Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Life Science Chapter 5 Lesson 2 School to Home

For this activity, you will need the tables below and a pencil. Refer to your textbook as needed.
A farmer who raises vegetables wants to cross two types of corn plants. One type is a
homozygous plant with red kernels (RR) and the other is a homozygous plant with white
kernels (rr). For these plants, red color is dominant and white color is recessive. Create a Punnett square below to predict the offspring the farmer should expect.


 





1.  Using the Punnett square, predict the color of the corn kernels. Will the plants produce
all red kernels, all white kernels, or a mixture of both colors?
                                                                                                                                                          

2.  What would be the ratio of red corn to white corn in the offspring?
                                                                                                                                                          
Next, the farmer cross-pollinates the red hybrid (Rr) offspring. Create a Punnett
square below for this cross.









3.  Using the Punnett square, predict the color of the corn kernels. Will the plants produce
all red kernels, all white kernels, or a mixture of both colors?
                                                                                                                                                          

4.  What would be the ratio of plants with red kernels to plants with white kernels
in the offspring?
                                                                                                                                                          

Monday, December 12, 2011

Life Science Semester Exam Study Guide

Life Science Semester Exam Study Guide
Name:_________________________________
Please Answer Questions on a Separate Sheet of Paper
1.       A permanent change in the sequence of DNA, or the nucleotides, in a gene or a chromosome is called a ________________.  (page 175)
2.       What elements are found most commonly in living things? (page 9)
3.       Blood type AB is an example of ________________. (page 165)
4.       Budding is an example of __________________ reproduction, example if you cut off part of plant and the separate part can grow on its own. (page 131)
5.       What is a phenotype? (page 160)
6.       During meiosis chromosomes pairs contain __________ the number chromosomes of the parent. (page 119)
7.       What organelle gives a plant cell its shape and structure? (page 52)
8.       You get ____________________ from each your parents. (page 118)
9.       Allowing form genetic variation is an advantage of __________________ reproduction. (page 124)
10.   Chromosomes have (many or few) genes. (118)
11.   Why are sex linked traits more common in males than females? (page 165)
12.   What makes a question testable? (page NOS 7)
13.   Explain osmosis: Water moves from an area of _____________ concentration to ______________ concentration.   The result can cause cells to swell. (page 62)
14.   Meiosis deals only with the production of gametes or _________  ____________. (page 62)
15.   Mitosis deals with _____________ reproduction such as
Reproduction, _______________, _______________, _________________ (page 93)
16.   Which type of cell has a large central vacuole? (page 52)
17.   Which type of a cell has a flagellum? (page 54)
18.   Which type of cell is irregular in shape (NO CELL WALL) and has a nucleus? (page 53)
19.   Which types of cells are prokaryotic? (page 54)
20.   Which types of cells are eukaryotic? (page 54)
21.   What is the function of the nucleus? (page 55)
22.   The __________  ______________ controls what goes into and out of a cell.(page 52)
23.   Which organelle produces proteins _______________? (page 56)
24.   Aerobic respiration requires ____________ anaerobic does not. (page 70)
25.   What function within a cell requires oxygen to take place? _______________ (page 70)
26.   Plant cells have _______________, ______________, and large _______________, which animal cells do not. (page 52)
27.   What is the word equation for photosynthesis? (page 335)
28.   What is the word equation for respiration? (page 335)
29.   Heterozygous has ______________ letters such as (Tt). (page 161)
30.   The process of taking in oxygen and breathing out is _______________ (page 70)
31.   What is a dichotomous key used for? (page 22)
32.   What are the levels of classification from broadest to most specific. (page 21)
33.   What is the function of the vein in a leaf? (page 317)
34.   What allows gases go into and out of a leaf? (page 317)
35.   Ferns produce _____________ to reproduce asexually. (page 353)
36.   A butterfly goes through _______________ metamorphosis.
A grasshopper goes through _______________ metamorphosis. (NOTES)
37.   How are scientific names determined? (from two levels of classification) (page 22)

