Skip to content


Biology 2nd Quarter Openers

Dec 7 Mon

These vocab terms will be notes that stay in the notebook.  You may write them down in either your opener notebook or your regular notebook

Vocab:

  •  ATP adenosine triphosphate
  • ADP adenosine diphosphate
  • autotroph
  • heterotroph
  • photosynthesis

Dec 8 Tues

Dec 9 Wed

Dec 10 Thurs

Dec 11 Fri

No opener Quiz ch 8

—————————————————————————————————

Nov 23 Mon

  • Today’s Opener log into Kahoots
  • Review videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvlqAVCoq

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvlqAVCoqY

Nov 24 Tues

No opener

  • ch 7 test organelles and cell theory

—————————————-

Nov 16 Mon

  • No opener- go over quizzes + star new unit

Nov 17 Tues

  • Pick 2 organelles and explain how they function like part of a factory.
  • Pair share with your neighbor

Nov 18 Wed

Identify the organelles from the sketch.

 

Which cell is a plant cell?  List 3 reasons why.

 

Nov 19 Thurs

Complete the missing pieces of the cell theory.

  1. Cells are the basic unit of _____ and _____ of all living organisms.
  2. All _______    ______ are composed of cells.
  3. Cells come from _______________

Match the contributor to his idea of the cell theory.

A.  Hooke         B.  Schwann         C.  Schleiden

D.  Van leewenhoek         E.  Virchow

  1. _______  First used the word “cell”
  2. _______  All plants are composed of cells_______
  3. _______  Cells come from pre-exisiting cells
  4. _______  Invented the microscope

Nov 20 Fri

How does the Golgi complex differ from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in its function?

How does the Golgi complex differ from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in its structure?

 

Examine the diagram.  cell types

Which cell(s) is/are prokaryotic?

Which cell(s) is/are prokaryotic?

 

 

 

———————————————————————————

Nov 9 Mon

  1.  Calculate the sweetness of lactose after the enzyme lactase has been added.

lactose = glucose (75) + galactose (32)

2.  If a person is lactose intolerant, why can’t they digest milk?

3.  How does a product like Lact-Aid help?

4.  What is lactaid?

Nov 10 Tues

Screen Shot 2015-11-10 at 4.30.06 AM

 

 

  1. What type of fat is shown in each image?
  2. How do saturated and unsaturated fats differ?
  3. How are saturated and unsaturated fats the same?

 

 

Nov 12 Wed

  • No opener- review day

Nov 13 Thurs

  • Shortened schedule- Ch 2.3 Biomolecule quiz

Nov 14 Fri

  • No opener- Bean Lab

———————————————————————————

Nov 2 Mon

  • No opener – meet in computer lab 152 for Quiz Star review

Nov 3 Tues

  • No opener- Quiz ch 2 Water, Enzymes, Acids/Bases

Nov 4 Wed

  • No opener- go over quizzes + start new unit

Nov 5 Thurs

Screen Shot 2015-11-05 at 8.30.42 AM

  1. Macromolecules are large molecules composed of smaller _______ units.

 

 

 

2.  What are 3 the monosaccharides?

3.  Which monosaccharide is the sweetest?

4.  Which monosaccharide is the only sugar your brain can use?

 

Nov 6 Fri

  1.  Rank the 3 sugars in order of sweetness (most to least)

glucose, high fructose corn syrup, sucrose

2.  Of the 3 types of complex carbs (glycogen, starch, and cellulose)

which are found in plants?

which are found in animals?

3.  What is the function of carbohydrates

 

—————————————————————————————-

Oct 26 Mon

Part 1

What type of enzyme?  anabolic or catabolic

Screen Shot 2015-10-25 at 10.18.49 AM

 

 

 

Label the 4 stages of an enzyme in action.

Screen Shot 2015-10-25 at 10.24.08 AM

 

 

 

 

Part 2

  1. What is a hypothesis?
  2. What is the dependent variable?
  3. What is the independent variable?

Oct 27 Tues

Data Table for Fruit and Jello Demo/Lab

Screen Shot 2015-10-27 at 1.04.06 PM

 

 

Oct 28 Wed

  1.  Which line indicates that an enzyme was used in the reaction?

Screen Shot 2015-10-27 at 1.05.36 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Does the graph below show an endothermic reaction or an exothermic reaction?  Explain.

Screen Shot 2015-10-27 at 1.09.00 PM

The chemical equation A + B –> C is shown on the graph.

3.  what are/is the reactant(s)

4.  what are/is the product(s)

 

5.  Chewing sugar free gum gives the sensation that your mouth feels “cool” and fresh.  Is the dissolving of artificial sweetener an endothermic or exothermic reaction?  Explain.

Oct 29 Thurs

Write today’s opener on your acid base lab paper- NOT in your notebook.

 

Use markers or colored pencils to color in the pH scale as shown with cabbage juice indicator

https://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/equipment/pictures/ph-cabbage.jpg

Oct 30 Fri

A substance that releases H+ is a(n) ______

A substance that releases OH- is a(n) ______

H+  + OH – = _________

Complete the pH Scale

1              ———>  ________  —>   _______

_____  ———>  neutral  —>   _______

———————————————————————–

Oct 19 Mon

No opener – Welcome back

Oct 20 Tues

Label the shape of the water molecule by labeling the hydrogens (H), oxygen (O), and the + and – end

Screen Shot 2015-10-19 at 2.22.16 PM

Water is cohesive and “sticks” to itself.  Why does the shape of water cause water to be cohesive?

 

 

Oct 21 Wed

  1. What is an enzyme?
  2. Enzymes must be at the correct ______ and _____ in order to work optimally.

Oct 22 Thurs

  • No opener Field trip

Oct 23 Fri

  • Do Field Trip Reflection form (green paper)

————————————————————

 

___________________________