Download Biology 3rd Quarter Learning Targets 1. Describe the work of Griffith

Biology
3rd Quarter Learning Targets
1. Describe the work of Griffith, Avery, Hershey and Chase and Watson and Crick as it applies to DNA.
2. Describe the structure of DNA.
3. Describe the process of DNA replication.
4. Describe the process of protein synthesis.
5. Describe how genes are expressed and regulated.
6. Describe how mutations affect how a cell functions and what can cause mutations.
7. Examine early ideas about evolution.
8. Identify 3 geological theories that influenced scientific debate over evolution.
9. Describe how Darwin arrived at his idea about species variation.
10. Compare and contrast artificial selection and natural selection.
11. Examine the factors Darwin considered in forming his theory of natural selection.
12. Summarize the four principles of natural selection.
13. Recognize the major sources of evidence for evolution.
14. Summarize different types of evidence that support evolution.
15. Recognize the importance of evolution in unifying all branches of biological study.
16. Describe the significance of genetic variation within a population.
17. Identify sources of genetic variation.
18. Describe how natural selection acts on the distribution of traits in a population.
19. Explain 3 ways natural selection can change the distribution of a trait in a population.
20. Explain how gene flow, genetic drift and sexual selection can lead to evolution of populations.
21. Identify the conditions that define Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
22. Explain the predictive value of the Hardy-Weinberg equation.
23. Explain how isolation of populations can lead to speciation.
24. Describe how populations can become isolated.
25. Describe different types and rates of evolution.
26. Compare different types and rates of extinction.
27. Describe that ecology is the study of the relationships among organisms and their environment.
28. Describe the levels of organization of living things.
29. Describe abiotic and biotic factors.
30. Describe the importance of keystone species.
31. Describe energy in an ecosystem.
32. Describe and draw food chains and food webs.
33. Describe how matter cycles in and out of an ecosystem.
34. Describe the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and hydrologic cycles.
35. Describe energy