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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

FINAL EXAM NEXT TUESDAY - wrapping up

Next tuesday, I will give you a Final Assignment for biology 11.  This activity is collaborative and open book.
you may join together with a group of up to four to create a biology 11 summary including the following; 

Each topic worth 10 points.  I expect a thorough summary containing all key words in context (5) with illustrations (3)  that are neatly and clearly presented in pen (2)
70 marks

1.  title page
2. table of contents
3.  a one page summary of Classification 
5. What you learned at the Aquarium about Animalia, choose one;
6. Microbiology
7.  What you learned about Owls from the Owl rescue people
8. What you learned about disease vectors and how to deal with an outbreak.
slideshow on disease for our Centre for Disease Control activity.
9.  Impress me.  Write about a topic not covered above.

Those who still need a plantae test can arrange to do it the same day.  

Friday, June 3, 2016

Soil lesson

A big thank you to Laura Super for coming to our class to teach us about soil!





Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Test next thursday: June 9, 2016

Topics are:

Part 1: CLOSED BOOK: NO NOTES ALLOWED IN THIS SECTION OF THE EXAM:

Camosun bog species and ecology:  
a.  Be prepared to name 5 native bog species and 5 invasives and describe them and/or identify them
b.  What is the keystone species of Camosun bog?
c.  How is a bog formed?
d.  How did the urban expansion in Vancouver impact the bog?
e.  How does bog restoration help the bog recover?
Angiospermae reproduction based on the notes package:
- correctly label parts of a plant that I might show you:
- identify the correct transportation in plants: vascular bundles, xylem, phloem, differences of dicots and monocots
- sexual reproduction of angiospermae

Lab exam.  look at lab slide pics.  label and identify
- lillium ovary
- lillium anther
- monocot seed (corn)
- dicot seed (cashew)
- zea maize stem
- leaf cross section

Soil
- What kinds of organisms are in soil?
- How long does it take to make a layer of soil? how big's the layer?
- Why is soil important to the ecosystem?
- How can trees communicate in the soil?

Part 2: OPEN BOOK: TAKE OUT YOUR NOTES AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: 
1.  Write and draw the correct steps for the megaspore mother cell to create eggs and polar nuclei and for the microspore mother cell to create the pollen
2.   Compare and contrast a dicot stem, and dicot leaf  with a monocot stem and leaf
3.    Describe the steps of double fertilization starting with the pollen landing on the stigma
4.    What happens after double fertilization for
a.  a dicot plant
b.  a monocot plan

In our lab, try to find, draw and make notes on the structures below



 

a close up view of an ovary
dicot leaf x section