PreAP Biology Project Due Dates
| Project | Due Date |
Author: Biology Junction Team
Preap Assignments Sem2
Updated May 2007
Third Nine Weeks
Week of January 8 assignments:
Read & outline chapter 10 on Nucleic Acids; PowerPoint: Nucleic Acids & protein Synthesis; chapter 10 outline due
Week of January 14 assignments:
Chapter 10 study guide; Lab: Strawberry DNA; Chapter 10 TEST on Nucleic Acids; Read & outline chapters 8 & 12 on genetics
Week of January 21 assignments:
PowerPoint on genetics; Monohybrid crosses & ratios; Chapter 8 outline due
I have a Dream! Martin Luther King Holiday
Week of January 28 assignments: 
Lab: Karyotyping; Work genetics problems; Notes on genetic disorders; genetics review; TEST on chapters * & 12 genetics; Read chapters 13 & 14 on evolution
Week of February 4 assignments:
Cover section 14.1 and chapter 15 on Charles Darwin & natural selection; Lab: Natural Selection in Peanuts
Week of February 11 assignments: Interims
study guide on evolution; TEST on chapters13 & 14 Evolution; Read & outline chapter 18 on Taxonomy; PowerPoint notes on taxonomy; Peanut lab write up due
Week of February 18 assignments:
Practice taxonomic keying; Complete taxonomy notes; Chapter 18 TEST on Taxonomy; Read & outline chapters 24 & 25 on bacteria & viruses
Monday Holiday — President’s Day!
Parent-Teacher Conference!
Week of February 25 assignments: 
Notes on Bacteria & Viruses; Assign Virus model to build; Chapter 24 outline due
Week of March 3 assignments:
Notes on Sponges & Cnidarians; Assign Invertebrate drawings; study guide & take online quiz; Continue Koch’s lab
Week of March 10 assignments:
Complete Virus notes; Virus model due; Chapter 25 outline due; TEST on Bacteria & Viruses; Handout & worksheet on plant unit
Week of March 17 assignments:
Cover nonvascular plants, angiosperms, & gymnosperms
Spring Break March 26 – 30!
End of Third Nine weeks
Fourth Nine Weeks
Week of March 24 assignments: 
Monday, Teacher Professional development!
Plant worksheet due; review for plant test; *UNIT TEST on Plants; Assign ecosystem collage; Start answering ecology unit worksheet
Week of March 31 assignments:
Work on and finish ecology unit worksheet; review for ecology test; TEST on Ecology; Read & outline chapter 35 on Sponges & Cnidarians
Good Friday, April 4th!
Week of April 7 assignments:
Ecosystem Collage due!; Notes on Sponges & Cnidarians; study guide; Test on Chapter 35 Sponges & Cnidarians; read & outline chapter 36 on Round & Flat worms
Week of April 14 assignments:
Notes on worms; Chapter 36 outline due; read & outline chapter 37 on Mollusks & Annelids; notes on mollusks & annelids
Week of April 23 assignments: Interims
Biology End-of-Course Exam on Monday, April 16-17th!
Dissect earthworm; *TEST on chapters 36 & 37 Worms & Mollusks; Read & outline chapters 38 & 39 on Arthropods & Insects; Start notes on arthropods
Week of April 30 assignments:
Notes on Insects; review for arthropod test; TEST on chapters 38 & 39 Insects & other Arthropods; read & outline Chapter 40 on Echinoderms
Week of May 7 assignments:
Notes on Echinoderms; Dissect starfish; TEST on Chapter 40 Echinoderms; Read & outline chapters 41 & 42 on fish & amphibians; Assign vertebrate/invertebrate project
Week of May 14 assignments:
Notes on fish & amphibians; fish & amphibian outlines due; read & outline chapter 43 on reptiles
Click frog for jokes
Week of May 9 assignments: Graduation May 25!
Notes on reptiles, birds, and mammals; Read chapters 44 & 45 on birds mammals; UNIT TEST on Vertebrates; Vertebrate/Invertebrate Project due!; semester Test review
Final Exams Start Next Week- Don’t Forget to study!!!
Week of May 28 assignments:
Semester Exams Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday; Textbooks due!
Final Exams Start – Don’t Forget to study!!!
End of Fourth Nine weeks
Enjoy your summer!
Preap Articles
| PreAP Biology Articles to Abstract |
An abstract is a summary or synopsis of an article in a journal or magazine. The purpose of preparing an abstract is to acquaint you with scientific literature and to expose you to current topics in biology.
| Special Instructions:
· Articles to be abstracted must be at least two pages (text) in length. · Work cited must be included at the top of the abstract page. · Triple space between the citation & the start of your paper · Abstracts must be handwritten and at least two and a half pages in length. (DO NOT WRITE ON THE BACK!)
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| MLA Style Periodical Citation:
Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine Date: Page(s). EXAMPLE: Milton, Katherine. “Diet and Primate Evolution.” Scientific American August 1993: 86-94.
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Abstracts DUE 1st Wednesday of each month August – May.
(Two abstracts due in January – first & 3rd Tuesday.)
