Station 1 : Evolution Theory of Natural Selection: Use the answers in the bank, to fill in the blanks Answer Bank a. Overproduction b. The spread of an adaptation throughout new generations. c. Variation d. A process where those with beneficial adaptations have a better chance for survival. e. Adaptation f. Decent with Modification 1. Natural selection is a. It is based upon 4 principles: i. Producing more offspring than are likely to survive. ii. Heritable differences in an individual from those of the same population. iii. The ability of a trait to be inherited and passed down from one generation to the next. iv. A characteristic that allows an individual to better survive in their environment over others of the same population. Evidence for Evolution: Answer the following questions 2. By looking at the DNA sequences above, would you say that the two species are: (circle one) closely related or not closely related a. What type of evidence is this? 3. What types of structures are shown? a. b. i. What type of evolutionary evidence is this? 4. In the strata shown right, which fossil(s) are the most primitive? a. What type of evidence is this?
Mechanisms for Evolution: Answer the following questions 5. What are the 5 factors that can lead to evolution: a. b. c. d. What happens when there is none of this? i. e. Genetic Drift Patterns in Evolution: Answer the following questions 6. What two patterns are usually seen after a mass extinction? a. b. i. What type of genetic drift is this? ii. What is the other type of genetic drift? Fossil Record: Answer the following questions 7. According to the graph, a material that has approximately 6.25% 14C remaining, is how old? a. 0 years of age b. 5730 years of age c. 11460 years of age d. 17190 years of age e. 22920 years of age 8. Circle one: Radiometric dating / Relative dating is more accurate at measuring the age of remains. Origin of Life: Answer the following questions 9. Who created this experiment? a. What was the purpose of the experiment?
Station 2: Ecology Ecological Relationships: Label the following ecological levels of organization 1. e. d. c. b. a. 2. List all the biotic and abiotic factors that you can find in the picture above: BIOTIC FACTORS ABIOTIC FACTORS 3. What does the diagram to the right represent? a. What do the arrows represent? b. Circle organisms in the diagram to create a food chain. c. What organism(s) are the base (support) for the diagram? d. Name one secondary consumer: e. What organism is missing from this diagram?
4. Using your food chain from #3, create an Energy Pyramid and add the components below. a. Label each trophic level. b. Use arrows to show the flow of energy. 5. The grass contains 50,000 kcal of energy. How much energy is transferred to the grass hopper? a. How much energy is transferred to the owl? b. What happens to the rest of the energy? 6. What symbiotic relationships do the following pictures represent? 7. Compare & contrast: PRIMARY SUCCESSION SUCCESSION SECONDARY SUCCESSION
8. Label the following cycles of matter:
Station 3: Human Body The senses 1. Sight- label the eye: Word bank: pupil, cornea, lens, iris, retina, optic nerve a. What controls the amount of light that enters? b. What focuses the light? c. Where can you find rods and cones? 2. Owls are active at night. Due to this, which photoreceptor would you expect to be used more frequently? (Circle One) ROD / CONE Hearing 3. Where are mechanoreceptors located? a. What are these called? 4. What kind of stimuli do mechanoreceptors detect? Touch, Taste, and Smell 5. Use the following key to match the sense with the description below: A=touch, B=taste, C=smell (Answers can be used more than once, or not at all) a. Uses the olfactory nerve. b. Uses chemoreceptors. c. Uses thermoreceptors. Blood 6. Fill in diagram d. Uses nerves to generate impulses. e. Uses mechanoreceptors. Whole Blood Is composed mainly of Is composed of an O 2 carrying protein 7. Carries to the 8. cells, and away as waste. Consists of: a. Cells that destroy infected body cells. b. cells that make antibodies. c. that eat clumped pathogens. Helps form clots that control bleeding Which is composed of water.
7. Write the blood type for each patient: a. Steve has B antigens and Rh factor i. He can donate to and receive from. b. Lisa has A and B antibodies, and no Rh factor i. She can receive from. c. Ashtyn has no antibodies but does have Rh factor i. She can donate to. Nervous and Endocrine System 8. What is the picture below? 9. Label the picture: 10. Nerve cells are physically (circle) CONNECTED / DISCONNECTED, while the glands of the endocrine system are physically (circle) CONNECTED / DISCONNECTED. 11. How does the endocrine system communicate? 12. Match the gland with the proper hormone/function: Ovaries Testes Pituitary Thymus Pancreas Thyroid Hypothalamus Adrenal Glands a. Controls glucose levels in blood. Releases insulin and/or glucagon (sugars). b. Stimulates the pituitary glands and controls growth, reproduction, and body temp. c. Controls [H 2 O] in the blood and controls cell growth. d. Regulates metabolism. e. Allows WBC s to mature. f. Releases primarily testosterone and is responsible for male sexual maturity. g. Releases epinephrine and increases breathing, alertness, and blood pressure. h. Releases primarily estrogen and progesterone; also, regulates female sexual maturity.
Station 4: Microorganisms & Taxonomy Viruses 1. Why are viruses not in the above tree of life? 2. A virus that infects bacteria is known as a. a. Label it s parts (on the right): 3. What virus affects your immune system? Bacteria 4. Which bacteria is bacilli shaped? 5. If bacteria A stained purple, it would be gram (circle) POSITIVE / NEGATIVE. 6. What kind of cells are bacteria composed of? A B C Protista 7. Fill in the following diagram: Includes slime molds and water molds. Protists are eukaryotic, but are NOT plants, animals, or fungus. -like are photosynthetic and can be found in multicellular colonies or single Includes psuedopods (amoebas) and ciliates (parameciums)
Fungi 8. Label the parts of the fungi below: 9. Match the following: Basidia- spore producing structure of club fungi Ascus- spore producing structure of sac fungi Zygospore- spore producing structure of primitive fungi. Plants 10. Place the different types of plants we learned about on the cladogram below (add any other traits you can think of): ------------ seeds enclosed in fruit ------------ seeds ----------- has vascular system ----------- photosynthetic 11. Sporophytes are (circle) HAPLOID / DIPLOID. 12. Gametophytes are (circle) HAPLOID / DIPLOID. 13. Tell whether the plants are monocot (M) or dicot (D): a. b. c.