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1st Semester
Chapter 1
Scientific Method
Pg 14-30
List the 7 steps of scientific method.
List and define the three types of microscopes.
Draw and label the parts of a microscope.
List the branches of Life Science and a career for each branch. ( pg. 14)
Name your five senses.
What are the metric units of measure for length, volume, mass?
Define hypothesis, controlled experiment, variable, & data.
Chapter 2
Cells, Tissues & Organs
Pg 78-97
Name 5 life processes and tell what each means.
Draw and label the parts of a plant and animal cell.
List and define each part of the cell.
What is tissue and list four types of tissue?
List seven organ systems and at least two organs for each system.
Define theory, osmosis, mitosis, daughter cell, epithelial & connective tissue.
Chapter 3
Digestion
Pg 214-237
Explain the path of digestion from when you put food in your body until it leaves.
List the organs used in digestion.
List the three enzymes used for digestion and the organ where the enzyme is used.
List the three nutrients in food and give their caloric value.
Compare mechanical & chemical digestion.
Define amino acid, peristalsis, chyme, emulsification, & villi.
Chapter 4
Skeletal/ Muscular System
Pg 240-253
What is the difference between an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton? (give examples)
List the three types of muscles and where you would find them in your body.
What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscle?
List 4 types of joints and where you would find them.
What is the difference between dermis & epidermis, tendon & ligament, compact
bone & spongy bone and extensor & flexor?
Chapter 5
Circulatory System
Pg 256-267
Be able to label the parts of a heart and explain the path of blood in a closed
circulatory system.
Name and describe the three kinds of blood vessels.
What are the five jobs of the circulatory system?
Describe the different parts of blood. (Pg 260)
What is a stethoscope, & centrifuge? How is blood pressure measured?