Living Environment Must Know Facts Jeopardy Game

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Living Environment Must Know Facts Jeopardy Game

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• Evolution
• Reproduction and Development
• Homeostasis
• Ecology
• Human Impact on the Environment

• Scientific Method
• Lab Skills
• Required Labs
• Characteristics of Living Things
• Genetics

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What term is used for the factor that is measured
in an experiment?
Scientific Method

• Dependent variable

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What is the purpose of the control group in an
experiment?
Scientific Method

• To serve as a comparison to the experimental group

4
Name two ways to make lab results more valid or
more reliable.
Scientific Method

• Test more subjects.
• Repeat the experiment.

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Which objective allows you to see the larger
field of view?
Lab Skills

• Low power

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Which microscope part regulates the amount of
light?
Lab Skills

• Diaphragm

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Which objective shows the greater magnification?
Lab Skills

• High power

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What do indicators do?Give an example.
Lab Skills

• Indicators are chemicals that change color to
  show the presence of a substance.
• Iodine turns blue-black to show the presence of
  starch.

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What is gel electrophoresis?What does it show?
Required Labs - Biodiversity

• Electrophoresis is a technique that uses
  electricity to separate fragments of DNA or
  protein based on size.
• It shows bands of DNA or proteins that indicate
  similarities between individuals.

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What is chromatography?What does it show?
Required Labs - Biodiversity

• Chromatography uses a solvent to separate
  molecules in a mixture.
• It shows a pattern of colors that may show
  related organisms.

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What do similarities in physical structure or
molecules indicate?
Required Labs - Biodiversity

• Organisms may share a common ancestor.

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Which molecules can diffuse through the model of
the cell?
Required Labs Diffusion Across a Membrane

• Iodine and glucose diffuse because they are small
  enough.
• Starch is TOO BIG and CANNOT diffuse.

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What solution will make an onion cell shrink?
Explain.
Required Labs Diffusion Across a Membrane

• SALT solution makes the onion cell shrink because
  water LEAVES the cell.

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Name 3 body systems affected by exercise? What
change occurs in each system?
Required Labs Making Connections

• Circulatory pulse rate increases to bring more
  nutrients and oxygen to muscles.
• Respiratory breathing rate increases to
  exchange gases faster
• Excretory sweating increases to get rid of
  extra heat

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What are some examples of adaptations in the lab?
Required Labs Beaks of Finches

• The different beaks (represented by the different
  tools) are adapted for eating different seeds or
  other foods.

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Name 2 raw materials plants need for
photosynthesis.
Characteristics of Living Things

• Carbon dioxide and water

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Name 2 products of photosynthesis. Where is the
energy stored?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Glucose and oxygen
• Energy is stored in the glucose.

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In which cell organelle does photosynthesis occur?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Chloroplasts

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Which organelle allows materials to pass in and
out of the cell?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Cell MEMBRANE

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Which organelle controls all of the cells
activities?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Nucleus

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What two human systems regulate the bodys
activities?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Nervous and Endocrine

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What do producers do?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Producers convert the suns energy into chemical
  bond energy in food (organic molecules)

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Name 3 products of aerobic cellular
respiration.Where is energy stored at the end?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Carbon dioxide, water, and ATP.
• Energy is stored in ATP.

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In which organelle does cellular respiration
occur?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Mitochondria

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Which body system TRANSPORTS materials through
the body? Give examples.
Characteristics of Living Things

• Circulatory system carries
• Oxygen from lungs to cells,
• Nutrients from small intestine to cells,
• Wastes from cells to kidneys

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Which system eliminates metabolic wastes from the
body?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Excretory (or Urinary)

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Which body system breaks down nutrients to a
usable form?
Characteristics of Living Things

• Digestive

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Put in size order starting with the smallest
chromosome, nucleus, gene.
Genetics

• smallest - gene
• chromosome
• largest - nucleus

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What are the 2 matching pairs of bases in DNA?
Genetics

• A-T and G-C

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What term is used for any change in the genetic
information?
Genetics

• Mutation

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Where in the cell in DNA replicated or
transcribed?
Genetics

• In the nucleus

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Where in the cell does protein synthesis occur?
Genetics

• In the ribosomes

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What is the technology that produces recombinant
DNA?
Genetics

• Genetic engineering

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Define Evolution.
Evolution

• Evolution is a process of change that occur in a
  species over a period of time

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Name 2 types of evidence that support theory of
evolution.
Evolution

• fossils
• similar molecules (like DNA and proteins)
• comparative anatomy (similar structure)
• comparative embryology (similar embryos)

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What term did Darwin use to explain evolution?
Evolution

• Natural selection

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What term describes a body structure or behavior
that helps an organism to survive in its habitat?
Evolution

• Adaptation

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Name 2 sources of variations.
Evolution

• recombining of genes in meiosis of sexual
  reproduction
• mutations in gametes

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What are the four major parts to Darwins theory
of natural selection?
Evolution

• organisms overproduce
• this causes competition
• some variations have an adaptive value
• because they give a survival advantage
• the survivors pass on their characteristics
• to their offspring and these adaptations
• increase in the population

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What is the purpose of mitosis?
Reproduction and Development

• For growth and repair and replacement of cells

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What kind of cells are made as a result of
mitosis?
Reproduction and Development

• Mitosis produces diploid body cells.

