Key Topics/Vocabulary Words for the Science Final

I.

Unit 5

II.

(Pages 368-385)

Know the difference between natural selection and evolution.

How is natural selection different than artificial selection?
How does genetic variation play a role in the survival of a species? (page 372)
Adaptation vs. variation

Unit 8

V.

Law of Conservation of Energy

Review types of energy (mechanical, sound, electromagnetic, chemical, thermal)
Review types/examples of energy transformations
Describe 2 types of energy released by FIRE when burning a log.
How does temperature relate to the KINETIC ENERGY LEVELS of atoms? (pg. 338)
In which direction does HEAT always travel? (pg. 348-349)
Conduction vs convection vs. radiation

Unit 7

IV.

Parts of a wave (wavelength, amplitude, crest, and trough)

Brush up on types of electromagnetic waves
What determines how objects receive their color?
How does light interact with white/black objects differently?
Refraction/transmission/absorption

Unit 6 (Pages 326-352)

III.

(Pages 280-311)

(Pages 402-449)

MITOSIS MAKES BODY CELLS, WHILE MEIOSIS MAKES _____ CELLS. (page 416)
o Meiosis produces ______ cells in females
o Meiosis produces ______ cells in males
MITOSIS PRODUCES BODY CELLS WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES IN
EACH CELL (IDENTICAL), WHILE MEIOSIS PRODUCES CELLS WITH _______ THE
NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES IN THE NEW CELLS. (page 416)
What are all 6 stages of the cell cycle in order? (I play music.)
What does it mean when scientists say a phenotype is INHERITED? What is an
example of a phenotype that is NOT inherited?
Know how to complete and analyze a punnett square!
Distinguish between sexual and asexual reproduction (parent #, offspring
appearance) (pages 426-427)

Unit 10

(Pages 500-536)

Recall ALL of the vocabulary we have been working on this month: biotic, abiotic,
producer, consumer, decomposer, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism,
predator/prey, competition, food webs