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Honors Biology Final Exam Learning Targets
Unit 5
1. Apply scientific reasoning and evidence from
ancient Earth materials, meteorites, and other
planetary surfaces (such as atmosphere) to
construct an account of Earth’s formation and
early history.
2. Identify key points along the geological history of
Earth relative to each other on a timeline.
a. Origin of earth
b. Origin of prokaryotes
c. Origin of eukaryotes
d. Origin of multicellularity
e. Origin of animals
f. Origin of humans
3. Determine early Earth history and important life events
a. Abiogenesis (life from non-life)
b. Prokaryote → eukaryote (endosymbiotic theory)
c. Unicellular → multicellular (colonial flagellate hypothesis)
d. Autotroph → heterotroph
e. Asexual → sexual reproduction
f. Mass extinctions
g. Human impact on biodiversity
4. Communicate scientific information that common ancestry
and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of
empirical evidence, such as:
a. Fossils
b. Comparative anatomy:
i.
Embryology
ii.
Homologous structures
iii.
Analogous structures
iv.
Vestigial structures
c. Genetics and molecular biology
5. Use dichotomous keys, cladograms, tables and
other visual information to classify living organisms
based on their physical and/or genetic
characteristics.
Unit 6
1. Compare and contrast artificial and natural selection.
2. Construct an explanation based on evidence that the process of evolution by natural selection primarily results
from four factors:
i.
The potential for a
species to increase in number,
ii.
The heritable genetic
variation of individuals in species
due to mutation and sexual
reproduction,
iii.
Competition for limited
resources, and
iv.
The proliferation of
those organisms that are better
able to survive and reproduce in
the environment.
3. Apply concepts of statistics and
probability to support explanations based
on evidence that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms
lacking this trait.
4. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
5. Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in:
a. Increases in the number of individuals of the same species,
b. The emergence of new species over time, and
c. The extinction of other species.
Unit 7
1. Use mathematical representations to calculate
estimated population sizes:
a. Changes in population sizes (immigration,
emigration, birth, death rates)
b. Population density and dispersion patterns
c. Quadrat method
d. Random sampling
e. Mark and recapture
2. Use mathematical representations to calculate
biodiversity:
a. Simpson’s index
3. Evaluate calculations of biodiversity and explain how
they impact an ecosystem.
4. Explain how limiting factors affect carrying capacity of
ecosystems.
5. Calculate carrying capacity using mathematical data
and/or models.
6. Explain how changing conditions may result in a new
ecosystem.
a. Primary succession
b. Secondary succession
7. Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex
interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent
numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions:
a. predator-prey
b. competition (competitive exclusion)
c. mutualism
d. parasitism
8. Evaluate the evidence for the role of group
behavior on individual and species’ chances to
survive and reproduce.
Unit 8
1. Analyze human population/demographics
a. Population graphing
b. Pyramid demographics
2. Evaluate your ecological footprint and its impact on
Earth:
a. Human eco-footprint, water footprint
b. Compare to the world average
c. Consider ways to decrease your ecological
footprint
3. Evaluate the impact of human populations on
ecosystems as positive and negative, focusing on:
a. Climate change
b. Invasive species
c. Greenhouse gas reductions
d. Overfishing
e. Habitat destruction
f. Biomagnification
g. Ocean acidification