OBJECTIVES FOR UNIT 8-CONTINUITY OF LIFE

 

1. Students will be able to describe the four main characteristics of living things. Included will be: self regulation, self organization, self preservation, and self reproduction.

 

2.      Students will be able to describe the experiments of Francesco Redi and define Spontaneous Generation.

 

3. Students will be able to describe the four stages of Mitosis. Included will be:

Interphase     prophase    metaphase   anaphase    telophase

 

4. Students will be able to describe the parts of the cell  listed on the Celluar Web Quest (#4).

 

 

5. Students will be able to describe how Mitosis and Meiosis are different.

 

6. Students will be able to describe in general terms the Story of Life and be able to describe how development occurs over time. Key terms to know are:

Placenta	Fetus	Trimester	Practice-breathing
Umbilical cord	17 day growth	Rapid growth time	embryo

 

 

7. Students should be able to describe the components of Mendelian Genetics. Included will be:

Genotype	Phenotype	Genotypic ratio	Phenotypic ratio
Monohybrid cross	Dihybrid cross	Homozygous	Heterozygous
Dominant	Recessive

 

8. Students should be able to describe how DNA replication occurs and be able to assemble the four bases:

Adenine (A) and thymine (T)    /   cytosine (C) and guanine (G)

 

9. Students should be able to describe the structure of the DNA molecule.

 

10. Other key terms to know:

 

Regeneration	Allele	Zygote	Gamete
Fertilization	Cytokinesis	Co-dominant	Multiple alleles
Gregor Mendel	Watson and Crick	Mutation	Genetic engineering
Binary fission	Vegetative propagation	Endoplasmic reticulum	Lysosomes
Mitochondria	Centrioles	Plastids	Nucleus
Ribosomes	Protoplasam	Membrane	Golgi bodies