SCIENTIFIC METHOD REVIEW

1.                    What are the steps of Scientific Method?

2.                    What is a hypothesis?

3.                    What is data?

4.                    What is a “valid experiment”?

5.                    How many variables should you test at one time?

6.                    What is the purpose of the control in an experiment?

7.                    What is a Serendipity experiment?

 
MICRO-LIFE

        8.                   What is the difference between unicellular and multicellular?

9.                    Explain “Spontaneous Generation”.

10.                 Who proved “Spontaneous Generation” to be incorrect?

11.                 The main source of energy for all living things is stored in which nutrient?

12.                 Define homeostasis.

13.                 List the needs of living things.

14.                 Give an example of a stimulus and a response that a snail uses to adapt.

15.                 What is the goal of all living things?

16.                 What is an element and a compound?

17.                 Identify the protein that carries messages from parent to offspring.

18.                 Water makes up about ____________________percent of the human body.

19.                 What is an autotroph/heterotroph?

20.                 What is a prokaryote?

21.                 What is the function of  “cilia”?

22.                 Bacteria are classified by their shape.  Name the 3 shapes.

23.                 Why are  the following people  famous?     Hooke,  Leeuwenhoek,  Lister,  Pasteur.

24.                The “Cell Theory” states that all living things are made up of __________________.

25.                Is a virus living?  Explain.

26.                Can an antibiotic kill both bacteria and virus infections?  Explain.

27.                We did a lab that simulated the transmission of an infectious disease.  Explain how a student got the disease but did not exchange saliva with that student.

28.                How was penicillin discovered in the 1940’s?

29.                Why should you not take antibiotics if you do not need them?

CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

30.                 What are functions of the organelles in a cell? ( ribosomes, ER, mitochondria, cell wall, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, cell membrane, nucleus)

31.                 What is diffusion?

32.                 What is osmosis?

33.                 What is a “selectively permeable” membrane?

34.                 What would be the effect of salt water on a cell?

35.                 What was the effect of syrup and paint on our de-shelled egg?

36.                 What is the function of the “radula” on the snail?

37.                 Does a snail loose its shell when it grows? Explain.

38.                 Review the candy associated with each structure in the “edible cell” activity.

39.                 What is the difference between Active and Passive transport?

40.                 Why is it difficult to kill the “Aids” virus?

41.                 What would happen if you put a “slug” in salt water?  Use scientific terms in your answer!

 CELL PROCESSES AND ENERGY

42.                 List the equations for Photosynthesis and Respiration.

43.                 What are the products of both?

44.                 What are the raw materials or ingredients for both?

45.                 What are the function of pigments? Explain

46.                 What is the function of the stomata?

47.                 What is the difference between respiration and fermentation?

48.                 What is the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration?

49.                 Identify the structure in the cell that releases the most energy during respiration.

50.                 List the 4 phases of mitosis.

51.                 What are chromosomes?

52.                 In which phase of the cell cycle is the DNA replicated?

53.                 What is the end result of DNA replication?

54.                 What is the end result of mitosis?

55.                 What is the number of human chromosomes?

56.                 What is the relationship between cancer and mitosis?

57.                 What is a mutation?

58.                 What is chemotherapy?

59.                 What is the major cause of lung cancer?

60.                 Describe the structure of DNA.

61.                 How would you describe the shape of DNA.

62.                 Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure and replication of DNA? Year?

63.                 Identify the bonding of the nitrogen bases.

64.                 What type of bond joins the nitrogen bases?

65.                 A mass of abnormal cells is known as a ______________.

66.                 Each rung of the DNA ladder consists of how many nitrogen bases?

67.                 Briefly explain how you can tell which part of the DNA fingerprint contain the shortest pieces?

68.                 Is yeast living?  Explain what needs we gave it to survive.  Explain how we knew it was living?                            Explain how we knew it released carbon dioxide?