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What is the purpose of meiosis?
Reproduction and Development

• Meiosis produces gametes for sexual reproduction.

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What kind of cells are made as a result of
meiosis?
Reproduction and Development

• Meiosis produces haploid sex cells or gametes.

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What cell is formed as a result of fertilization?
Reproduction and Development

• A zygote

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In humans, where does fertilization occur?
Reproduction and Development

• In the oviduct

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Name a male reproductive hormone and where it is
made.
Reproduction and Development

• Testosterone is made in the testes.

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Name a female reproductive hormone and where it
is made.
Reproduction and Development

• Estrogen is made in the ovaries.

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Which female organ can develop a thick lining for
implantation of a blastocyst?
Reproduction and Development

• Uterus

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Which structure allows for exchange of materials
between maternal and fetal blood?
Reproduction and Development

• Placenta

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Name several environmental factors that can
damage a developing fetus.
Reproduction and Development

• Smoking, alcohol and other drugs, exposure to
  infection (like HIV), exposure to radiation, poor
  nutrition

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What is homeostasis?Give an example.
Homeostasis

• Homeostasis is the internal balance (dynamic
  equilibrium) of an organism.
• When body temperature increases, we sweat to cool
  down.

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What do enzymes do?
Homeostasis

• Enzymes speed up (catalyze)
• chemical reactions.

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How do enzymes work?
Homeostasis

• The substrate FITS INTO (lock and key) the SHAPE
  of the enzyme and the enzyme helps the substrate
  change.

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Name 2 factors that affect the working of enzymes.
Homeostasis

• Temperature and pH

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What hormone lowers the amount of glucose (sugar)
in the blood?
Homeostasis

• Insulin

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How are hormones able to make a cell respond?
Homeostasis

• They fit into (match shape) with a RECEPTOR
  molecule.

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How do white blood cells protect the body?
Homeostasis

• White blood cells work in several ways
• Some engulf and destroy pathogens
• Others make antibodies
• Others mark pathogens for destruction

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What is a vaccine?How does it protect the body?
Homeostasis

• A vaccine is a weakened form of a pathogen.
• It stimulates the immune system to make
  antibodies.

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Name 2 ABIOTIC factors in an environment.
Ecology

• Sunlight, Temperature, Oxygen, Water, Soil

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Name 2 BIOTIC factors in an ecosystem.
Ecology

• Producers (such as plants)
• Consumers (such as animals)
• Decomposers (such as bacteria or fungi)

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What is the difference between a population and a
community?
Ecology

• A community is ALL the living things in a
  particular habitat,
• but a population is ONLY ONE species in a habitat.

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What is the ultimate source of energy for all
life on earth?
Ecology

• The Sun

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What organisms always occupy the bottom level of
an energy pyramid?
Ecology

• Producers or Autotrophs

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Which organisms are on the second from the bottom
level of an energy pyramid?
Ecology

• Herbivores or
• First order Heterotrophs

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Which organisms are present in the smallest
numbers in an energy pyramid?
Ecology

• Top carnivores that will have no predators.

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What is the term for the maximum number of
organisms a habitat can support?
Ecology

• Carrying Capacity

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Which organisms feed on dead organisms and
recycle nutrients to the soil?
Ecology

• Decomposers

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What is the cause of global warming?
Human Impact on Environment

• Excess Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere

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What is the ultimate cause of most of the damage
people have done to the environment?
Human Impact on Environment

• Increasing human population

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What is OZONE?What is the cause of ozone
depletion?
Human Impact on Environment

• Ozone is a form of oxygen that reduces UV rays in
  the atmosphere.
• Ozone layer is being depleted because of CFCs in
  aerosol sprays.

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What is the differences between renewable and
nonrenewable resources?
Human Impact on Environment

• Renewable resources (like trees or food) can be
  replaced in a relatively short period of time,
• but nonrenewable resources (like fossil fuels)
  cannot be replaced.

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Name some alternate fuels for humans to use and
their benefits.
Human Impact on Environment

• Solar energy no pollution
• Water power is renewable
• Nuclear power reduces global warming