Name:___________________________
Agenda Week of 7 -11 Dec 2009
Class website:
www.marric.us/teaching
Semester Final Exam Dec 17 and 18,
2009
Monday 12/7/09 –
Replication color coding
Review Formative
HW: Transcription Review
Tuesday 12/8/09
 Unit 3 Quiz 1
 DNA/RNA Color Coding
HW: Translation Review
Wednesday 12/9/09 –Late Start
 12.4 Gene Regulation
HW: Ch.12 SciNote due 12/10/09
Thursday 12/10/09
 Ch 12.Study Guide
HW: Ch. 12 Study Guide – due
Monday 12/12/09
Friday 12/11/09 –
Review ppt/flashcards
HW: Study Guide – due prior to
Final EXAM
Parents/Guardian –
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I have reviewed my child’s activities
and homework for the week of
12/7/09 – 12/11/09 and will make
sure that my child is studying to
be prepared for success.
I will make sure that my child is
studying for the Fall Semester
Final on 12/17-12/18. The Fall
Semester Final includes material
from Unit 1 Ecology, Unit 2-Cell
Biology and Unit 3 Genetics.
The last day for late work from
this unit for partial credit is
Friday 12/11/09 .
Parent/Guardian Printed Name
Date: ____________Period:_____
Unit 3 Quiz 2 Dec 15
1. The amino acid that becomes attached to a molecule
of transfer RNA is specified by a
(an)_____________________________
2. Transfer RNA becomes attached to messenger RNA
by_____________________________
3. The decoding of a messenger RNA message into a
protein is known as_______________________
4. When Griffith injected mice with a mixture of live,
harmless bacteria and heat-killed pneumonia-causing
bacteria, the mice__________________
5. The three types of RNA are produced in
the____________________
6. Adenine and guanine are____________________
7. Unlike DNA, RNA
a.
b.
c.
8. How many bases are needed to code for three amino
acids?
9. What is occurring in the
diagram? Identify
.the structures labeled
A ______________ and
B_______________
Vocabulary
Regulatory site
Replication Repressor
Template
Trait
Transcription Translocation
Translation tRNA
mRNA
rRNA
Signature
Date
Bell Ringers: Week of 7 Dec – 11 Dec 2009
Monday –
Which of the following require a host cell because they are not able to make proteins on their own?
a. blue-green algae
b. bacteria
c. protozoa
d. viruses
Explain
Tuesday Osmosis is defined as the movement of ________.
a. molecules from a high concentration to a low concentration.
b. water molecules from a high concentration to a low concentration through a selectively permeable
membrane
c. water molecules from a low concentration to a high concentration through a selectively permeable
membrane.
d. ions from a low pressure region to a high pressure region through a selectively permeable
membrane.
Explain and diagram
Wednesday –
Explain what is happening in Step 1 and Step 2 and why Step
and Step 2 of the diagram are occurring.
Thursday - What is the function of enzymes in biological systems?
A Enzymes act as substrates when the necessary proteins are unavailable.
B Enzymes act as products to create new chemical reactions.
C Enzymes act as catalysts to drive chemical reactions forward.
D Enzymes bond with substrates to create the new reaction products.
Explain including what enzymes are made of
Friday Explain 3 differences between animal and plant cells.
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