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1. Shouldyoutestmorethanonevariableatonceinanexperiment?Andwhenyouget
yourresults,whataresomethingsthatyoucandotomakesuretheyarevalid?
2. Knowgeneralsafetyrulesandcommonpiecesoflabequipment.Readoverthesafety
contractthatwassignedforclass.Availablehere:
http://www.flinnsci.com/documents/miscpdfs/safety_contract.pdf
3. Beabletoarrangethelevelsoforganizationfromsmallesttolargest.Whatwouldbethe
smallestlevelconsideredliving?Whichlevelscontainnonlivingitems?
4. Howdoweconsidersomethinglivingornonliving?Whatcharacteristicsshouldall
livingorganismshave(thereareseven)?
5. Whatishomeostasis?Beabletogiveexamplesofhowyourbodyregulatesthis
process.Howcancellsregulatethisprocess?
6. Knowthefourtypesofbiomolecules.Beabletogivethemonomers,polymers,and
functionsofeachofthefour.Whatkindoffoodscanyoufindeachofthesemolecules
in?
7. Beabletolabelthecellsbelowanddeterminethefunctionsoftheorganelles(you
shouldalsoknowwhatflagella,lysosomes,andcentriolesdoeventhoughtheyarenot
labeled).Whatkindsofcellsarethese?Howdoyouknow?
8. Whatiscellspecialization?Beabletogiveexamplesfromyourbody.
9. WhatscientistscontributedtotheCellTheory?
10. Beabletodescribeindetailthethreemainfacetsofthecelltheoryandhowtheyrelate
tolife.
11. Whattypesoforganisms/objectswouldyouuseanelectronmicroscopetosee?What
aboutacompoundmicroscope?
12. Compareandcontrastprokaryotes/eukaryotes.Beabletogiveexamplesoforganisms
thatwouldfitintoeachcategory.
13. Whatorganelles/cellpartsdifferbetweenplantandanimalcells?Whatorganismswill
havecellwalls(remember:notjustplants)?
14. Whatisaconcentrationgradient?Howdoesthisapplytoacellmembrane?
15. Knowthe4partsofacellmembraneandthefunctionofeach.Whatdohydrophobic
andhydrophilicmeanandhowdothesetermsrelatetothestructureofaphospholipid?
16. Whatisdiffusionandwhydoesitoccur?Whatisosmosis?
17. Whatarehypertonic,isotonic,andhypotonicsolutions?Beabletodeterminewhat
wouldhappentoaplantoranimalcellineachofthethreesolutions.
18. Whatarethetwotypesoftransportincellsandhowdotheydiffer?Giveexamplesof
eachtype.
19. KnowtherelativeshapeofanATPmolecule.HowdoesitdifferfromADP?Howis
energyreleasedfromATP?
20. Beabletowritethecomplete,balancedequationforphotosynthesis.
21. Knowtheprocessofphotosynthesisindetail.Beabletogivethereactantsand
productsofthereaction.
22. Understandtheroleofchloroplastsandpigmentsinphotosynthesis.
23. Knowtheprocessofcellularrespiration.Beabletogivethereactantsandproductsof
thereaction.
24. Whatisthedifferencebetweenaerobicandanaerobicrespiration?HowmanyATPare
producedineachprocess?
25. Whatislacticacidandwhyisitcreated?
26. Thereareathletesthatfocusonshortquickexerciseslikesprints.Therearealso
athletesthatfocusondistance.Knowwhichtypeofathletewouldusecellular
respirationastheirmainsourceoffuelandwhichwoulduselacticacidfermentation.