Download college-prep biology midterm review

COLLEGE-PREP BIOLOGY MIDTERM REVIEW
FOR THE MIDTERM YOU SHOULD KNOW:
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The definition of the word biology
The areas of biology we’ll study this year and their definitions
The differences between a hypothesis, theory, and a law
The steps of the scientific method
the contents of the safety contract
how to make tables and graphs according to the handout given in class
How to identify a control group and an experimental group in a lab
How to pick out the independent and dependent variables in a lab
The tools of the laboratory that were on the handout distributed the first week of school
and how to use the tools that we’ve already used
The definitions of the words from the oral reports – fields of biology
The organelles of the cell and their functions
The people responsible for inventing the microscope, naming the cell, and coming up
with cell theory. (Ex: Leeuwenhoek, Hooke, Schleiden, Schwann, Virchow)
The parts of cell theory
The structure of the cell membrane and why it’s described as a fluid mosaic
The difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
How to identify the major parts of a plant cell vs. an animal cell (cheek and onion lab)
The parts of the microscope and what they do
The different types of microscopes and for what purpose they’re used
The distance across the field of view of the microscope on low and medium power in mm
and microns (movement under the microscope lab)
How to apply the rules of scientific writing
How to write references if you’re provided with a guideline from your EHS Research Style
Guide (available from my website)
Understand diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, and active transport (endocytosis,
exocytosis) including examples.
Which way the water from the cell will move if the cell is placed in a hypotonic, isotonic,
or hypertonic solution (potato osmosis lab) (elodea lab in distilled and salt water)
The number of chromosomes in each of your somatic cells and gametes; the number of
genes in each somatic cell; definition of the word, “gene”
The number of autosomes and sex chromosomes in each of your somatic cells and
gametes
What a karyotype, homologous chromosomes, chorionic villus sampling, and
amniocentesis are
The roles of Crick and Watson, and Rosalind Franklin in discovering the shape of the DNA
molecule
How the process of protein synthesis works including the separation of the DNA
molecules, transcription by mRNA, translation by tRNA, the role of rRNA in the ribosome,
and how the genetic code chart works (How Genes Make Proteins Activity, Herman or
Agnes at the Zoo)
Roles of proteins in living things (How Genes Make Proteins Activity) and class notes