Human Body Unit Practice Test
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Human Body Unit Test
Chapter 30 = Digestive and Excretory Systems
Chapter 30 = Digestive and Excretory Systems
- Know how the human body is organized, the different types of organ systems, and the types of tissues it is made of
- Know how the human body maintains homeostasis in various environmental conditions
- Know how the human body processes food, including the different types of molecules it needs to survive
- Know the difference between vitamins and minerals and how they are used by the human body
- Know both the structure and function of the entire digestive system
- Know both the structure and function of the entire excretory system
- Know the two parts of your nervous system as well as how neurons and nerve impulse works
- Know both the structure and function of the entire central nervous system
- Know both the structure and function of the entire peripheral nervous system
- Know how all of your senses work
- Know both the structure and function of the entire skeletal system
- Know both the structure and function of the entire muscular system
- Know both the structure and function of the entire integumentary system
- Know both the structure and function of the entire circulatory system
- Know both the structure and function of the entire blood and lymphatic system
- Know both the structure and function of the entire respiratory system
- Know the structure and function of the entire endocrine system
- Know the glands of the endocrine system and how they control the body
- Know the structure and function of the entire reproductive system
- Know the stages of fertilization and development of humans
- Know the causes of infectious diseases
- Know how diseases spread among populations
- Know both the nonspecific defenses and specific defenses the body has against disease
- Know how the immune system gets activated to fight a disease
- Know what acquired immunity is and how public health and medications affect the immune system
- Know the various immune system disorders and what causes them
Plant Unit Practice Test
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Plant Unit Test
Chapter 22
Chapter 22
- Know the characteristics of plant and what they need to survive
- Know the history and evolution of plants including where they originated and how they moved to different locations
- Know the plant life cycle including the alternation of generations
- Know the 3 types of seedless plants, where they are found, how they evolved, how they reproduce, and examples of each
- Know the importance of the development of seeds for plants and how it affects the reproduction of plants with them
- Know how flowers and fruits have affected plant evolution and reproduction
- know the three main structures of plants and the tissues that they are composed of
- Know what meristems are and how they aid in the growth of plants
- Know the structure and function of the roots in plants
- Know the structure and function of the stems in plants
- Know the structure and function of the leaves in plants
- Know how water and nutrients are transported in plants
- Know how reproduction works in flowering plants, including the structure of flowers and the life cycle
- Know how plants reproduce asexually
- Know how fruits and seeds form and operate as well as the factors that influence dormancy and germination
- Know some of the key plant hormones and how they affect plants
- Know how plants move and respond to the seasons
- Know the importance of plants to humans, especially in agriculture
Animal Unit #2 Practice Test
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Animal Unit #2 Test
Chapter 27
Chapter 27
- Know the different types of feeders and what they eat
- Know the two types of nutritional symbionts and have an example of each
- Know what intracellular and extracellular digestion are and which types of organisms use each one
- Know the two types of digestive structures and which types of organisms use each
- Know the different types of teeth and their functions
- Know how gas is exchanged in both air and water
- Know how both lungs and gills work to exchange gas across a concentration gradient
- Know the structures of the respiratory surfaces of terrestrial animals and their main functions
- Know the difference between open and closed circulatory systems
- Know the difference between single and double looped circulation
- Know the differences between fish and mammal heart chamber evolution
- Know what chemical is toxic for organisms and how we store or remove it
- Know which organs maintain water balance
- Know how excretion of organisms under water works
- Know how excretion of terrestrial organisms works
- Know how animals respond to their environment and the cells in their bodies that allow them to do so
- Know how the various nervous systems evolved over time
- Know the difference between invertebrate and chordate sense organs
- Know the 3 different types of skeletons and how they support an orgainism
- Know how skeletons are connected to each other and to the muscular system
- Know the different types of movement possible in mammals
- Know the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction
- Know the difference between internal and external fertilization
- Know the development and growth of embryos in various species
- Know the development and growth of young in various species
- Know the different reproduction processes of chordates
- Know how the body connects all body systems
- Know how the body senses change in homeostasis and what it does to stabilize it in response
Animal Unit #1 Practice Test
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Animal Unit #1 Test
Chapter 25
Chapter 25
- Know the 4 things that make an organism an animal
- Know the 4 things that make an organism a chordate
- Know the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates
- Know the major organ systems in animals and their basic functions
- Know how sexual reproduction helps animals adapt to their environment
- Know what a zygote, blastula, protostome, and deuterostome are
- Know the differences between the 3 types of coelomates
- Know the 3 different germ layers and the order they go in for each of the coelomates
- Know the different types of symmetry animals can exhibit
- Know the basic descriptions of the phyla of animals
