Assignments and Study Questions, a Checklist

you ought to have completed the following assignments and handed them in

1.  lab diagrams of organisms such as skeletons and plants

2.  an easy classification worksheet with a dichotomous key of sharks

OPEN BOOK QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY

1. Who is the inventor of classification?

2.  What are all the taxons of life?

3.  Name that organism that lives in central park! You will be presented with 8 different pictures of plants.  Correctly identify them!

4.  What is the correct order of plants in evolutionary history?

upcoming assignment due Friday 

1.  a write up of a dichotomous key of Central Park Plants

2.  your one pager describing your experience at Central park during our field study

Biology 11 review question for upcoming exam

Answer these questions using your notes, lab diagrams, and selected text

Notes and handout:

SEPTEMBER WORK

Introduction to biology

1. What are the criteria of life?
2. How is life organized? What are the levels of organization

Field study at Central park

3. Field Study: Identify plants in a west coast rainforest, describe
   and draw or identify the following:
   1. trees: vine maple, cedar, hemlock, douglas fir
   2. bushes: salal, huckleberry, salmonberry, red elderberry
   3. ground cover: moss, ferns

be prepared to identify the plants from a picture

You will be given 2 plant diagrams:

4. Plant diagrams: Summarize the correct order of plant evolution.
5. What are three evolutionary trends of plants?
6. How do land plants adapt to conditions on land?
   1. Identify how plants prevent water loss
   2. How do tracheophyte plants disperse their male gametophyte?
      1. Ferns (use swimming sperm.)
      2. Conifers ( use wind pollination)
      3. angiosperms (use wind AND vector pollination (attract the pollinator))
   3. How do plants move water up from the ground?
7. What is the definition of a plant?

EVOLUTION OF LAND PLANTS

4. See the plant diagrams handed out and also this powerpoint
   primarily the diagrams. What are the primary characteristics
   and examples of plants classified
   as:
   1. Phylum Bryophyta
   2. Phylum Tracheophyta
   3. phylum Tracheophyta, class pterophyta
   4. Tracheophyta, class sphenophyta
   5. Tracheophyta, gymnosperm class ginkgo
   6. Tracheophyta, gymnosperm class coniferae
   7. Tracheophyta, class angiospermae

CLASSIFICATION

Classification notes (handout) : and the text: p196-199

10. Who invented classification?
11. What is binomial nomenclature and give an example
12. What are the five kingdoms of life? Give a definition and
    an example
13. How do scientists know that some life forms are more
    closely related than others?