Ms. Moore's Block 2 General Biology Spring 2020 Assignments

What happened to the dinosaurs? Did they go extinct or did they evolve further?
1. View the It's Okay To Be Smart video "Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?" and the HHMI BioInteractive Video "The Origin of Birds" (linked below).
2. Take notes on the videos listed above and linked below to prepare for a Zoom meeting discussion. Submit the notes for grading.

More about DNA and Evolution
Take notes and summarize the content of the It's OK To Be Smart video "How Your DNA Proves Evolution Is Real" (linked below) on a document to be used for notes in a Zoom meeting discussion.

Evidence of Evolution Part 2
View the interactive videos "Evidence for Common Ancestry", "Common Ancestry: It's in our Genes", and "Shared Functions Shared genes" on the Learn.Genetics website linked below, as well as review the article from the previous assignment "Fish or Mammal Case Study" from the learn.Genetics website, also linked below. Fill in the chart on the document titled "Evidence of Evolution Part 2" and submit it for grading. Make sure you describe the evidence and provide examples of each one.

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Evidence of Evolution Part 1
Read the following chapter sections linked below: "Fossils" (5.15), "Comparative Anatomy" (5.16), and "Biogeography" (5.17) as well as the article "Fish or Mammal Case Study" from the learn.Genetics website, also linked below. Fill out the chart on the document titled "Evidence of Evolution" and submit it for grading. Make sure you describe the evidence and provide examples of each one.

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Relationships among Organisms
First view the video "Tree Diagrams" on the learn.Genetics website (linked below) and then read Chapter Section 5.11 "Phylogeny and Cladistics" in the online textbook (linked below) and answer the following questions:
1. What is a clade?
2. What is cladistics, and what is it used for?
3. Explain why reptiles and birds are placed in the same clade.
4. Dogs and wolves are more closely related to each other than either is to cats. Draw a phylogenetic tree to show these relationships. (This can be done on a Google Doc or Google Drawing or done by hand and scanned and then submitted for grading.

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What is a species?
View the video "What is a Species?" on the Learn.Genetics website (linked below) and answer the following questions and submit your document for grading.
1. What is a species according the "biological concept"?
2. What is a species according to the "ecological concept"?
3. What is a hybrid species?
4. What is a bacterial species defined by?
5. What is a fossil species defined by?
6. What is the process of speciation?
7. How do scientists know that species change over time?
8. Why i the species concept important?

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Sources of Genetic Variation Part 2
View the following three videos:
The Stated Clearly video “What is an Allele?”, and the two videos "Allele Shuffling" and "Genetic Variation" found on the Learn.Genetics website (linked in our Google Classroom) and answer the following questions based on these three videos.
Note- the answers to the same or similar questions in other assignments may not be the same since they are being asked in a different context.

Questions about alleles and allele shuffling:
1. Explain what an allele is and what it does.
2. Except for the genes found on the sex chromosomes, how many alleles does a person have for each gene?
3. Explain what is meant by "allele shuffling and how it results in unique offspring.

Questions about genetic variation:
1. Explain how genetic variation in a population comes about?
2. Why would some variations stick around in a population and some disappear?
3. Explain why it is advantageous for a population to be genetic diverse.

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Answer the questions in the interactive video linked below.
1. Write down the answers and the comments that are given in the explanations of the correct answers in a document. If you don't answer an interactive question correctly, re-watch that part of the video and try again so you can write down the comments and explanations. Submit the document for grading
2. At the end of the video, and after answering all of the questions, click on "Quiz results", then click on "Print" and save it as a PDF document or save it to your Google Drive (don't actually print it). Submit the quiz results for grading.
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Mitosis, Meiosis, and Fertilization
1. Read the “Mitosis, Meiosis, and Fertilization” page on the Learn.Genetics website (linked below)
2. Review the 5/6 assignment.
3. Answer the following questions based on the information in both assignments:

Mitosis (division of body cells for growth and repair)
4: Explain how cells produce identical daughter cells.

Meiosis (cell division to produce sex cells (gametes- sperm or eggs)
5: How many chromosomes do humans have?
6: How many chromosomes come from a person's dad?
7: How many chromosomes come from a pearson's mom?
8: Except for the genes on the sex-chromosomes (X and Y) how many copies of each gene does a person have?
9: Where does each gene copy come from?