- Understand how the cladogram of animals is put together
- Know how fossil evidence tells us the timeline of evolution for animals
- Know how to interpret a cladogram and distinguish between animals
- Know the most ancient chordates and be able to describe them
- Know the characteristics that all primates share
- Know the major evolutionary groups of primates
- Know the adaptations and scientific thinking about hominine species and the genus Homo
Classification Unit Practice Test
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Classification Unit Test
Chapter 18
Chapter 18
- Know why common names for organisms can be confusing and why we need scientific names
- Know how to create a scientific name for an organism
- Know the names and order of the 7 different taxa of classification from biggest to smallest
- Know why Linnaeus created a naming system for scientific names
- Know Linnaeus's system of classification
- Know what a derived character is and how it applies to classification
- Know what a clade is and how to read a cladogram
- Know how DNA has changed the classification of organisms over time
- Know what the 3 domains are, and which kingdoms fit within each domain
Evolution Unit Practice Test
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Evolution Unit Test
Chapter 16
Chapter 16
- Know about Darwin's Voyage and his 3 major observations he noticed while aboard the Beagle
- Know the view of the world at the time of Darwin's voyage and the ways that it was being changed by the research of scientists
- Know the scientists who were changing the view of the world and how each of them contributed to the new world view
- Know Lamarck's theory of evolution, how it works, and why it is incorrect
- Know Malthus' work on human populations and what he said about the direction human population was heading
- Know the 3 parts of Darwin's theory of evolution and how to describe each
- Know the difference between natural and artificial selection
- Know the evidence we have that proves the theory of evolution
- Know how to identify homologous and analogous structures
- Know what vestigial structures are and how embryology leads to evolution
- Know how molecular biology and genetics add to our understanding of evolution
- Know how allele frequency, genotypes, and phenotypes can be used to explain evolution
- Know the 3 major sources of genetic variation
- Know the difference between single-gene traits and polygenic traits, as well as how they are graphed
- Understand the different types of natural selection on polygenic traits
- Know the things that cause genetic drift
- Know the things that will distinguish between evolution and genetic equilibrium
- Know what speciation is and the three types of isolation that lead to reproductive isolation
- Know how speciation applies to the finches Darwin noticed in the Galapagos islands
- Know what a molecular clock is and how it can be used to explain gene duplication
- Know how Hox genes affect evolution
- Know what a fossil is and how they are made
- Know what the people who study fossils are called and what we can learn from fossils
- Know the different types of dating and the time periods that they can detect
- Know the most common isotopes used to date old fossils and new fossils
- Know the sequence of eras and periods in the history of the earth
- Know how the earth's surface and atmosphere has changed in the last 4.5 billion years
- Know the 2 macroevolutionary patterns of species and clades and how to predict the survival or extinction of a species
- Know the different rates of evolution and what they are called
- Know the similarities and differences between adaptive radiation and convergent evolution
- Know what coevolution is and at lease one example of it
- Know the composition of the atmosphere and oceans in earth's early history
- Know the experiment that shows how the first organic molecules were formed on earth
- Know the sequence of non-life all the way to the formation of DNA and prokaryotic cells
- Know the theory of how eukaryotic cells originated
- Know the importance of sexual reproduction and multicellularity
Genetics Unit Practice Test
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Genetics Unit Test
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
- Know about all of Mendel's experiments with pea plants and how it applies to the field of genetics. Including dominance, genotypes, phenotypes, allelles, segregation, independent assortment, and all other applications of genetics coming from his work
- Know how to calculate the probability of any genotype, phenotype, or allele distribution in a single or double gene cross in both a percent probability and a fractional probability
- Know how to perform a cross using a Punnett square
- Know how the other two types of dominance work and how to predict them
- Know what gene linkage and gene mapping are and why they are important
- Know how to tell which cells have haploid and diploid numbers
- Know how Meiosis works and each of its steps
- Know the specific number of chromosomes for a human and its pairs
- Know the specific chromosomes that determine the sex of a human
- Know what sex linked genes are and how they work
- Know how blood-types work in humans and predict blood types as well as how to predict successful transfusions of blood
- Know how to read and use a pedigree
- Know the diseases caused by specific single gene
- Know the diseases that are caused by nondisjunction
- Know what the human genome project is and how it came about
- Know what genetic engineering is and how it is used by humans in different areas
- Know why we have laws about the privacy of genetic information
- Know how we cut, sort, and read DNA
- Know the examples of genetic modification in the textbook and be able to predict the outcome of using each
- Know what cloning is and how it is accomplished
- Understand both sides of the ethical issues that arise with all of the genetic manipulation we can now perform as a human species
DNA Unit Practice Test
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DNA Unit Test
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
- Know the scientists and their experiments that led to the discovery of DNA and its structure
- Know the functions of DNA and how they relate to a book
- Know the parts of a nucleotide and which nucleotides are possible in DNA
