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STUDY GUIDE
Name
Honors
Biology Semester 2 Final
What will it look like?
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You will take a 50 question multiple choice final exam. It will be worth 100 points, so basically the weight of 2 tests.
Units/Topics Covered on Final Exam
Evolution | Energy and Matter | Ecology | Experimental Design | Biotechnology Basics
TERMS to know, understand, and connect together:
Evolution
Common Ancestor
Convergent Evolution
Dikika Baby (Selam)
Divergent Evolution
Embryonic Stages
Evidence
Evolution (specific pieces
of evidence)
Fossils
Genus
Geological Event
Half-Life
Lucy
Natural Selection
Niche
Nucleoid Region (Prok’s)
Paleontology
Pangaea
Overproduction
Peppered Moth
Plate Tectonics
Radioactive Decay and
Isotopes
Scientific Name
Scientific Theories
Speciation
Species
Vestigial Structures
Homologous Structures
Viruses
Zygote
Mutations
Cladograms
Gene Expression
DNA and Genes
Phenotypes
Purpose of Question in an
experiment
Hypothesis
Manipulated Variable
Responding Variable
Controlled Variable
Procedure
Data and Graphs
Conclusion
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Fats and Lipids
Dehydration Synthesis
Enzymes
Active Site
Competitive Inhibition
Non-competitive
Inhibition
Amylase
Hydrolysis Reactions
Dehydration Reactions
Energy
Matter
Atoms
Molecules
Chemical Bonds
Endothermic Reaction
Exothermic Reaction
Acids/acidic
Bases/basic
pH
Autotrophs
Heterotrophs
Photosynthesis
Chloroplast
Chlorophyll
Thylakoids
Thylakoid Space
Light Reactions
ATP and NADPH
Carbon Fixation (or Calvin
Cycle)
Glucose
Cell Respiration
Glycolysis
Pyruvate
Kreb’s Cycle
Electron Transport System
ATP
NADH and FADH2
ATP Synthase
Ecology
Biome
Ecosystem
Community
Interactions
Population
Population Density
Population Growth
Carrying Capacity
Trophic Levels
Primary Producers
Primary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Decomposers
Predators and Prey
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Nitrogen Cycle
Biodiversity
Molecule Movement
Gel Electrophoresis
Buffer solution
Restriction Enzyme
Palindrome
Agarose Gels
Migration (through a gel)
DNA Banding Pattern
Lane/bands Micropipette
Microliter
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Revisit all lessons in your journal – did you understand the “point” of the lesson? Did you reflect on the debrief questions from all activities? Labs?
Quiz yourself on the crime lab. See if you can explain all parts of the Micropipette Lab and Crime Lab.
Revisit all lecture notes – reread them once! Then teach the major concepts to a friend, a sibling, your parents, your dog, your bedroom wall.
Do the Profiles (who, what, when, where, why, how) for all big concepts (Evolution, Cell Respiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Producers, Amylase…)
Be able to calculate radioactive half-life problems given some information about isotopes present in a sample.
Be able to interpret cladograms and diagrams related to evolution and evolutionary relationships.
Be able to explain the evidence from various branches of science that support the theory of evolution.
Know about the enzyme amylase. Know what it does, where it is produced, when and for what it is used.
Explain how Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration are connected, both generally and specifically. Use the terms listed above to connect ideas.
Revisit your test on Energy and Matter to see the “big picture”. Be able to explain, verbally, what occurs to a Carbon atom through the processes of
Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration.
11. Write a couple of experiments and include all parts of a valid experiment. Revisit the labs “You Are What You Eat” and “Using Light Energy to Build
Matter” for the format, and see that your variables are properly identified.
12. Be able to collect data in your experiment and organize it – put it in tables, graphs, and then analyze it to form a conclusion.
13. Be able to show your understanding of pH and the acidity/basicity of solutions.
14. Be able to create time vs. pH graphs if a solution became more or less acidic, and be able to explain why your graph appears that way.
15. List members of each trophic level shown in the story, The Fish and the Forest.
16. Be able to interpret predator-prey graphs and what inferences can be drawn from them.
17. Explain factors, including matter and energy, in the environment that limit the growth of plant and animal populations in natural ecosystems.
18. Re-read all labs (formal and not-as-formal) for all parts and the content.
19. Pick 4 terms from the list above and write/say a paragraph that explains how they can be interconnected.