Fertilization (Fusion of egg and sperm to produce the first cell of a sexual reproducing organism)
10: During meiosis, the reproductive cells of humans produce daughter cells (gametes- eggs or sperm)) that have only 23 chromosomes. Explain why this is important.
11: Explain how sexual reproduction results in genetically unique offspring.

What is Inheritance?
Go to the "What is Inheritance?" activity (linked in our Google Classroom) on the Learn.Genetics website.
View the embedded video and read the "Sources of Variation", the "Patterns of Inheritance" section, and the "Sex Chromosomes" sections, and summarize the video and each section of the reading in your own words in full sentences (about 1 paragraph for each) on a Google Doc, and then submit the finished document for grading.
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Cell Division- Distribution of Chromosomes
1. Read about cell division 2.31 in Chapter 2.6 in our online textbook (linked below).
2. View the Bozeman Science video “Cell Division” embedded in the chapter section.
3. On a Google Doc, answer the questions in full sentences listed below (about 1 paragraph for each answer), and then submit the finished document for grading.
Chapter 2.31 Questions:
1. Describe binary fission.
2. What is mitosis?
3. Contrast cell division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Why are the two types of cell division different?
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What happens when mistakes are made in the DNA code? What kinds of mistakes are there? How are they inherited?
A. View the two videos "Part 1: How Does New genetic Information Evolve? Point Mutations" and "Part 2: How Does New Genetic Information Evolve? Gene Duplication" (linked below) and take notes on each of the two videos with attention and focus. Stop the videos as you are taking notes to give yourself time to get the details and understand the explanations.

Submit your video notes and the answers to the following questions:

B. Read about genes and mutations on the "What is Mutation?" page on the Learn.Genetics website linked below and answer the following questions:
1. What is a mutation?
2. What is an allele?
3. What kinds of mutations are there?
4. What are the benefits of mutations?
5. According to the mutation document, what is the process of natural selection?
6. Explain what mutations have to do with proteins and protein "switches".
7. Explain why some human adults experience discomfort when they drink milk. Why can other adults drink milk without discomfort?
8. What can cause mutations?

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Genes and Chromosomes
1. View the Stated Clearly video (linked below) “What is a Gene?” and take detailed notes on the video. Pause the video when you need to write something down, so you don’t miss anything.
2. View the Stated Clearly video (linked below) “What is a Chromosome?” and take detailed notes on the video. Pause the video when you need to write something down, so you don’t miss anything.
2. Read about genes and chromosomes in the two attached documents.
3. Answer the following questions based on the two attached documents "What is a Gene?" and "What is a Chromosome?" Write your answers in complete sentences and submit your document.

Questions about the "What is a Gene?" document:
1. What is a gene?
2. What are genes made of?
3. How many genes do humans have?
4. How many copies of each gene does a person have?
5. What is an allele?
6. Where are genes located?

Questions about the "What is a Chromosome?" document:
1. Where are chromosomes located?
2. What is a chromosome made of?
3. What do histones do?
4. What does a chromosome look like?

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DNA and How it Works
1. View the Stated Clearly video (linked below) "What is DNA and How Does it Work?"
2. Read the attached document titled "What is DNA?
3. Review the attached PowerPoint presentation titled "Introduction to DNA" shown in the Zoom meeting.
4. On a Google Doc, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.

1. Describe the structure of DNA
2. What are the names of the four nitrogen bases in DNA?
3. What nitrogen bases are paired with each other?
4. When DNA makes copies of itself, how does complementary base pairing contribute to the making of exact copies?

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The Nucleus of the Cell, DNA, and Traits
1. Read about the nucleus of the cell in Chapter 2.6 in our online textbook (linked below).
2. View the Amoeba Sisters video “DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, and Traits: An Intro to Heredity” (linked below).
3. On a Google Doc, define the vocab words found in your chapter reading, summarize the Amoeba Sisters video mentioned in #2 above, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.

A. Define these vocab words:
1. DNA
2.Gene
3. Chromosomes

B. Summarize the Amoeba Sisters video with details as you are watching it. Pause the video to give yourself time to write good explanations of the content of the video.

