Glossary of terms
Nuclear Energy -- Entropy, and the increasing disorder of the universe.
https://calculating.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/nuclear-explosions.jpg
Review Material: Notes and questions from Thursday Aug 2nd (all parts of lecture; some questions of extra importance mentioned below, but all material prior to the last slide of Thursday's lecture is testable)
What is radioactive decay? What are three types of radioactive decay (challenge questions)?
What is heavy water? How is it made? What are nuclear forces?
Why are heavier elements less stable? How does the addition of an extra neutron (e.x. neutron bombardment to initiate fission) cause Uranium to split?
Fusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZQ4JBv3-Y
How do you protect yourself from radiation? E.x. the 3 most important factors to limit exposure to radioactive substances.
(time, distance, shielding)
Atomic mass, atomic number; what are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
What is radiation?
Half-life and Carbon Dating NOT covered on the quiz.
Updated Material for Quiz, July 27th 2018 -- Chemistry, Light, Heat and Reactions
Energy, Work, Heat vs. Temperature
Combustion -- chemical formula, formation of new bonds, and how it works in
How does the combustion of greenhouse gases contribute global warming?
E.g. the runaway greenhouse gas effect on Venus,
How do Candles work? Why are candles hollow?
Endo/exothermic reactions
Updated Material for Friday July 20th Test
•Astrobiology, photosynthesis, panspermia, biodiversity, extremophiles, mutations in bacteria (how and why antibiotic resistance develops), nutrient storage and nutrient cycles (basics: how nutrients move through ecosystems, how they’re stored, etc.).
•What is the impact of humans on nutrient cycles?
•Biosphere, biodiversity, decomposers, decomposition.
•BASIC info on major nutrients: Why are nutrients like carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus the most important (or sought-after) nutrients in an ecosystem?
Mutations and superbugs -- how antibiotic resistance happens, and some of the causes.
Extreme life -- astrobiology and how things live in extreme places.
Links:
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/cas-biodiversity/where-biodiversity-is-found/distribution-patterns/a/extreme-life
http://thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Crypto_Zoology_Snottite.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYT3fM_5Dis
Have 25- million year old bacteria returned to life:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/268/5213/977
Textbook p 54 - 57 and updated vocabulary from notes
Designing science experiments -- textbook pages 553 - 556, and p 566 (dependent and independent variables)
Bias
Human impacts on global processes (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus cycle).
Pollution -- causes and impacts.
Review terms from the quiz below: major topics covered in detail but not present on previous quiz are likely to be on this test!
Glossary of Terms for the test: All terms below plus glossary terms from the "DNA and Inheritence Review" handout.
Authority, Bias, Arguments, Premise, Fallacy, Logical Strength, Assumptions, Critical Thinking, Reasoning
Artificial Selection, Natural Selection, DNA, gene, genotype and phenotype, genome, nucleotide, amino acid, enzyme, polypeptide, protein, ribosome, RNA, transgenic organisms, inheritance, chromosomes.
Evolution by Natural Selection -- DNA, Genetics, and Inheritence.
Worksheets to review: Blackline Masters Handout; pages A5, A6, A20
Evidence for Evolution handout; pages 1 - 6 (up to the population graph of dark vs light moths in England)
DNA + Inheritence Review Worksheet -- GLOSSARY section ONLY!
PowerPoint lessons: all are fair game!!
Major terms and concepts to know for your Quiz (Week 2) and the upcoming test (Week 3)
Understand what bias is; recognize the "appeal to authority" fallacy. What does it means to think critically?
What makes a good argument?
Asexual vs. sexual reproduction; advantages and disadvantages.
Genotype vs phenotype (Bonus: What is a Chimera / chimeric organism?)
Variation
Know the difference between artificial and natural selection
What are the four components of natural selection?
Is natural selection random? Parts of it are (mutation and variation), but selection itself is NOT random!
What is DNA? What are the four nucleic acids that make up the 'code' of DNA?
What is a mutation? How do mutations contribute to evolution by natural selection?
How did nature build an eye? How is the evolution of the eye similar to the evolution of the human brain?
The Tree of Life: What happened during the Cambrian Explosion?
CRISPR and genetic engineering: What are the potential impacts (positive and negative) of this world-changing technology?
Good Review videos on Evolution and Natural Selection:
Sources:
12 days of evolution #2, 2015. Is Evolution Random?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9A73HIfso
Source: 12 days of evolution #3, 2015. Have we ever seen evolution happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gugY9C6aIlI
Science for Students. Caught in the act: scientists observe spiation
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/caught-act-scientists-observe-species-process-evolving
Kurzgezagt -- How Evolution Works!
https://calculating.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/nuclear-explosions.jpg
Review Material: Notes and questions from Thursday Aug 2nd (all parts of lecture; some questions of extra importance mentioned below, but all material prior to the last slide of Thursday's lecture is testable)
What is radioactive decay? What are three types of radioactive decay (challenge questions)?
