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UNIT #1, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Science notes rubric:

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Notes Groups:

Donovan & Durrell
Shaun & Jaydan
Dallas & Hudson
Austin & Tristan
Kaylee &Meghann
Steph & Alida
Bailey & Alison
Jesse & Shae
Deb & Dean
Kayla & Kassidy

Topic #1

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes!

1. What is variation and biological diversity
2. How can you define a species and how is their variation within a species
3. How is variation among species developed and what is speciation
4. What are structural and behavioral adaptations
5. What is the value of variation
6. How can you use the diversity index to measure biological diversity
How to calculate a diversity index

Topic #2

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes! 
 
7.   What is a species niche and how does it work
8.   How are variation within and among species and competition connected
9.   Broad and narrow niches, generalists and specialists, what are they, what organisms are they/have them and how do they work
10. How do species depend on each other, symbiotic relationships, mutualism, parisitism and commensalism
11. How do specialists survive in extreme situations

Topic #3

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes! 
 
12. What are heritable traits, asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. What are characteristics of each
13. What are the different types of asexual reprodution and how do they work: binary fission, spores, meristem, cutting and budding
14. What are the different types of sexual reproduction and how do they work: bacterial conjugation, plant pollination 
15. What are the reproductive parts of a flower/plant and what are their roles.
16. How do plants/flowers reproduce sexually and or asexually, or both
17. How do animals reproduce sexually

Topic #4

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes!

18. What are genetics
19. What is continious and discrete variation, how are they similar and different
20. How are some traits dominant and some recessive, how do they work together to determine if offspring are give certain traits. Calculate the probability of offspring receiving certain traits using a Punnitt square.
21. Nature versus nurture, how does each impact development and how
22. What is a mutagen and what are mutations

Topic #5

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes!
23.  What is DNA, how is it constructed
24. What are chromosomes and how are they constructed
25. How does DNA form genes and how to they code for our characteristics as organisms 
26. What are somatic cells
27. What is Mitosis and how does it work
28. What is Meiosis and how does it work
29. What is genetic engineering and how does it result in biotechnologies
30. Why are biotechnologies controversial and what are transgenic plants and animals


Topic #6

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes!

31. Domestic Animals, Artifical selection, how it works and how it can or cannot contribute to biological diversity
32. Survivial of the Fittest
33. Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection, all four points, how it works and contrubutes to evolution in speices that reproduce sexually

Topic #7

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes!
34. Be able to define and use the following terms: Extinct, Extirpiration, Threatened and Endangered Speices
35. Be able to define and explain what a bioindicator species is and why it is also referred to as a keystone species
36. Be able to use the concept of a keystone species and it's impact on biodiversity in an ecosystem (Yellowstone park and wolves)
37. Be able to explain the variety of biological diversity within Canada
38. Be able to explain how human impacts are the largest danger for the reduction in biological diversity in our world

Topic #8

The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes!
39.  How do zoos help preserve biodiversity
40. How do seed banks help preserve biodiversity
41. How do global treaties help preserve biodiversity