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Lesson 1: What are Organisms?
Key Terms: Taxonomy, Carolus Linnaeus, and Organism
1. What are the six characteristics of living things?
- The six characteristics of living things are:
o Made up of cells
o Use and need energy
o Adapt to their surroundings
o React to changes (Stimulus-Response)
o Reproduce
o Grow and develop
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What is the correct format for writing an organism’s scientific name?
The genus and species name make up an organism’s scientific name.
The first letter of the genus name needs to be capitalized, everything other letter is lowercase.
For example, when writing the scientific name it needs to be underlined: Homo sapiens
For example, when typing the scientific name it needs to be italicized : Homo sapiens
3. The modern system used for classification of organisms is based on the work of Carolus
Linnaeus.
4. What are the different levels of classification? What does it mean if various organisms share
multiple classification levels?
- The different levels of classification are- Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus,
and species
- It means that the organisms are more closely related if they share multiple classification levels.
Lesson 2: Wisconsin Fast Plants
Key Terms: Fertilizer solution, Embryo, Endosperm, Macronutrient, Micronutrient
1. How do water and minerals get into a plant?
- Water and minerals get into a plant through the plant’s roots.
2. What does “20-20-20” refer to on the fertilizer container label? What are the three
macronutrients that a plant needs?
- The percentage of the macronutrients in the fertilizer. The three macronutrients are nitrogen,
phosphorus, and potassium.
3. What are macronutrients and micronutrients? Why do plants need them?
- Macronutrients are three main nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) and
micronutrients are the other 10 nutrients that plants need to grow and develop.
4. What could you do to affect the concentration of the nutrient solution?
- The actual strength of the fertilizer is determined by how much water is mixed with a given
amount of fertilizer.
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5. How did Dr. Williams and his team breed Fast Plants to make them more useful for research?
- He cross-pollinated the Fast Plants through selective breeding.
Lesson 3: Exploring Cells
Key Terms: Compound Microscope, Organelle
1. Know the parts of a microscope and how to properly use it.
- Review page 8 “Parts and Use of a Microscope” in your science portfolio.
2. Know the function of each organelle in both plant and animal cells.
- Review pages 13 and 14 “Plant and Animal Cell Notes and Reading” in your science portfolio.
3. Know how to properly complete a scientific drawing.
- Review page 9 “Guidelines for Scientific Drawings” in your science portfolio.
4. What happened to the Elodea leaf cells when they were soaked in salt solution? Why did this
occur?
- The cell membrane collapsed and the other organelles bunched together inside the cell. The
salt concentration outside the cell was higher than inside the cell, thus causing the water to
move outside of the cell.
5. Is Spirogyra more plant-like or animal-like? Defend your answer.
- Spirogyra is more plant-like, because it has a cell wall and contains chloroplasts.
Lesson 4: The Cabbage White- From Egg to Butterfly
Key Terms: Instar, Chrysalis
1. Know the life cycle of a cabbage white butterfly.
- The order of the life cycle of a cabbage white butterfly is- egg, larva (instar), chrysalis, adult
butterfly.
2. What is the larval stage of the cabbage white butterfly called?
- The larval stage of the cabbage white butterfly is called the instar stage.
3. Which stage of the cabbage white butterfly feeds on plants?
- The cabbage white butterfly feeds on plants during the larval (instar) stage.
4. What are the three main body parts of an adult butterfly?
- Head, thorax, and abdomen are the three main body parts of an adult butterfly.
Lesson 6: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Key Terms: Stamen, Anther, Filament, Pistil (Carpel), Stigma, Style, Ovary, Germination, Pollination,
Fertilization
1. Know the parts and function of each part of a flower.
- Review pages 18 and 18A “Lesson 6 Notes and Homework” in your science portfolio.
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2. How are perfect and imperfect flowers different?
- A perfect flower contain both male and female parts.
- An imperfect flower contains only male or only female parts.
3. What is the difference between self-pollination and cross-pollination?
- Self-pollination is when pollen from the same plant arrives at the stigma of a flower (in
flowering plants).
- Cross-pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male reproductive organ (an anther) of one
plant to the female reproductive organ (a stigma) of another plant. Insects, water, and wind
are the main agents of cross-pollination.
4. Be able to explain the reproduction of a flowering plant.
1. Pollen lands on the stigma of a flower.
2. The pollen grain creates a tube down the style using the tube nucleus.
3. The sperm nuclei from the generative nucleus go into the ovule of the ovary.
4. The sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg nucleus.
5. After fertilization occurs, the ovule begins to develop into a seed and the ovary begins to
develop into a fruit.
6. Germination then begins.
5. Explain what happens inside the flower after pollination.
- When the sperm nucleus and egg nucleus unite fertilization occurs causing the ovule to turn
into a seed and the ovary to turn into fruit.
6. What do you think will develop as the flowers wither?
- A fruit develops as the flower withers.
7. Why do you think some flowers have so many pollen grains and ovules?
- An abundance of pollen and ovules helps ensure that fertilization takes place and that a
sufficient number of seeds is produced to ensure the continuation of the species.
8. What is germination, pollination, and fertilization?
- Germination is when a plant grows from a seed with sufficient warmth, water, and air.
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Pollination is the transfer of a pollen grain from the anther of a flower to the stigma of a flower.
There are two types of pollination, which are self-pollination and cross-pollination.
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Fertilization is when the male sex cells (sperm cells) fuse with the female sex cells (egg cells)
within the ovule of the ovary.