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Biology Final Exam
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Biology
9th Grade
01/20/2010

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Identify the hypothesis, the control, and the variables in an experiment.
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Distinguish between the independent and dependent variables.
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Explain the limits of science and why some things cannot be understood scientifically.
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Explain why experimental evidence will SUPPORT but never PROVE a hypothesis.
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Be able to draw, read, and interpret a graph including all appropriate titles and labels.
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Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative data.
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Explain the purpose of maintaining constant and controlled conditions in a lab and the role of a control group.
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Identify who Charles Darwin was.
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List the 5 major parts of Darwin's theory of Evolution by natural selection and explain why are each important to the theory. Discuss the significance of each part.
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Identify and describe the sources of variation in sexually reproducing populations.
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Describe the role of variation in natural selection.
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Describe the relationship between adaption, environment and evolution of populations over long periods of time.
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Identify the 3 types of adaptations-behavioral, structural, physiological; How could these help improve an organism's fitness?
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Discuss how antibiotic resistance develops in bacteria and why this is an example of natural selection
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Differentiate between the features of a proton, neutron and electron
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Identify where each is located in or around an atom
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Describe how a molecule is different than an atom
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Be able to determine characteristics of the following elements from the periodic table:H,O,N,C,P,S.
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Describe how an ion is different than a "normal" atom
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Understand why atoms would bond and what is involved in bonding atoms
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Recognize the structure of each of the following if looking at a diagram of these functional groups: hydroxyl, carboxyl,amino,phosphate
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Describe what functional groups allow a molecule to do.
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Identify molecules that contain the above functional groups.
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What is accomplished by each type of reaction? When would organisms perform either of these?
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Describe the role of water in each of these reactions
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Recognize the general differences between synthesis reactions and decomposition reactions
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Identify their subunits and characteristics unique to each
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describe their functions in living things and be able to provide some important examples
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recognize the general structure if looking at a diagram
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Identify characteristics that living things have in common and how living things are different than nonliving things
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differentiate between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells in terms of structure
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explain the difference between chemical energy and free energy
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explain the relationship between heterotrophs, autotrophs, and their enviornment.
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identify the roles of producers, consumers, decomposers, and the sun in an ecosystem.
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identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration
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identify the locations of each of these process and explain why plants need to perform BOTH!
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Describe the two laws of thermodynamics and how they apply to energy in an ecosystem
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Consider the role of entropy in an ecosystem and how.why autotrophs must continue to gain energy to stay alive
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Describe the structure of ATP, its role in the cell and its relationship to ADP
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Describe the path food molecule take through the digestive system
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describe the roles of each part of the digestive system
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