C. Answer these questions from Chapter 2.6:
1. What is the role of the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell?
2. Describe the nuclear membrane.
3. What are nuclear pores?

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Watch the attached video to learn about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes.. Take detailed notes on the video and submit your notes to our Google Classroom. Don't forget to hit the "Turned in" button!

Watch the attached video to learn about viruses.Take detailed notes on the video and submit your notes to the Google Classroom. Don't forget to hit the "Turned in" button!

Read Chapter 7,9 in our online textbook linked below and answer the questions in the attached form.

Watch the attached video to learn about bacteria.Take detailed notes on the video and submit your notes to the Google Classroom. Don't forget to hit the "Turned in" button!

Read Chapter 7.3 in our online textbook linked below, view the videos, and answer the questions in the attached form.

Using the information in Chapters 2.3 and 2.4 in online textbook draw, color, and label a diagram of the plasma membrane, scan the document, and submit the scanned document to this assignment. Please use a large portion of the paper and make sure you include phospholipids and transport proteins and remember to label the parts.
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1. Read Chapter 2.1 in our online textbook(linked below).
2. On a Google Doc, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.
Chapter 2.1 questions:
1. What are the three main parts of the cell theory?
2. List the four parts common to all cells.
3. What are the cell structures where proteins are made?
4. What is the role of DNA?
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1. Read Chapter 2.3 in our online textbook(linked below) and view the embedded videos.
2. On a Google Doc, write a summary of each video, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.
Chapter 2.3 questions:
1. Describe the role of the plasma membrane.
2. What is meant by semipermeability (also called selective permeability)?
3. Describe the composition of the plasma membrane.
4. Explain why hydrophobic molecules can easily cross the plasma membrane, while hydrophilic molecules cannot.
5. Don't forget to write summaries of the videos.
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1. Read Chapters 2.2 in our online textbook(linked below) and view the embedded videos.
2. On a Google Doc, write a summary of each video, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.
Chapter 2.2 questions:
1. What is the cell nucleus?
2. What is the main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
3. Give an example of a prokaryotic cell.
4. Define organelle.
5. What is the advantage of having organelles?
6. Don't forget to summarize the videos.
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1. Read Chapter 2.4 in our online textbook(linked below) and view the embedded videos.
2. On a Google Doc, write a summary of each video, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.
Chapter 2.4 questions:
1.What is the main difference between the two main types of proteins associated with the plasma membrane?
2. What are two functions of integral membrane proteins?
3. Discuss the Fluid Mosaic Model.
4. What are flagella and cilia?
5. Don't forget the video summaries.
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Experimental Design Quiz Review Assignment
A. Explain the following words:

1. Hypothesis
2. Theory
3. Experiment
4. Control
5. Variable
6. Independent variable
7. Dependent variable

B. Design an experiment:
1. State your hypothesis
2. Write a procedure
3. Discuss what the independent and dependent variables are in your experiment.
4. Discuss what results would support your hypothesis

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1. Read Chapter 1.1 in our online textbook(linked below) and view the embedded videos.
2. On a Google Doc, write a detailed summary of each video, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.
Chapter 1.1 questions:
1. Outline the steps of a scientific investigation.
2. What is a scientific hypothesis? What characteristics 3. must a hypothesis have to be useful in science?
4. Give an example of a scientific question that could be investigated with an experiment. Then give an example of a question that could not be investigated.
5. Can a hypothesis be proven true? Why or why not?
6. Why do scientists communicate their results?
7. Don't forget to summarize the videos (with details)
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1. Read the section "Experiment" in our online textbook (linked below) and view the embedded videos.
2. On a Google Doc, write a detailed summary of each video, answer the questions listed below, and then submit the finished document for grading.
Questions:
1. What is an experiment?
2. Compare the dependent variable to the independent variable.
3. Identify the independent and dependent variables in the following experiment: A scientist grew bacteria on gel in her lab. She wanted to find out if the bacteria would grow faster on gel A or gel B. She placed a few bacteria on gel A and a few on gel B. After 24 hours, she observed how many bacteria were present on each type of gel.
4. Don't forget the video summaries (with details).
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