Benchmark Test will be Wednesday (5/22) for A block and Thursday (5/23) for B block

Remember that the study guide from the chapter 7-1,7-2,Living Things Test will help you prepare for the benchmark test, as well as the study guide handed out in class today (should be on page 30 in your INB).  Just in case, here's the one from the last test:

Chapter 7-1, 7-2, and Living Things Study Guide

The following questions will help prepare you for the upcoming test.  Save this page for the benchmark test at the end of the year, this info may show up on that too!

1)  What is a species?

2) What did Darwin observe about the finches in the Galapagos Islands?

3) What is a scientific theory? What is an example of a scientific theory 

4)  What is natural selection

5) Define evolution

6) Define adaptation.

7) How does natural selection lead to evolution

8)  What is overproduction? Give an example of overproduction.

9)   What is the definition of variation?

10)  What is a fossil?

11)  Do all organisms become fossils? Why or why not?

12)  What is the difference between the theory of gradualism and the theory of punctuated equilibria?

13)  What are some conditions that allow for preserved remains?

14) What may a scientist learn from a footprint (trace fossil)?

15)  How do minerals play an important role in fossilization?

16) Why do you think bones are the most common type of fossil?

17)  Why are the birds and iguanas on the Galapagos Islands different than their mainland relatives?

18) How are vertebrates different from invertebrates?

19) What are the characteristics of each of the following organism groups? Protist, Fungus, Plant, Mammal, Bird, Fish, Reptile, Insect, Arthropod, Mollusk, Worm. (Found in your living things notes).

Passed this out today in class, but just in case!

Chapter 7-4, 8-1, 8-2 Test

Study Guide

Test is on Monday 5/20 for A block, Tuesday 5/21 for B block

1)      What is classification?

2)      What are the levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?

3)      What is taxonomy?

4)      What is binomial nomenclature?  Who invented it?

5)      What are the three domains and how are organisms identified in each group?

6)      What are the three types of Rock and how are they different from each other?

7)      What are 5 things that can make a rock turn into another type? (Text pg 270)

8)      What are relative and absolute age?

9)      Explain the Law of Superposition.

10)   Know your Earth Visual Terms.

11)   How do scientists use fossils to tell how old fossils are?

12)   How can faults, intrusions, extrusions, unconformities help scientists determine the relative age of rocks? 

Tests are Coming! INB Check too!

Agenda 5/14(a), 5/15(B)

Correct Workbook pages 134-139
Test Corrections
Ch 8-2 Relative Age of Rocks

Homework:
Beach Permission Slip
Test and INB check on Monday for A block, Tuesday for B block...so study!