Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Section 9.5 Vocabulary

Please remember to make flash cards for the vocabulary in chapter 9, section 5 on page 192.
Here are the words:
meiosis
karyotype
homologous chromosome
sex chromosome
diploid
gamete
haploid
fertilization
zygote
tetrad




Clicking on the word will take you to an online glossary.

Bring these flashcards to class on Thursday.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Membranes regulate the traffic of molecules

Objective: 1. Students will be able to distinguish between osmosis and diffusion, as well as give examples of each process. 2. Students will be able to identify the three methods for things to enter/exit the cell (active transport, passive transport, exo/endocytosis).

The plan:
complete reading quiz
finish membrane protein function notes
fill in guided notes on osmosis and diffusion
review

Homework:
Make Flash Cards for the 17 following words/concepts:

1. Phospholipid Bilayer
2. hydrophobic
3. hydrophilic
4. Components of a cell membrane (phospholipid bilayer, proteins, carbohydrates)
5. Four functions of membrane proteins (enzyme activity, cell-cell recognition, cell signaling, transport of materials)
6. Diffusion
7. Osmosis
8. Equilibrium
9. Passive Transport
10. Facilitated Diffusion
11. Hypertonic Solution
12. Isotonic Solution
13. Hypotonic Solution
14. Active Transport
15. Vesicle
16. Exocytosis
17. Endocytosis

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Chapter 6 vocabulary part 1

Make flash cards using the following words/concepts.
19 words

Section 6.1
Cell Theory
Organelle
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell

For the following cell parts, make sure your definition includes the structure and function of the cell part.

Section 6.1 & Class notes
Plasma Membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Mitochondria
Ribosome
Golgi body

Class Notes / Mini-lab Vocabulary

Flagellum
Pilus
Lipid
Protein
Amino Acid
Organelle
Cytoskeleton

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Chapters 1 & 2 vocabulary

Your homework this weekend is to make flash cards for all of the following words. Look up the words in your text book or in your notes.

Section 1.2
1. species
2. domain
3. eukarya (domain)
4. unicellular organism
5. multicellular organism

Section 1.3
6. biological system
7. producers
8. consumers
9. homeostasis

Section 2.1
10. observation
11. data
12. inference
13. hypothesis
14. variable
15. controlled experiment

In your notes:
16. independent variable
17. dependent variable
18. qualitative observations/data
19. quantitative observations/data


20-25. Make one flash card for each of the following conversions:
1 Liter = 1000 milliliters
1 meter = 100 centimeters
1 meter = 1000 millimeters
1 millimeter = 10 centimeters
1 gram = 1000 milligrams