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Instructions for Playing Jeopardy

1. You can have students play jeopardy in small groups or two larger groups. If playing by teams, it is suggested that you appoint one score-time keeper for the class and a spokesperson on each team to give the answer. (We use two different colors of beads to select teams & then a single black bead is the score keeper.)

2.  Have a team pick a category and a point value.

3. Click on the chosen box for the question.

4. Students must give the answer before clicking again.  The teacher may want to set a time limit (30 to 40 seconds) for answering the question.
5. To see if student or group is correct, click again for the answer.
6. If the student or team is CORRECT, they are awarded the point value of the question.
7. If the student or team is INCORRECT, the opposing team may steal the points by correctly answering the question.
8. Move your mouse to the picture of the house to return to the main screen.
9. If a screen click brings up the Double Jeopardy slide, the student or team may wager some or all of their points to correctly answer the question.
10. Continue until all questions have been answered.  The team with the most points wins.

Karyotype Lab Write Up

Introduction:
Use your PowerPoint notes over, “Types of Mutations,” and your textbook to help you write  your introduction.  THIS MUST BE IN PARAGRAPH (not question-answer) FORM!!

• What are mutations and what causes them?
• What is the difference between somatic cell and gamete mutations?  Can both be passed to offspring?
• Briefly describe the 4 types of chromosome mutations.
• What is a gene mutation?
• How does a point mutation occur?
• What is a frameshift mutation?
• What are karyotypes?
• How many chromosomes are in a normal human karyotype?
• What are the sex chromosomes?
• What sex chromosomes determine a male?  a female?
• Give some examples of genetic mutations caused by nondisjunction. 

Hypothesis:

• Write a statement  explaining that karyotypes can help detect chromosomal mutations..

Materials:

• In sentence form, list the materials from your lab sheet that are needed for this lab.

Procedure:

• In paragraph form, write the procedures for completing this karyotype lab.

Results:

• Each person or group will place their karyotype in your lab notebook on the page on which you start your results.  Lab groups will turn in their notebooks together so the karyotype can be graded for each person
• Write out and answer the questions on the lab. Remember to NUMBER and UNDERLINE the question, but do NOT underline the answer.  NOTE: HI-LITE THE ANSWER!

Conclusion:

• Restate your hypothesis
• Tell what type of karyotype was made, the disorder if any, sex of the individual, chromosome number of karyotype)
• Explain how your karyotype shows the condition (normal, Down’s, Turner’s Syndrome, Klinefelter’s Syndrome, Cri-du-chat)
• Explain how your karyotype tells the sex of the individual
• Explain what chromosome mutation, if any, is present in your karyotype, whether it is an autosomal mutation or a mutation involving the sex chromosomes
• Use the internet or the library to find more about a person with this type of disorder (their appearance, how they look, etc.

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Introduction to Biology Review

1. All living things are called _______________________.

2. The approximately 40 million types of living things on Earth are known as ______________________.  How many have been identified? __________________.

3. The land, water, and air on Earth that sustains life is known as the ___________________________.

4. A species is a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can _______________________ or _____________________________.

5. Evolution simply means ______________________________________.

6. When hereditary information from two parts of a single organism or from two organisms of the same species is combined it is called  _______________________.

7. An organism that must take in food is a(n) _________________________.

8. The encoded, genetic instructions for making many other molecules necessary for life is called  __________________. 

9.  Produces greatly magnified images of surface details ________________  _____________  __________________  or ______________.

10. Increase of an object’s apparent size is ________________________________.

11. The production of offspring is called __________________________________.

12. The formation of two cells from an existing cell is called ______________   _____________________________.

13. Produces a greatly magnified image of internal details ___________________  _______________   ______________ or _____________.

14. Ultimately, almost all living organisms get their energy from the _______________.

15. ______________________  reproduction involves no recombination of genetic material, or exact duplication of the parent.

16. ________________________ reproduction involves combining hereditary information from two  different species or from two organisms of the same species.

17. A short segment of DNA that contains instructions for a single trait is called a(n) __________________________.

18. What is the smallest unit of life capable of carrying out all life functions?

19. Sum of all chemical processes of an organism _______________________________.

20. Through the process of ____________________________________ plants capture the energy from the sun and change it into a form of energy that can be used by living things.

21. Capability of showing clear details refers to ________________________________.

22. The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment is called ___________________________.

23. The process by which an adult organism arises is called _______________________.

24. When hereditary information from different organisms is not combined it is called __________________________ reproduction.

25. An organism that makes its own food is called a(n) __________________. Give an example.

26. To maintain their internal organization, all living things must have a constant supply of _____________________.

27. Reproduction involves the transfer of genetic information from _____________________  to ____________________.

28. The stable internal environment maintain by living things is called ________________.

29. The most important driving force in evolution is ____________________.

30. The scientific process that involves using the five senses is _______________________.

31. Data that are quantitative are always represented by __________________________.

32. A hypothesis is a statement that can be _______________________________.

33. A broad and comprehensive statement of what is believed to be true is a(n) ______________________________.

34. A small part used to represent an entire population is called a(n) __________________________________.

35. Organisms that are composed of only one cell are called _________________.

36. Organisms composed of more than one cell, such as a plant, are called ______________________.

37. What type of microscope has the greatest magnification?

38.  Cell division and cell enlargement together results in ____________________.

39. Cell division and cell differentiation results in ________________________.

40. How does a theory differ from a hypothesis?

41. List the six major characteristics of living things.

 

42.  Compare cell division in unicellular & multicellular organisms.

 

43. Why is it important for scientist to communicate about their work?

 

44. Why do scientists use SI rather than the system of measurement adopted for use in their own country?

45. How do autotrophs differ from heterotrophs in obtaining energy?

46.  Would a field biologist who studies the ecology of a bird species necessarily use the same scientific methods as a laboratory biologist who studies how a virus infects cells?  Why or Why Not?

47.  How does the growth of a nonliving thing differ from growth of a living thing?

48. Why are so many organisms yet to be discovered, identified, and described?

 

49. List the six major themes of biology.