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9th grade Austin Biology

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Explain the key concepts and influences of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Include his voyage, book, natural selection    
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Describe different structural adaptations among the finches that Darwin found on the Galapagos Islands.    
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List & give a brief explanation of the scientists that influenced Darwin    
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Explain speciation and the factors that influence it.    
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Discuss radioactive dating and the importance of the fossil record    
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Compare and contrast natural selection with artificial selection    
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List the 5 factors of a Hardy-Weinburg population    
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gene pool    
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directional selection    
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disruptive selection    
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relative frequency    
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evolution    
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homologous structure    
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stabilizing selection    
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genetic drift    
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genetic equilibrium    
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taxon    
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vestigial structure    
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temporal isolation    
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geographic isolation    
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behavioral isolation    
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Name the 7 levels of classification from largest to smallest.    
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Explain binomial nomenclature. Include the rules and examples of scientific names.    
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Identify the 6 kingdoms, include characteristics and examples of organisms for each.    
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Why do we need a classification system?    
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What 2 current kingdoms made up Kingdom Monera? How do they differ?    
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List the 3 domains and explain each.    
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What does a cladistic analysis show about an organism? What are derived characters?    
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Chapters 19-21    
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Describe binary fission and conjugation.    
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Draw and label the lytic and lysogenic cycles.    
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Draw and label the different shapes and arrangements of bacteria.    
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List and define the parts that make up the structure of viruses.    
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Why can viruses only infect certain cells?    
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Draw the shape of the cell that this virus would infect.    
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What are bacteriophages?    
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What adaptation would having flagella provide for a bacteria cell?    
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How are bacteria harmful to humans? Helpful to humans?    
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How can bacterial diseases be treated? Viral diseases?    
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List 3 diseases that are caused by bacteria and 3 that are caused by a virus.    
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How do photoautotrophs obtain food? Chemoautotrophs?    
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List the 3 groups of protists and describe how each group obtains food.    
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What are some products that we get from algae? Why are algae considered to be one of the most important groups of organisms on the planet?    
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What is a red tide? What organism is responsible?    
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What disease does Entamoeba cause? Which group of protists does it belong to?    
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What organelle stores food in the amoeba? What organelle helps it to move?    
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What organelle in the Paramecium prevents the accumulation of excess water? Draw what the structure looks like.    
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What do Fungi feed on? Describe how they digest their food.    
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What is fungal sporulation?    
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How do fungi resemble plants?    
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prophage    
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bacteriophage    
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host cell    
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phytoplankton    
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toxin    
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prion    
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zooplankton    
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viroid    
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vaccine    
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mycelium    
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obligate aerobe    
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facultative anaerobe    
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rhizoid    
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Illustrate and describe the different types of symmetry and give examples of organisms that exhibit each type.    
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invertebrate    
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cephalization    
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endoskeleton    
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exoskeleton    
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ectotherm    
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endotherm    
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vertebrate    
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notochord    
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How is gas exchange important to plants?    
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Trace the evolution of plants.    
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List the similarities and differences between vascular plants and nonvascular plants.    
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How do seed-bearing plants differ from all other plants?    
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Describe annuals, biennials, and perennials.    
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List the characteristics of plants.    
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List the characteristics of bryophytes.    
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Compare and contrast gymnosperms and angiosperms. Also describe the 2 classes of angiosperms and give examples of all.    
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Draw and label the structure of a flower.    
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What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?    
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List some factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis.    
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Explain why plants are green.    
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Draw and label the structure of a leaf.    
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xylem    
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seed coat    
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cone    
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phloem    
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fruit    
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ovary    
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mesophyll    
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seed    
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stoma/stomata    
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guard cell    
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List some examples of abiotic and biotic factors.    
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Limiting factors , what are they and what are some examples??    
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Energy pyramids…….    
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How much energy is transferred b/t trophic levels?    
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Which trophic level is receiving the most energy between them, 1st to 2nd?, 2nd to 3rd?, 3rd to 4th?    
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Label a pyramid with following, carnivores, herbivores, producers    
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What happens to the amount of stored energy as you go up a food chain?    
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Food chains/food webs…… You will need to know how to read one. What do the arrows mean?    
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Explain the 2 types of succession?    
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Explain each of the different types of consumers (herbivore, carnivore, decomposer/detritivore, scavenger, etc)    
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Biogeochemical cycles – how is flow of matter different from flow of energy?    
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Symbiotic relationships – list types and describe each.    
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What is carrying capacity – type of growth when population is at or below carrying capacity; type of growth when population is above carrying capacity?    
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Biological magnification – which organisms in a food chain have the highest levels of a toxin?    
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Describe the two types of population growth, characteristics of each, shape of graph that each makes.    
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What are Density –dependent and density-independent limiting factors? Give 2 examples of each?    
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Describe a saprobe. What types of organisms can they be?    
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Write down the 11 systems while you are reviewing them. Don’t forget to include their functions, and organs within each system on pages 892-893. List the 11 systems here and list a few of the organs associated with each system.    
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Explain the importance of homeostasis in the human body.    
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Draw and label a neuron. Explain how it works. What system(s) is the neuron in?    
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Describe the divisions of the PNS.    
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Discuss the axial skeleton –vs- the appendicular skeleton.    
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Name and give an example of the 4 freely moveable joints.    
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List and explain the 3 types of muscles.    
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Explain how a muscle moves and contracts.    
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In addition to myosin, what other protein is involved in a muscle contraction?    
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What are the 3 layers of the skin? What can be found in each layer?    
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List the path of blood flow through the heart (include the lungs).    
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Compare and contrast WBC and RBC.    
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What are the smallest blood vessels?    
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Which system collects fluid that is lost from the blood and returns it back to the circulatory system?    
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What does it mean if your lymph nodes become swollen?    
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List the path that air takes in the respiratory system.    
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Why are having anaerobic bacteria in your large intestine a necessity?    
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Which structure serves as a passageway for both air and food?    
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List all of the functions of the pancreas.    
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Which structure in the digestive system extracts the water from digested food?    
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What macromolecule provides the body with its main source of energy? List all of the functions of proteins.    
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Explain how enzymes work.    
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The process by which organ systems maintain relatively constant internal conditions is called    
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Explain the importance of dialysis.    
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Draw and label the excretory system. Include the order in which urine flows.    
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How does the endocrine system help to maintain homeostasis?    
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List the glands that make up the endocrine system.    
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List the specific defenses and nonspecific defenses of the body.    
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Explain an inflammatory response that happens in the body.    
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Humoral immunity is carried out by what type of cells?    
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What is asthma? What causes it?    
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Describe what an autoimmune disease is. List some examples.    
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How does HIV weaken the immune system?    
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What are the monomers of the 4 types of macromolecules?    
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Describe the maximum antibody level of a person’s body after a flu.    
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ligament    
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endocrine gland    
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exocrine gland    
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tendon    
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hemoglobin    
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passive immunity    
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keratin    
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active immunity    
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antibody    
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melanin    
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antigen    
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vein    
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artery    
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mechanical digestion    
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amylase    
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chemical digestion    
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peristalsis    
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nephron    
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What is the function of the pseudopodium of the amoeba?    
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Why is the Euglena considered plant like protist even though it has a Flagellum that it can use to move?    
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An endoskeleton is a    
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The main difference between ectotherms and endotherms is    
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Cephalization refers to the    
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