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Biology Quizzes

Hi folks,

Here are the .pdf's of the quizzes we took in class this year.  Everything from March on is on Canvas.

If you kept your old quizzes you should have all the correct answers for these.  They should be in your notes as well.  However, if you just aren't sure of an answer please feel free to ask.

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A note about biology class tomorrow

Hi Everyone,

This is probably unnecessary but we are supposed to have some major winds tonight so it's possible that we may have some power outages.  If we do, I'll send everyone the recording of the Tuesday biology class.  The material is identical so you won't miss anything.

Hopefully (and probably) there won't be an issue but if you don't see an email or a link posted at Canvas tomorrow morning it's because I have a power or internet outage.   

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Jim Mueller

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Today's Lab

Hi folks,

I hope everyone has had a chance to do the lab for today.  The bottom of the lab write-up talks about graphing and Excel.  Don't worry about that.  

I do, however, want to see a graph.  Just do one graph. Please plot predators and prey on the same graph.  

Let the x axis be the trials and let the y axis be the # of population.  

If you need to, you can use two different numbering scales on the y axis.  For example, if you have a max of 200 prey animals but only a max of 10 predators, the predators are going to have a lousy graph, so you may want to use a different scale for both. So for example, your prey scale may go from 0 - 10 - 20 - 30 etc.  But your predator scale would go 1 -2 - 3 - 4 etc.

What I'm hoping you can see from the data is that the predator and prey graphs should follow each other's trends.  As one goes up, the other follows, up to a point.  Then as one falls the other also falls eventually.   The graphs are dependent on one another.

Hand this in through Canvas when you're done.

Let me know if you have questions. 

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Jim Mueller

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Link for today's Biology Class

Hi all,

The classroom is open and ready to go.  We'll get started around 10.

Here's the link https://zoom.us/j/428877778?pwd=WWxvR0RMb0NRV2dqRUNFeWhqS0c1Zz09

"See" you soon!

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Bio Reminder...

Hi all, 

Just wanted to let you guys know that as of now, quite a few folks have not done their homework.  There are two assignments, one is a set of questions based on the lecture and the other is questions from the book.  They aren't due until tomorrow morning but I just wanted to make sure folks knew what was going on.

Also, tomorrow I'll be sending that link again like last week so keep your eyes on the email.  :)

"See" you all soon!

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Jim Mueller

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Ignore Biology Class invite

Hi folks,

I was testing some software and I think I accidentally invited everyone to a video conference for biology.  Sorry about that!

While I'm here however, be sure to log into your Canvas site to see your homework that's due this week.  It seems like quite a few folks haven't logged in yet.

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Jim Mueller

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The homework "quiz" for bio

Hi folks,

I'm still getting used to the Canvas quiz thing so this week's "quiz" is quite tricky to do well on.  Even if you get the right answer, if you don't get it EXACTLY right it doesn't give you credit.  I'm going to go in after you guys do the assignment and just mark the grade a full 100%.  Do the best you can, and be sure to study the answers so that you know what's right and wrong for future quizzes but don't worry about spelling errors or other minuscule problems.

Sorry about the frustration on this.  A lot of new stuff to learn in this new world of online grading.

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Jim Mueller

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Invitation to Canvas

Hi folks,

Quite a few folks still haven't signed up for Canvas at this point.  I'm going to resend the invitations.  The subject says "Canvas Free for Teachers" so please keep your eyes open for it.

I hope everyone is doing well out there!

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Jim Mueller

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Kingdom Chart

Hi folks,

Here's a nice chart of the important things to remember for the various kingdoms.  This will be useful for this week's homework as well as the upcoming quiz.

3/16 Biology update and a brand new technological update!

Hi everyone!

Our new experiment with our online biology class seemed to go well this morning.  I hope you all had a good experience with it as well.

Some more new news!  I've created a Canvas account which will allow us to do this distance class thing quite a bit easier.  Each week I will be posting all of the assignments and the grades to the site.  You all have access to your very own student pages so that you can keep track of your grades and the assignments that you may be missing.  This is new to me so please don't be surprised if there are some bumps in the road but I believe this will make things easier and more accessible for all of us.

You may have an email from the site already.  Please be sure that parents and students register for the site.  It's all free and is quite nice. 

Your homework for each week will be posted to the site and (I think) you'll get notifications when new things get assigned.  No more hunting through your emails to try to find assignments!

Please be sure to sign up for the site as soon as possible.  Your homework is waiting for you!

By the way, quiz next week so be sure to study today's material (pay special attention to the homework) and be sure to spend some time with speciation as well.

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3/16 Biology Recording - Classification

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Link to Bio Class

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Hi folks,  I sent this earlier but I guess not all got it.

On Mar 16, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Susan Jones <gaia326@gmail.com> wrote:

Jim, Is there a link to your meeting room for this  morning's class?

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 4:11 PM Jim Mueller <jim@bitesizephysics.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I hope everyone is safe and well.  

Thanks to the help of Susan and her husband's helpful tutorial this afternoon I feel I'm ready to give Zoom a shot!

