This Week in Science

We started our last 9 weeks and the 2nd Human Body Systems unit today with the Respiratory System. 

Wednesday - Textbook Check (Having YOUR textbook in class - - will count as a daily grade.  10 points off per day it's late, 5 points off for getting it out of locker during class)

Thursday - Bowling Field Trip (will only see homeroom class, no Buck Bytes) & Report Cards

Friday - Buck Byte Quiz and Spring Break Begins!

Skeletal, Muscular & Circulatory Systems Test Tomorrow!

Skeletal, Muscular & Circulatory System

CH. 22 Section 2 & 3    and      Ch. 23 Section 1

3 types of joints & examples

Cartilage

Bone marrow

Bone structure

Ligaments

Tendons

3 types of muscle tissue & examples

Flexor

Extensor

Heart

Flow of blood through the heart

4 chambers of the heart

Atrium

Ventricle 

Difference between pulmonary circulation & systemic circulation

Artery

Vein

Capillary

Blood pressure

DNA Test Tomorrow!

Ch. 6 Genes & DNA Study Guide

Vocabulary

DNA                                       chromosome                                     RNA                                       mutation

nucleotide                          nitrogen base                                    ribosome                             gene

Know the difference between DNA & RNA

DNA     A-T           G-C                        sugar:  deoxyribose                        double-stranded
RNA       A-U        G-C                        sugar:  ribose                                     single-stranded

How does DNA replication occur? 

Where are proteins made?

What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?

Building complementary DNA & RNA strands.

***Note regarding the early dismissal Friday, 3/2:  1st and 2nd periods took the weekly Buck Byte quiz.  All other periods will not make up the quiz.