Preap Genetics Study Guide
Genetics Review 
| The two genes or alleles that combine to determine a trait would be the organism’s _______________. |
| Type AB blood, having two genes dominant for a trait, is an example of ________. |
| State Mendel’s law of segregation. |
| Rr x Rr is an example of what type of cross —– P1, F1, or F2? |
| If both alleles are the same in a genotype, is the genotype homozygous or heterozygous? |
| Which cross is a cross between two hybrids —– P1, F1, or F2? |
| __________ dominance results in the blending of genes in the hybrid. Give an example using flower color. |
| What is another term for a heterozygous genotype? |
| The _____________ is the physical feature such as round peas that results from a genotype. |
| How many traits are involved in a monohybrid cross? |
| What type of organism was used in the first genetic studies done by Gregor Mendel? |
| What is a karyotype? |
| The two genes for a trait represented by capital & lower case letters are called __________. |
| How many traits are involved in a dihybrid cross? |
| Which of Mendel’s laws states that the dominant gene in a pair will be expressed? |
| If both alleles are the same, is the genotype homozygous or heterozygous? Write an example. |
| Write an example of a hybrid or heterozygous genotype. |
| The genes for sex-linked traits are only carried on which chromosome? |
| Who is considered to be the “father of genetics”? |
| A second filial or F2 cross is also called a ____________ cross. |
| The failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis (egg & sperm formation) is known as _________________. |
| A cross between two pure or homozygous organisms is called what type of cross —– P1, F1, or F2? |
| What genetic disorder results from a sex-linked trait that affects color vision? |
| The genetic disorder called _______________ is known as the “free bleeders” disease. |
| Having three 21st chromosomes causes the genetic disorder known as _________. |
| A person suffering from the genetic disorder called ______________ can not digest fats. |
| _____________________ disease is a genetic disorder where red blood cells carry less oxygen. |
| Work a P1 cross for plant height in peas. |
| Work an F1 cross for plant height in peas. |
DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions below as completely and as thoroughly as possible. Answer the question in essay form (not outline form), using complete sentences. You may use diagrams or pictures to supplement your answers, but a diagram or picture alone without appropriate discussion is inadequate.
1. State the two laws of heredity that resulted from Mendel’s work.
2. What happens during meiosis that would allow genes located on the same chromosome to separate independently of one another?
3. List the steps in Mendel’s experiments on pea plants. Include the P generation, F1 generation, and F2 generation.
4. Write the equation for probability.
5. Distinguish between codominance and incomplete dominance. Give an example of each type of inheritance.
6. Define the terms, dominant and recessive.
7. Relate the events of meiosis to the law of segregation.
8. Explain the difference between a monohybrid cross and dihybrid cross. Give an example of each.
9. Explain how you would use a Punnett square to predict the probable outcome of a monohybrid cross. Draw a Punnett square to demonstrate your monohybrid cross.
10. Explain the terms genotype and phenotype.
11. Explain the terms homozygous and heterozygous.
Preap Biochemistry Study Guide
| Biochemistry Review |  |
1. Molecules with a slightly negative end and a slightly positive end are called ___________________ _____________________________.
2. A monomer of protein is called an __________________ __________________.
3. An attractive force between like particles is called ___________________________.
4. Organic molecules that catalyze reactions in living systems are ______________________.
5. The compound found in living things that supplies the energy in one of its chemical bonds directly to cells is ______________________.
6. Enzymes lower activation energy by___________ to the ____________________ and ______________________ bonds within the ________________________.
7. The monomers that make up nucleic acids are called __________________________.
8. The type of attraction that holds two water molecules together is called __________________________ __________________________.
9. The sharing of three pairs of electrons is called a ___________________ _____________.
10. The structural building block that determines the characteristics of a compound is called the _____________________________ _______________________.
11. Large carbon compounds are built from smaller molecules called ______________________________.
12. What is the type of reaction that forms large molecules from smaller ones? _________________________________ _____________________________.
13. What type of reaction breaks large molecules into smaller ones? _______________________
14. What is the by product of a condensation reaction? __________________________
15. The attractive force between unlike particles is called ____________________________.
16. A compound that is stored as glycogen in animals and as a starch in plants is ____________________________________.
17. Lipids are good energy storage molecules because they have many _________________-___________________ bonds.
18. What are the components of many lipids? ________________________ ______________________
19. What is the monomer of many polysaccharides? ______________________________
20. What kind of reaction allows amino acids to become linked together? ________________________________ _____________________________.
21. Nucleic acids function primarily to carry __________________________ ____________________ and direct _____________________ ______________________.
22. Tends not to react with water, “Water Fearing” ________________________________
23. Attracted to water molecules, “Water Loving” _________________________________
24. Water is called a ___________________________ ___________________________.
DIRECTIONS: Read Chapter 3, Biochemistry, and Answer the questions below as completely and as thoroughly as possible. Answer the question in essay form (not outline form), using complete sentences. You may use diagrams or pictures to supplement your answers, but a diagram or picture alone without appropriate discussion is inadequate.
1. Describe the structure of a water molecule, and explain how the electrical charge is distributed over the molecule.
2. Describe the structure of amino acids and proteins.
3. What are the structural differences between monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides?
4. What is capillarity? Include defining Adhesion and Cohesion.
5. How does a condensation reaction differ from a hydrolysis reaction?
6. Give Three reasons why water is an effective solvent.
7. What is an organic compound?
8. What property allows carbon compounds to exist in a number of forms?
9. The presence of four electrons in the outermost energy level of a carbon atom enables
carbon atoms to form what THREE Things.
10. Living things contain many different proteins of vastly different shapes and functions.
What determines the shape and thus the function of a particular protein?
11. How does the structure of a phospholipid, linear molecules with a polar end and a
nonpolar end, relate to their function in the cell membrane?
