Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Movements and Joints Quiz

Movements and Joints Quiz will be on Thursday
For the movements you will have to match the movements w/ an example of that movement (NOT JUST THE DEFINITION!!!) 

Example: Coach Cheney is "waving" his baserunner around third into home to score the winning run---Circumduction

For the joints you will be given an example to and fill in whether it is IMMOVABLE/SLIGHTLY MOVABLE/FREELY MOVING, then if it is freely moving, which of the 6 classes is it (B&S, G, H, E, S, P).

One short answer question.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Bone quizzes

For Tuesday....Read pages 155-172. We will spend next week going over specific bone groupings and working on preparing for the bone quizzes.   Fill in questions 1,2 and 6 on your bone identification worksheet

Enjoy your 4 day weekend.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Dem Bones...Skeletal System

Bone markings Quiz on Monday 1/14  Matching Quiz, also review funtions of skeletal system and interactions between Skeletal System and other Systems of the body (last page of chapter 6)

Friday, January 4, 2013

AP Biology Midterm--Wednesday 1/16

TOPICS/UNITS
 *Major Lab included
ALL CHAPTERS ARE FOUND IN THE MADER TEXT BOOK

FORMAT OF TEST
45 Minutes M/C  45 Questions
45 Minutes FRQ (1 Question)  Short Answer (4 Questions)  3 of the 5 will be lab based

INTRO TO BIOLOGY    (5% of M/C)
Chapter 1 

CELL (30% of M/C)
Chapter 2 - Basic Chemistry, Water Properites
Chapter 3 - Organic compounds *
Chapter 4 - Cellular Organelles S/F
Chapter 5 - Cell Membrane and Cellular Transport *

ENERGETICS (25 % of M/C)
Chapter 6 - Enzymes *
Chapter 7 - Photosynthesis *

BOTANY (20% of M/C)
Chapter 23 - Plant Evolution
Chapter 24 - Flowering Plants
Chapter 25 - Plant Nutrition and Transport *
Chapter 26 - Plant Responses
Chapter 27 - Reproduction

ECOLOGY (20% of M/C)
Chapter 43 - Behavioral Ecology and Communication
Chapter 44 - Population Ecology and Growth Patterns/Models
Chapter 45 - Community and Ecosystem Ecology *
Chapter 46 - Biomes and Biodiversity

STUDY SUGGESTIONS
Review old tests
Review Biozone pages of major topics
Do Mader textbook  practice quizzes on line
Review old FRQs on Collegeboard