Name: ________________________________________
Date:________________________
SGO Study Guide: Test is on Friday, May 29th
Section 1: Classifying and Exploring Life (Textbook pages 6-32)
1. Define the following key terms:
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Autotroph: ______________________________________________________________
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Development: ____________________________________________________________
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Growth: _________________________________________________________________
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Heterotroph: _____________________________________________________________
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Homeostasis: ____________________________________________________________
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Multicellular: ____________________________________________________________
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Reproduction: ____________________________________________________________
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Response: _______________________________________________________________
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Stimulus: ________________________________________________________________
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Unicellular: ______________________________________________________________
2. What are the four needs of living things? __________________________________________
3. Explain the differences between a prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. What are the eight levels of classification in order from domain to species?
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Which level is the most general? ___________________
Which level is the most specific? _____________________
Section 2: Cell Structure and Function (Textbook pages 40-74)
1. What is the function of the following organelles?
Structure
Nucleus
Nuclear Membrane
Rough E.R.
Cell Membrane
Centrioles
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Nuclear Membrane
Rough E.R.
Golgi Body
Cell Wall
Nucleolus
2. Label the following in an animal cell:
Function
Plant,
Animal, or
Both
3. Fill in the chart below on passive and active transport:
Passive Transport
Active Transport
How do particles move?
(include uphill or downhill
AND low to high or high to
low concentration)
Does this process require
energy?
4. What is osmosis? _____________________________________________________________
5. Fill in the chart below on photosynthesis and cellular respiration:
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Definition
Balanced Chemical
Equation
What are the
reactants?
What are the
products?
Section 3: Genetics (Textbook pages 146-178)
1. Define the following key terms:
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Genetics: ________________________________________________________________
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Trait: ___________________________________________________________________
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Genes: __________________________________________________________________
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Alleles: _________________________________________________________________
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Dominant: _______________________________________________________________
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Recessive: _______________________________________________________________
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Homozygous: ____________________________________________________________
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Heterozygous: ____________________________________________________________
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Phenotype: ______________________________________________________________
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Genotype: _______________________________________________________________
2. Identify the following as homozygous dominant (HoD), homozygous recessive (HoR), or
heterozygous (He).
______ Kk
______ NN
_____gg
______QQ
_______Ll
_____xx
______Jj
3. For each genotype, identify the phenotype: Brown hair color is dominant over red hair color.
BB: ________________
Bb:_________________
bb: _________________
4. For each phenotype below, identify the genotype. There may be more than one genotype
for each phenotype.
Red flower color is dominant to white flower color.
Red: __________________________________
White: _____________________________
5. A woman that is heterozygous for freckles marries a man who is
homozygous dominant for freckles, instead of no freckles. Create a Punnett
Square to show the possible offspring.
Percentage of offspring with freckles: ____________%
Percentage of offspring with no freckles: __________%
6. A pink body sponge that is homozygous recessive for this trait is crossed with
a yellow body sponge that is heterozygous for this trait. Create a Punnett
Square to show the possible offspring.
Percentage of offspring with pink body: ____________%
Percentage of offspring with yellow body: __________%
Section 4: Ecology (Use class notes, this section is not in the textbook.)
1. Define the following key terms:
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Abiotic Factors: ___________________________________________________________
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Biotic Factors: ____________________________________________________________
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Species: _________________________________________________________________
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Population: ______________________________________________________________
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Community: _____________________________________________________________
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Ecosystem: ______________________________________________________________
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Carrying Capacity: ________________________________________________________
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Limiting Factors: _________________________________________________________
2. What causes populations to increase? ____________________________________________
What causes populations to decrease? ______________________________________________
3. What happens in a predator-prey relationship?
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Why is a food web a better description of an ecosystem than a food chain?
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Fill in the chat on the roles of organisms in an ecosystem:
Organism
Producer
Definition
Examples
Consumer
Carnivore
Herbivore
Omnivore
Decomposer
Scavenger
6. Interpret the food web below and answer the following questions:
What is the producer in the
food web? ________________
What organisms eat the plant?
__________________________
__________________________
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What organisms does the wolf
eat? _____________________
_________________________
List two different food chains
consisting of at least three
organisms:
1.
2.