Biology 11 – Mrs. Earland - 2013-2014 Final - Outline
Visual Aide:
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You may create a power point, poster, timeline, website, prezi or other platform of your choosing to help
you in your oral. BUT it can not contain phrases or definitions (words only). This includes the images!
Remember you are trying to express to me your knowledge, not your presentation slides knowledge.
You have 15 min total for your interview including my question period.
Each bullet is graded on a scale from 1-5
1
Most of the
explanation was
either omitted or
incorrect
2
Some of the
explanation was
either omitted or
incorrect
3
Most of the
explanation was
presented and or
accurate
4
Complete explanation
presented and
accurate
5
High level of
understanding, detail
and connections
You may choose to organize your oral presentation/exam around the Time-Line of Life on
Earth or the Taxonomic Tree of Life, or some other plan that you choose
History of Life on Earth & Evolution – DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS ON ITS OWN! Incorporate it!
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Relate the timeline of life-on-earth to the major evolutionary abiotic and biotic changes in
the taxonomic phylogeny of living organisms
EVOLUTION - DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS ON ITS OWN! Incorporate it!
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Throughout the entire presentation demonstrate an understanding of the process of evolution
by natural selection, the concepts of mutations, biotic and abiotic factors that contribute to
this process and the major events that have occurred.
TAXONOMY - DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS ON ITS OWN! Incorporate it!
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Demonstrate your understanding of the the changes that have occurred in the Tree of Life
from a 5 Kingdom through to a 3 Domain system and give evidence of your understanding of
the trends seen as we move through the tree of life. Also demonstrate your knowledge of the
defining characteristics and expectations in the current 6 kingdom, 3domain system.
MICROBIOLOGY
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Demonstrate your knowledge of the single celled organisms, their taxonomic classifications
& evolutionary trends while discussing their diverse roles in the ecology, nutrition and
energy acquisition, and relate it to cell types as well as organelles involved and factors
effecting size and the implications of being single celled.
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS:
Fungi:
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Demonstrate your understanding of Fungi unifying characteristics, the fungi lifecycle and the
classification basis for their phyla as well as the ecological roles of fungi in ecosystems
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Demonstrate your understanding of the alternation of generation plant life cycle while
explaining the evolutionary trends from Gametophyte to Sporophyte Dominance and related
it to the plant phyla as well as their reproductive evolution as it relates to their transition from
aquatic to terrestrial life
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Demonstrate your understanding of the evolution of plant physiological structures as they
relate to the phyla and their evolution from aquatic to terrestrial life.
Plants:
Animals:
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Demonstrate your understanding of; Levels of Organization (Cell, Tissue, Organ), Symmetry, Tissue
Layers (Diploblastic, triploblastic), and the formation of the Ceolom (acelomate, pseudocelomate,
eucelomate) while discussing Porifer, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes and Nematoda.
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Discuss Cephalization and the Digestive Systems comparing the lower invertebrates to the higher
invertebrates and demonstrate your understanding of the characteristics of the protostomes and
deuterostomes.
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Discuss Annelid, Molluska, Arthropod Echinoderms and Chordata; Segmentation, Circulation,
Respiration, Excretion and the evolutionary significance using examples from the Phyla
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Segmentation – specialization, fusion, appendages
Circulatory Systems - diffusion, Open, Closed, Sinuses, Heart
Respiratory Systems – diffusion, book gills, gills, book lungs, lungs,
Excretory Systems – diffusion, nephridia, kidney’s’
Discuss the evolution of the Skeletal System and Reproduction using examples from the Phyla
Studied
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Skeletal System – Hydrostatic, exoskeleton, endoskeleton, vertebrae
Reproduction – internal and external fertilization, direct development, complete and incomplete
metamorphosis, sexual dimorphism, hermaphroditic