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Biology Review Guide
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Estrogen
fallopian tube
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Fertilization
Fetus
follicle-stimulating
hormone
Fragmentation
Gametes
Gene
genetic code
genetic engineering
Gonads
Grafting
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Haploid
Heredity
heritable
characteristics
Hermaphrodites
Holistic
Hormones
Hybrid
Implantation
in vitro fertilization
Infertility
Interphase
Meiosis
menstrual cycle
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Menstruation
Mitosis
non-heritable
characteristics
Ovaries
Ovulation
Ovules
Oxytocin
Parthenogenesis
Penis
Placenta
Pollen
Progesterone
9.1 - Genetics
a. Describe dominant and recessive traits in humans and other living things and give specific
examples
b. Should Genetically Modified Organisms be used? Why or why not?
9.2 - Cell Division
a. Create a general representation of what happens during cell division (include the nucleus)?
b. What major changes have happened in our understanding of cell division (microscopes,
spontaneous growth)
c. What is cell theory?
d. Compare mitosis and meiosis?
e. Describe mitosis (including all major stages)
f. Describe meiosis (including all major stages)
e. How does cancer relate to the cell cycle.
9.3 - Sexual and Asexual
a. Compare advantages and disadvantages for individual plants and animals, or populations of
plants and animals.
b. Describe the specific methods of asexual reproduction in plants (Budding, Binary Fission,
Fragmentation, Grafting, Spore Production, Vegetative Reproduction)
c. Describe the specific methods of asexual reproduction in animals (Budding, Parthenogenesis)
d. Describe the process of sexual reproduction in seed plants (include pollination, germination,
and Fertilization)
e. Know the structure and function of a flower.
f.. Describe the process of sexual reproduction (Include the terms: Zygote, Fertilization, Gamete,
Cleavage, Fetus, Embryo)
9.4 - Human Reproduction
a. What are the effects of each of the hormones in males and females? Where are the hormones
produced?
b. What are the major events of the three stages in the menstrual cycle.
c. Structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems.
d. Describe major stages in human development from conception to birth including: Major
events throughout the stages of pregnancy, signs of pregnancy, X and Y chromosomes,
embryonic phase, and fetal phase
e. Describe reproductive technologies (invitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and embryo
transfer)
f. Describe contraceptive technologies (condoms, oral contraceptive pill, diaphragm, intrauterine devices, sterilization, and abstinence)