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| Identify the hypothesis, the control, and the variables in an experiment. |
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| Distinguish between the independent and dependent variables. |
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| Explain the limits of science and why some things cannot be understood scientifically. |
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| Explain why experimental evidence will SUPPORT but never PROVE a hypothesis. |
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| Be able to draw, read, and interpret a graph including all appropriate titles and labels. |
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| Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative data. |
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| Explain the purpose of maintaining constant and controlled conditions in a lab and the role of a control group. |
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| Identify who Charles Darwin was. |
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| List the 5 major parts of Darwin's theory of Evolution by natural selection and explain why are each important to the theory. Discuss the significance of each part. |
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| Identify and describe the sources of variation in sexually reproducing populations. |
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| Describe the role of variation in natural selection. |
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| Describe the relationship between adaption, environment and evolution of populations over long periods of time. |
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| Identify the 3 types of adaptations-behavioral, structural, physiological; How could these help improve an organism's fitness? |
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| Discuss how antibiotic resistance develops in bacteria and why this is an example of natural selection |
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| Differentiate between the features of a proton, neutron and electron |
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| Identify where each is located in or around an atom |
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| Describe how a molecule is different than an atom |
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| Be able to determine characteristics of the following elements from the periodic table:H,O,N,C,P,S. |
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| Describe how an ion is different than a "normal" atom |
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| Understand why atoms would bond and what is involved in bonding atoms |
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| Recognize the structure of each of the following if looking at a diagram of these functional groups: hydroxyl, carboxyl,amino,phosphate |
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| Describe what functional groups allow a molecule to do. |
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| Identify molecules that contain the above functional groups. |
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| What is accomplished by each type of reaction? When would organisms perform either of these? |
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| Describe the role of water in each of these reactions |
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| Recognize the general differences between synthesis reactions and decomposition reactions |
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| Identify their subunits and characteristics unique to each |
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| describe their functions in living things and be able to provide some important examples |
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| recognize the general structure if looking at a diagram |
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| Identify characteristics that living things have in common and how living things are different than nonliving things |
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| differentiate between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells in terms of structure |
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| explain the difference between chemical energy and free energy |
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| explain the relationship between heterotrophs, autotrophs, and their enviornment. |
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| identify the roles of producers, consumers, decomposers, and the sun in an ecosystem. |
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| identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration |
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| identify the locations of each of these process and explain why plants need to perform BOTH! |
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| Describe the two laws of thermodynamics and how they apply to energy in an ecosystem |
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| Consider the role of entropy in an ecosystem and how.why autotrophs must continue to gain energy to stay alive |
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| Describe the structure of ATP, its role in the cell and its relationship to ADP |
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| Describe the path food molecule take through the digestive system |
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| describe the roles of each part of the digestive system |
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