
May 1
Compare and contrast a temperate
deciduous forest with a tropical rain
forest
Both mostly trees
Both enough rain/precip.
Tropical RF – near equator, lots of rain, wet/dry season, hot
Temp. DF – between equator and poles, some rain, 4 seasons, not always hot,
leaves fall off trees
May 2
Define niche
An organisms ROLE or FUNCTION in its ecosystem. NOT where it lives (that is
habitat)
Does it pollinate, disperse seeds, is it a predator, producer, etc.
Week of May 5 – 9
Return to blue forms…note that
puzzle is related to Cinco de Mayo 
May 5
List 4-5 natural disasters that
impact biomes. Describe the
impact of 1 in detail.
Fire, hurricane, snow storm, tornado, drought.
Drought means not enough water may change depth or
shape of pond, may mean less things like algae and frogs
in food web, could mean less water for deer to drink –
looking for new water might put them in the road more….
May 6
Write the equation for
photosynthesis and tell the
importance of light
Light provides the energy for the reaction.
More light – more photo = more food, more plant growth
and more O2…. Tropical rain forest.
Less light – less photo = less plant growth , less food and
less O2…. tundra
May 7
No warm up question today
X
May 8
How did you prepare for
today’s test?
Did you try any new methods
of studying? What items did
you actually use to study?
TEST !!
May 9
Define heredity and genetics.
What is the difference? How
are they related?
•Mrs
Rhodes will have a sub to attend her daughter’s college
orientation/registration day at GVSU *
•Heredity means what you inherit – traits like eye color, ancient idea
since we started cultivating crops and livestock
•Genetics means studying how the genes store and carry the
information about those traits… decoding DNA, newer
Week of May 12 – 16
Start of Genetics Unit
May 12
Describe DNA
Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
Chemical used to store and transfer genetic information.
What chromosomes are made of.
One of 4 organic macromolecules (proteins, lipids,
carbohydrates and NUCLEIC ACIDS)
The other form is RNA
May 13
Why do cells complete the
process of mitosis?
The need to copy all the DNA, then sort and organize it so
that when the cell divides into 2 cells they each get a full set
of the original DNA
May 14
Why would some cells need
the process of meiosis (aka
reduction division) instead of
mitosis?
Cells that will be used for reproduction only need ½ the DNA
; one of each chromosome vs pairs of each chromosome.
This is so each parent can contribute ½ the DNA (one of
each chromosome) and the new organism will have a full set
of DNA with pairs of each chromosome
May 15
Sketch an animal cell and
label the structures used
during cell division.
Centrosome
Centriole
Centromere
May 16
Describe the cell wall (cell
plate) found in plant cells.
Plants have a cell wall made of cellulose ( starchy/ firm/
crispy/ wood!) so they can not “pinch the membrane in half”
to divide – must construct a cell plate across middle ….
chromosome
* ½ the words in this unit
chromatids
start with C – make sure
spindle/ spindle fibers
you can tell them apart
May
19
Compare and contrast genes
and chromosomes
20
Define allele
21
Define clone
22
Define probability
23
May 26
Memorial Day
27
Explain how DNA replicates
28
How is DNA replication
related to mitosis
29
What is a nucleotide
30
How is DNA replication
related to meiosis
June
2
What is transcription – how
does it differ from replication
3
How does your phenotype
impact your genotype and
visa versa?
4
Define protein synthesis
5
What is translation
6
Quiz today – no warm up
Week of June 8
NO WARM UP QUESTIONS
June 9
Regular Day
10
Regular Day
Review
11
EXAM 1st block
Modified schedule
12
EXAMS 2 and 3
Full day with seminar in middle
You MUST attend school today
13
EXAMS 4 and 5
Full day with seminar in middle
You MUST attend school today