Unit 5-8: Phylum Echinodermata
The Basics: “Echino” – Spiny, “Derm” – Skin Many have spiny skin (i.e. sea urchins, or the internal skeleton of…
Porifera/Cnidaria Quiz Review
Quizlet Study Set MC Review: Sponges are supported by a “skeleton” of… Choanocytes Spicules Spanx Cnidocytes Soft sponges have spicules…
Unit 3a-3: CRISPR and Germ Line Editing
CRISPR – Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Cas 9 – A Protein that cuts both strands of DNA. (like…
Unit 3a-2: GMO Foods and Labeling
Think: Is artificial selection a form of genetic modification? Why or why not? 1. Growing GMO crops vs. Traditional Crops…
Unit 3a-1: Genetic Modification and Gene Transfer
GMOs Fact or Fiction (From Class Activity) Common GMOs Commercially Available: 1. Genetic Modification GMO – an organism that has…
Extinction and Species Decline: Mini-study
Extinction ministudy (Assignment here) Due Monday, October 28th Animal Agriculture Part 1 Part 2 Shark Finning Shark finning Video 1…
Unit 2-3: Mechanisms of Evolution and Natural Selection
Quick Definitions: Fitness: the ability to survive to reproductive age, find a mate, and produce offspring. Natural Selection: Process by…
Unit 2: Quiz 1 Review
MC Answers: 1. C / 2. A / 3. B / 4. D/ 5. C / 6. A / 7….
Unit 2-2: DNA, Mutation, and Evolution
DNA is Deoxyribonucleic acid – A Linear molecule that stores biological information in units known as nucleotides. All living things…
Unit 2-1: Evidence for Evolution
Artificial selection happens when people select individuals to mate that have features they hope the offspring will inherit. This is…