April 29-May 3, 2013

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Read Animal Development Chapter 47
Do terms for 47.1 and 47.3 and self-quiz for ch. 47
Pay attention to cell signaling
                         gene expression on cell development

Do 2 Grid-In questions for Monday, April 29.

Finish the assugnments for last week as we have to complete AP topics before the exam May, 13.

Chapter 51 Behavioral Ecology
Check your Cliff terms against the text to make sure you know all the terms.
Imprinting, taxis, types of learning and conditioning,
Chap 52 Population Ecology
Survivorship curve, exponential growth, logistic curve, K-selection, r-selection,logistic model, age structure
Chapter 53 Community Ecology
Terms community-species area curve
Chap. 54 Ecosystems
Trophic relationships-ozone layer depletion

Do as many practice exams as possible in the Cliff book or whatever supplement book you have.
If all you have is your textbook do as many sel-quizzes as you can WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE ANSWERS FIRST!!

Free response question #4 on transpiration and water potential due Thurs. May 2, 2013.

New Student Website/ Set up your own account to get scores online and practice tests

April 15-19

Read chap 21-Genetic Basis for Development
Cliff book p. 214-217 correspond to this very important chapter.

Homework -Terms in Cliff for the section on Embryonic development, supplemented by terms in ch. 21.  Notes including terms OK.  Some of this will be review: Mitotic divisions, cleavages(deuterostomes, protosomes). 

Reading chap 21 is essential: can't just get it from the terms of either book.

CST Review continues.

Animal Behavior Ch 51 Behavioal Ecology

Read 51.1-51.3
Cliffs p. 225-229. Animal behavior
Homework- Terms from Cliffs in the pages listed above; supplement from textbook(ch. 51)

Ecology Cliffs Read entire section and do terms.  p. 235-246 Do 50 of the 90 terms in this section/your choice of what you need to know.

April 8-12

Review DNA replication Chap 16
Read and review Transcription and translation Ch. 17
RNA processing
All relevant enzymes for all processes should be studied; their functions understood.

Homework Boldfaced terms ch. 17  one gene-one polypeptide to mutagens.
Due 4/12/13

 Read chap 19.1 and  19.2 for Mon. 4/15/13

Cliff  book Molecular Genetics covers Chap.16-20.
This includes viruses and bacteria which we already covered and
you already have the terms for ch. 18.

Homework- Notes on Molecular genetics in Cliff book will include most but not all of the terms in the above referenced chapters for molecular genetics.
Supplement theCliff with the textbook terms.

April 2, 2013

WELCOME BACK!

Free Response
Idenitfy and discuss 3 feedback loops(either positive or negative).
Include all components as youcan from memory.

Review M/C Q's #1-48 Practice exam
 Review feedback systems in class.

Copy brain chart from Princeton Review p. 187.

Finish Nervous sys.
Begin Muscles Chap. 49.6

Check Engrade for missing work.
Fail notices being sent soon.