Earth Science Semester Exam Study Guide

Semester Exam Study Guide Earth Science
1.       What are causes of chemical weathering?
2.       What is the formula for density?
3.       Rust is evidence of _______________________ weathering.
4.        Using the periodic table Carbon has : How many Electrons? Protons? Neutrons?
5.       What type of rock are fossils most likely to be found in?
6.       How is metamorphic rock formed?
7.       How is sedimentary rock formed?
8.       How is igneous rock formed?
9.       What are the way things are physically weathered?
10.   Radioactive dating is a type of  ___________________ dating.
11.   A scale of how much a mineral resists scratching other minerals.
12.   Does the harder mineral scratch the other mineral?
13.   What is the most likely cause of erosion? ( page 179)
14.   The powered residue left when a mineral is dragged across a porcelain tile.
15.   The way a mineral reflects or absorbs light.
16.   The 3 types of luster include ____________________ and  _________________.
17.   When an ion loses an electron it has a ___________________ charge.
18.   Rocks are made of _____________________ and _______________________.
19.   The situation that causes the greatest amount of weathering ___________ _____________
20.   Soil is made of ______________, _______________, ________________, _______________,  and ___________________.
21.   Minerals form in a ________________ pattern.
22.   Arrange the following (Eon, Period, Era, Epoch) from longest to shortest.
23.   Arrange the layers of the earth from center out.  (page 51)
24.   Where are Earthquakes most likely? (page 294)
25.   The amount of ground motion at a given distance from an earthquake used to measure the magnitude is called the  ______________  __________. (page 300)
26.   When two blocks of rock slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions it creates a strike-slip, which is a type of _________________. (page 295)
27.   An area of earthquake and volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean is called the ________________ of ____________.  They are located along divergent ______________  ____________. (page 309)
28.   How are mountains created?(page262)
29.   All of the continents were once part of a supercontinent called ______________. (page217)
30.   The theory of ____________________  _______________ is when plates move ever so slowly (page 233)
31.   Fossils of the same animals found on different continents illustrate evidence of ____________. (page219)
32.   Two plates moving towards each other form a ___________________  _______________. (page 235)
33.   The process by which hot material from deep within the Earth rises while cooler materials near the surface sinks is called ___________________. (page 238)
34.   List two affects volcanic ash can have on an area.  (page 313)
35.   Describe the Layers of the Earth. (page 52)
36.   How are volcanoes and earthquakes caused? (page 233)
37.   What does the law of superposition state? (page 338)
38.   Refer to page 339 illustrations of dikes, inclusion, and sedimentary layers. (Which were formed first)
39.   Which layer of the earth is most likely affected by erosion? (page 179)

Earth Science Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Key Concept Builder

Earth’s Interior
Key Concept What are the interior layers of Earth?
Directions: Write the layers of Earth in order from the inside to the outside.
asthenosphere             inner core             lithosphere
lower mantle               outer core             upper mantle
1.                                            
2.                                            
3.                                            
4.                                            
5.                                            
6.                                            
Directions: Work with a partner. Suppose you could get a sample of material from each of Earth’s layers. Which
layer did each of these samples come from?
7.  hot liquid iron                                            
8.  cool solid rock                                           
9.  hot solid rock                                            
10.  hot melted rock                                              
11.  very hot solid iron                                            
12.  hottest solid rock                                            







Earth Science Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Content Vocabulary

Directions: Use the clues and the terms listed below to complete the puzzle.
asthenosphere            core                      crust                lithosphere
magnetosphere          mantle                 nickel              observation























Clues



Across
1.  the dense, metallic center of Earth
2.  a plastic, or flowing, layer within
Earth’s mantle
3.  the brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth
4.  the outer part of Earth’s magnetic field
5.  the thick middle layer in the solid part
of Earth
6.  a specific type of metal


Down
7.  an act of noting a fact or an occurrence
8.  the rigid layer of Earth that includes
the crust and the uppermost mantle








Earth’s Structure                                                                                                                                      27

Earth Science Chapter 11 Lesson 1 Key Concept Builder

Key Concept How was the geologic time scale developed?
Directions: On each line, write the term from the word bank that correctly completes each sentence. Each term
is used only once.


epochs
eras
fossils
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Periods
Phanerozoic
Triassic



































1.  Divisions in the geologic time scale
were developed based on differences
in the                                             
in different rock layers.
2.  Eons, the longest unit of geologic time,
are subdivided into
                                                 .
3.  Periods are subdivided into
                                                 .
4.  Jurassic and the Ordovician are examples
of geologic                                                   .
5.  The Cretaceous period is part of the
                                                 era.
6.  The Cambrian period is part of the
                                                 era.
7.  The Mesozoic era includes the
                                             period.
8.  The                                                eon
includes the Quaternary period.

Earth Science Chapter 11 Lesson 1 Content Practice A

Geologic History and the Evolution of Life
Directions: On the line before each definition, write the letter of the term that matches it correctly. Each term
is used only once.


                  1.  a subdivision of periods on the geologic time
scale
                  2.  the time line of Earth’s past
                  3.  is nearly 90 percent of Earth’s history
                  4.  the largest unit of geologic time
                  5.  Mass extinctions are caused by sudden changes
in this.
                  6.  the disappearance of many species within a short
time period
                  7.  Organisms are dependent on this for survival.
                  8.  provides evidence of meteorite impact
                  9.  blocks sunlight resulting in environmental
changes
               10.  the change in species over time as organisms
adapt to their environments
               11.  connects two continents that were once separated
               12.  separation of species due to a physical barrier
               13.  the earliest life-forms
               14.  the sudden evolution of new, complex life-forms


A.  Cambrian explosion
B.  environment
C.  eon
D.  epoch
E.  evolution
F.   fossil record
G.  geographic isolation
H.  geologic time scale
I.    iridium
J.   land bridge
K.  mass extinction
L.   Precambrian time
M.  single-celled
organisms
N.        volcanic activity