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Agenda Week of 15 Dec – 19 Dec 2008 Class website: www.marric.us/teaching
Semester Final Exam Dec 18 and 19, 2008
Monday 12/15/08 –
Review Agenda
Collect DNA Replication Review
Collect Central Dogma Concept Mapping
Collect Translation Review
Review Unit 1 Ecology material
Food Chain, Food Web, Population Biology, Succession, Global
Warming
HW: Semester Final Study Guide due Wednesday
Tuesday 12/16/08 (LEAP 2:30-4:00)
 Collect Agenda 12/8 – 12/12
 Review Cell Biology Unit 2 Material, Diffusion, Osmosis, Active Transport, Cell Organelles: Cell
Membrane, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Vacuoles, Animal Cells vs Plant Cells, Virus,
Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes, Macromolecules: Protein/Polypeptides, Lipids, Nucleic Acid,
Carbohydrates/Polysaccharides and their monomers
HW: Semester Final Study Guide due Wednesday
Wednesday 12/17/08 –Late Start
 Review Unit 3 – Molecular Genetics
HW: Study for Final
Thursday 12/18/08 – Block Day Minimum Day Finals Schedule
Collect Unit 3 Overview
Collect Semester Final Study Guide
Collect Agenda 12/15 – 12/19
HW: Rest, Relaxation, Recreation
Friday 12/19/08 – Block Day Minimum Day Finals Schedule
Collect Unit 3 Overview
Collect Agenda 12/15 – 12/19
HW: Rest, Relaxation, Recreation
Parents/Guardian –
 I have reviewed my child’s activities and homework for the week of 12/15/08 – 12/19/08 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 12/18-12/19. The Fall
Semester Final includes material from Unit 1 Ecology, Unit 2-Cell Biology and Unit 3 Genetics.
 I understand that the last day to retake any Unit Exam or Unit 3 quiz will be on Tuesday
afterschool on 12/16.
 The last day for late work from this unit for partial credit was Friday 12/12/08.
 Studies of students have shown that student scores improve if students are well rested (8+ hours
of sleep) and have eaten breakfast foods containing protein (at home or available on West Campus
at 7:00 am).
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Bell Ringers: Week of 15 Dec – 19 Dec 2008
Thursday/Friday Semester Exam
Monday –
In diagram II, which organisms
are the herbivores?
A. bluegrass
B. insects and worms
C. ants and spiders
D. birds
How much energy would you
expect in the trophic level for
bass in diagram I?
A. 10 kcal
B. 100 kcal
C. 1000 kcal
D. 10,000 kcal
How many grams per square meter of biomass are in trophic level 2 of diagram II?
A 5
B 27
C 104
D 900
Which organisms are the producers in diagram I?
A eelgrass
C fish and other carnivores
B insects, fish, and snails
D bass
Tuesday Which of these organisms is not an omnivore?
A.
B.
C.
D.
herring
shrimp
blue whale
killer whale
Refer again to the diagram. Improvements in fishing techniques
to an increase in the amount of herring harvested in recent
decades. Using the food web, what would be a direct effect of
increased harvests of herring?
A
B
C
D
The blue whale population would decrease.
The killer whale population would increase.
The herring gull population would increase.
The shrimp population would increase.
Wednesday –
Which of these shows how energy is transferred in a food web?
A herbivore to producer to carnivore
B producer to carnivore to herbivore
C carnivore to herbivore to producer
D producer to herbivore to carnivore
Thursday - Friday
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