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Agenda Week of 17 Dec – 21 Dec 2007
Fall Semester Final EXAM 12/20-12/21
Class website: www.marric.us/teaching
Monday 12/17/07 –
Review Agenda
Study Material - Ecology
20 Questions
HW: Review Unit 1 Flashcards
Tuesday 12/18/07 (LEAP 2:30-3:30)
Study Material – Cell Biology
20 Questions
HW: Review Unit 2 Flashcards
Wednesday 12/19/07 – Late Start
Study Material - Genetics
20 Questions
HW: Review Unit 1 Flashcards
Thursday 12/20/07 – Block Day – Minimum Day
EXAM
HW: Rest and Refresh
Friday 12/21/07 – Block Day – Minimum Day
EXAM
HW: Rest and Refresh
Parents/Guardian –
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I have reviewed my child’s activities and homework for the week of 12/17/07 – 12/21/07 and will
make sure that my child is studying to be prepared for success.
I will make sure that my child is studying to prepare for the Fall
Semester Final on 12/20-12/21. The Fall Semester Final includes
material from Unit 1 Ecology, Unit 2-Cell Biology and Unit 3
Genetics.
Both Thursday (12/20) and Friday (12/21) are minimum days
specifically for Semester/Unit Finals. Students will have
approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes during which time Biology
students will answer 100 questions: 1/3 Ecology, 1/3 Cell Biology
and 1/3 Genetics.
Research has found that students getting 8 -9 hours of sleep
before an exam perform better than students that get less sleep.
The weekly agenda will be collected at the time of the exam.
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Bell Ringers: Week of 17 Dec – 21 Dec 2007
Monday –
A community of organisms interacting with abiotic environmental factors is called a (an) ____?
a. community
b. niche
c. ecosystem
d. biosphere
Explain
Why does each successive feeding level in a pyramid of energy have less biomass?
a. Carnivore biomass is less than producer biomass as a result of energy being lost as it flows from
producers to carnivores.
b. The primary consumer level contains more stored energy than the producer level.
c. Consumers have more biomass than autotrophs because they must absorb all of the light energy in an
ecosystem.
d. Biomass differences in an ecosystem result from competition between producers.
Explain
Tuesday A top predator may increase the diversity of species lower on the food chain by
a. decreasing competition.
c. increasing genetic diversity in prey species
b. increasing competition.
d. reducing genetic diversity in prey species.
Explain
In the final phase of completion, proteins are modified by special enzymes in the
a. Golgi apparatus.
c. smooth endoplasmic reticulum.
b. lysosomes.
d. rough endoplasmic reticulum.
Explain
Wednesday –
The maintenance of a self-sustaining ecosystem requires a ________.
a. constant temperature
b. greater number of herbivores than producers
c. cycling of materials between organisms and their environment
d. soil that is acidic
Explain
Thursday /Friday
EXAM – Good Luck