So here's the deal, when you get a chance, go to zoom.us and sign up for a free account.  You can use your Google account or Facebook account if you wish.  When you sign up you'll be prompted to download a "Zoom App" for the computer (or the phone for that matter).   Once you have that you will be ready to go.

You will want to do this before class time tomorrow to make sure you're all set.

Before class tomorrow I'll email everyone with the class link and number.  

There's no need to have your camera on so please feel free to keep those turned off. 

Looking forward to "seeing" everyone tomorrow at the usual 10:00 time.

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Jim Mueller

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Link For Biology Class!!!

Hi folks,

Click this link.  Here's hoping all goes smoothly!

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Something for today's bio class

Hi folks,

I'm sending this .pdf your way.  We are going to spend some time with it in today's class so don't worry about it at the moment.

BTW, I'll be sending the link to the room soon.

Information on Biology

Hi all,

I hope everyone is safe and well.  

Thanks to the help of Susan and her husband's helpful tutorial this afternoon I feel I'm ready to give Zoom a shot!

So here's the deal, when you get a chance, go to zoom.us and sign up for a free account.  You can use your Google account or Facebook account if you wish.  When you sign up you'll be prompted to download a "Zoom App" for the computer (or the phone for that matter).   Once you have that you will be ready to go.

You will want to do this before class time tomorrow to make sure you're all set.

Before class tomorrow I'll email everyone with the class link and number.  

There's no need to have your camera on so please feel free to keep those turned off. 

Looking forward to "seeing" everyone tomorrow at the usual 10:00 time.

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Jim Mueller

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Biology class is CANCELLED for next week however....

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately, due to Corvid-19 we are going to have to cancel class.

However,  I'm hoping that we can do a live virtual class via Zoom.  I'll be providing more information on this soon but hopefully this will work well and we can continue with our content and our quizzes.

Even if Zoom does not turn out to be a viable option, I plan on recording my Chapel Hill biology class and sending that recording out to everyone if needed.  

As far as homework and quizzes go, that will continue as normal.  (Did I hear a groan?  :)  )  I'll send the usual homework email and I'll also send quizzes.  I'm presently looking for online methods of quizzing to make that easier for all of us.  If you have any information on that, please send that my way.

Be safe everyone and hopefully we will be able to get back together soon.

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Jim Mueller

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No Biology Class Today!

Hi folks,

Sorry for the late reminder on this.  I hope everyone already is aware but this is our Spring Break so no class today.

Enjoy the break and see you all next week!!

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Jim Mueller

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3/3 Biology Recording - Review and Speciation

Hi folks,

The camera didn't charge for some reason so I didn't get a recording for our class.   However, this is the recording for my Tuesday class which covers the exact same material.  

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3/2 Biology Update and homework due 3/16

Hi folks,

This week we wrapped up our discussion of evolution by looking at the process of how organisms can evolve to become two distinct species.

For homework this week read pages 317- 330

Do questions pg 332

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6-19

21 - 25

Scientists discover first known animal that doesn't breathe | Live Science

Thought you all might find this interesting.   It appears that this is an animal that has evolved "backwards" from a jellyfish.  By backwards I mean it's gone from more complex to less complex.  It's quite fascinating!

https://www.livescience.com/first-non-breathing-animal.html

2/24 Biology Recording - Wrapping up Evolution

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2/24 Biology update and homework due 3/2

Hi folks,

Today we polished off evolution by talking about of few extra details and getting into the fact that, not only do physical characteristics evolve, but behaviors do as well. 

For homework this week I'd like to take the time to review much of what we've covered throughout the year so far.  Please do all the following questions and be sure to study them because they will probably be on an upcoming quiz.  (Most of these are going to be on the final as well.)

1.  What is the definition of hydrophilic?

2.   What is it about water that makes it polar?

3.  Draw the following functional groups.

a.  Amino

b.  Hydroxyl

c.  Phosphate

d.  Carboxyl

4.  Draw the 4 biological molecules.

5.   Give four examples of homeostasis.

6.    What does mRNA do?

7.  What does tRNA do?

8.  What is transcription?

9.  What does DNA Polymerase do?

10.  What does smooth endoplasmic reticulum do?

11.  What does rough endoplasmic reticulum do?

12.  What do chloroplasts do?

13.  What does the vacuole do?

14.  What do mitochondria do?

15.  What are two differences between plant and animal cells?

16. What are two differences between a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell?

17.  What three things do all cells have in common?

18.  What are the 4 bases in a DNA molecule?

19.  Which base pairs with which base?

20.  Which base is missing in RNA and what is it replace with?

21.  What is the difference between a trait and an allele?  Give me an example. 

22.  What is co-dominance?   Give me an example. 

23.  What is incomplete dominance?   Give me an example. 

24.  What is osmosis?

25.  Draw and label the steps in meiosis.  Describe the two places where genetic shuffling takes place.

26.  What is altruistic behavior?  Give an example. 

27.  What is learned behavior?  Give an example. 

28.  What is instinct?  Give an example. 

29.  What is selfish behavior?  Give an example. 

30.  What is social behavior?  Give an example.

31.  What is co-evolution?  Give an example.