Friday, January 31, 2014

Jan. 31, 2014

TEST- today on chaps. 23 and 24  Good Luck!

Assignments due for the first grading period are:
  Bioethics-2 topics/2 paragraphs
  Terms ch. 23
  Concept checks 22.3, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
  Quiz ch. 22
  Evolution presentation-written portion
  Test ch. 23 and 24





Thursday, January 30, 2014

Jan 30, 2014

For exam Jan 31.

Topics you should know

Species concepts

     Biological
      Ecological
      Morphological
      Phylogenetic
     
All the prezygotic and postzygotic isolations

Biological species concept uses  ___________for determining species boundaries.

microevolotion

allopatric
sympatric


Tuesday, January 28, 2014

January 28 2014

EVOLUTION

1.Change in a pop. over time

2. common ancestor

3 life continues to evolve during changing environments

How do species change over time?  genes
How do genes change over time?  mutation
To increase survival in the environment, one should be? 
fittest
Fitness- to grow and produce viable and fertile offspring

Adaptations -process by which useful characteristics evolve.  The environment acts on the phenotype. 

In order for a pop. to evolve, members must inherit genetic variations.

POPULATION GENETICS

  



Thursday, May 30, 2013

JUNE 3-7 GOOD LUCK SENIORS!!

June 3-Review for final Questions will be from  topics and test questions reviewed during class.  Ecology and reproduction covered from the text will be included in the final.

Refer to the syllabus re: the final.

June 4&5 Finals  75 questions/80 minutes

NO ADVISORY TUES. AND WED. DURING FINALS

Refer to the AP topics correlation pages viii and ix in the text.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!!!!

May 28-31 Project Presentations Amnioscentesis/Biome

Amnioscentesis. Explain your results A-F, expound upon the characteristcs, frequency etc.  What are the bioethical implications for these types of prodecedures?

Biome 2-3 page research paper with bibliography.  5 min. oral presentation/power point or poster also.
Use the Biome Guidelines as a reference for your project.

Sign-ups on the board. 

Homework(last hw due)
54.2 Net primary productivity
46.3 Sexual reproduction

May 20-24 Ecology Ch. 50-55

Read Ch. 50
Assignment in-class Take ecolgy notes based on 3 diagrams:

50.3
50.6
diagrams on pages 1088 and 1089

Prairie Grass free response due

Senior finals May 23-28 Good luck seniors!

May 13-17 See Engrade for Assignments prior to this week

Water transport in plants/Transpiration/Water Potential
Read Chap 36.1-36.4

Do Free response Water Potential AP 2011