- Know what base paring is and how it works
- Know how to copy a DNA strand and make a complimentary copy
- Know how prokaryotes and eukaryotes copy DNA
- Know the differences between DNA and RNA
- Know the different types of RNA and their functions
- Know how to use the Codon-Chart to determine the amino acid produced by a codon
- Know how to start and stop building a protein
- Know what transcription and translation are and how they work
- Know the different types of mutations and how they are named
- Know the differences between regulation of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes
- Know what gene regulation is and how it works
- Know what Hox genes are and what they do
Cell Unit Practice Test
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Cell Unit Test
Chapter 07
Chapter 07
- Know the scientists that developed cell theory and what they contributed to it
- Know what cell theory is and its major principles
- Know how the three different types of microscopes work and form their images
- Know the type of image formed by each microscope
- Know the difference between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell
- Know the differences between animal cells and plant cells
- Know the 2 major parts of a cell and what they do
- Know the location and function of each organelle within cells
- Know the different cell boundaries and how they work
- Know how cells transport materials
- Know the chemicals in plant cells that carry electrons and energy
- Know how plant cells acquire and store energy from the sun
- Know the location and function of the parts of the chloroplast
- Know the process of photosynthesis including both types of reactions
- Know the steps within photosynthesis and the factors that affect them
- Know the chemicals in animal cells that carry electrons and energy
- Know how animal cells acquire and store energy
- Know the location and function of all the reactions in cellular respiration
- Know the similarities and differences between photosynthesis and cellular respiration
- Know the process of cellular respiration including both types of reactions
- Know the steps within cellular respiration and the factors that affect them
- Know why and how fermentation occurs
- Know how and why cells must divide
- Know the two types of reproduction
- Know how prokaryotic cells divide
- Know each stage of Mitosis including the location, arrangement, and movement of key parts
- Know what cytokinesis is and how it works
- Know how cells control their cell division
- Know what happens when cells divide when they are not supposed to
- Know what cell differentiation is and how it works from one cell to many
- Know the stem-cell debate and understand the scientific point of view
Chapter 02 = The Chemistry of Life
- Know the basic structure of the atom including the location of the three subatomic particles
- Know the charges and masses of the three subatomic particles and what they can be used to determine about an element
- Know how atoms and compounds are similar and are different
- Know how solutions are made and their individual parts
- Know the three different types of bonds discussed in the book
- Know the cause of all of the special properties water has and how to explain why/how it happens
- Know that carbon can form many bonds and know why it can
- Know the 4 major types of macromolecules in biology and the main function of each
- Know how monomers and plymers are related and how they apply to the macromolecules
- Know what a chemical reaction is and the names of the things within one
- Know how energy transfers through a chemical reaction
Chapter 06 = Humans in the Biosphere
- Know the positive and negative effects of Humans on the Environment
- Know the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources
- Know what we can do to preserve the environment as well as provide for human needs
- Know the three major types of resources and how human activity affects them in a good way and a bad way
- Know the fields in which biodiversity helps human beings
- Know the threats that humans cause on biodiversity and what we can do to preserve it
- Know what an ecological footprint is and how it is calculated
- Know the causes, effects, and future implications of the three case studies on humans affecting the environment
Chapter 05 = Populations
- Know the way researchers study populations and the graphs they use to display their data
- Know the three different patterns of population density as well as age structure
- Know the four factors that affect population growth and how they affect it
- Know the different types of growth populations go through and how they go through those changes
- Know the types of limiting factors on populations and growth
- Know how human population has and will follow all of the same patterns of growth as other populations of organisms
- Understand the reason for demographic transitions and the historical impact they have had on the human population
Chapter 04 = Ecosystems and Communities
- Know how we get our weather and our climate
- Know the three major zones of solar energy and why they get different amounts of sunlight
- Know the greenhouse effect and what it does to the climate on Earth
- Know what a niche is and how each animal fits into its ecosystem
- Know how competition works and the competitive exclusion principle
- Know what predation, herbivory, and keystone species are
- Know the different types of symbiosis and examples of each
- Know the difference between primary and secondary succession as well as the steps each takes
- Know the 10 major land biomes and the 4 major aspects of underwater biomes
- Know the biotic, abiotic, temperature, and rainfall factors of each biome
Chapter 03 = The Biosphere
- Know the parts of the scientific method as they apply to an ecologist
- Know how producers and consumers operate
- Know the difference between a food web and a food chain
- Know the 3 different ecological pyramids and the numbers that go with them
- Know the different types of consumers and what they eat
- Know the cycles of matter and how they work
- Know the difference between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis and how they work
- Know the difference between the biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem and how they impact one another