What is heavy water? How is it made? What are nuclear forces?
Why are heavier elements less stable? How does the addition of an extra neutron (e.x. neutron bombardment to initiate fission) cause Uranium to split?
Fusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZQ4JBv3-Y
How do you protect yourself from radiation? E.x. the 3 most important factors to limit exposure to radioactive substances.
(time, distance, shielding)
Atomic mass, atomic number; what are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
What is radiation?
Half-life and Carbon Dating NOT covered on the quiz.
Updated Material for Quiz, July 27th 2018 -- Chemistry, Light, Heat and Reactions
Energy, Work, Heat vs. Temperature
Combustion -- chemical formula, formation of new bonds, and how it works in
How does the combustion of greenhouse gases contribute global warming?
E.g. the runaway greenhouse gas effect on Venus,
How do Candles work? Why are candles hollow?
Endo/exothermic reactions
Updated Material for Friday July 20th Test
•Astrobiology, photosynthesis, panspermia, biodiversity, extremophiles, mutations in bacteria (how and why antibiotic resistance develops), nutrient storage and nutrient cycles (basics: how nutrients move through ecosystems, how they’re stored, etc.).
•What is the impact of humans on nutrient cycles?
•Biosphere, biodiversity, decomposers, decomposition.
•BASIC info on major nutrients: Why are nutrients like carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus the most important (or sought-after) nutrients in an ecosystem?
Mutations and superbugs -- how antibiotic resistance happens, and some of the causes.
Extreme life -- astrobiology and how things live in extreme places.
Links:
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/cas-biodiversity/where-biodiversity-is-found/distribution-patterns/a/extreme-life
http://thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Crypto_Zoology_Snottite.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYT3fM_5Dis
Have 25- million year old bacteria returned to life:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/268/5213/977
Textbook p 54 - 57 and updated vocabulary from notes
Designing science experiments -- textbook pages 553 - 556, and p 566 (dependent and independent variables)
Bias
Human impacts on global processes (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus cycle).
Pollution -- causes and impacts.
Review terms from the quiz below: major topics covered in detail but not present on previous quiz are likely to be on this test!
Glossary of Terms for the test: All terms below plus glossary terms from the "DNA and Inheritence Review" handout.
Authority, Bias, Arguments, Premise, Fallacy, Logical Strength, Assumptions, Critical Thinking, Reasoning
Artificial Selection, Natural Selection, DNA, gene, genotype and phenotype, genome, nucleotide, amino acid, enzyme, polypeptide, protein, ribosome, RNA, transgenic organisms, inheritance, chromosomes.
Evolution by Natural Selection -- DNA, Genetics, and Inheritence.
Worksheets to review: Blackline Masters Handout; pages A5, A6, A20
Evidence for Evolution handout; pages 1 - 6 (up to the population graph of dark vs light moths in England)
DNA + Inheritence Review Worksheet -- GLOSSARY section ONLY!
PowerPoint lessons: all are fair game!!
Major terms and concepts to know for your Quiz (Week 2) and the upcoming test (Week 3)
Understand what bias is; recognize the "appeal to authority" fallacy. What does it means to think critically?
What makes a good argument?
Asexual vs. sexual reproduction; advantages and disadvantages.
Genotype vs phenotype (Bonus: What is a Chimera / chimeric organism?)
Variation
Know the difference between artificial and natural selection
What are the four components of natural selection?
Is natural selection random? Parts of it are (mutation and variation), but selection itself is NOT random!
What is DNA? What are the four nucleic acids that make up the 'code' of DNA?
What is a mutation? How do mutations contribute to evolution by natural selection?
How did nature build an eye? How is the evolution of the eye similar to the evolution of the human brain?
The Tree of Life: What happened during the Cambrian Explosion?
CRISPR and genetic engineering: What are the potential impacts (positive and negative) of this world-changing technology?
Good Review videos on Evolution and Natural Selection:
Sources:
12 days of evolution #2, 2015. Is Evolution Random?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9A73HIfso
Source: 12 days of evolution #3, 2015. Have we ever seen evolution happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gugY9C6aIlI
Science for Students. Caught in the act: scientists observe spiation
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/caught-act-scientists-observe-species-process-evolving
Kurzgezagt -- How Evolution Works!