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Greetings! Welcome to your new Life science reference book! Yes, its a reference. That's because we use it as mainly as a reference, to look stuff up when we need to. Your book is a gold mine of information! Your mission today is to learn how to find your way around the mine. Be excited!
Please answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper using Complete, Quality and Correct sentences which reflect the question.
1. How many of each, Units, Chapters, Appendices and pages, are in this book?
2. Indexes are really cool things, they tell you where neat, distasteful, and complicated stuff is hidden in the book. Find where parasitism is in the book, then write down where you found it and write out its full definition, including two examples.
3. What Chapter Describes Living Things? Turn to it. Find, read, then tell me what the 4 Features of Life are and what the 4 Basic Needs of Living Things are.
4. OK! Lets get down to the nitty gritty now!!! What Chapter and Section tells about "Reproduction and Growth" and tell the name of all six parts shown in the Two month developing embryo figure in that chapter. (gross, but remember, its only nature!)
5. HIV is a type of virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) that attacks humans. Use the Table of Contents to find the Chapter on the Structure of Viruses and Cells. Go there and tell me the four ways that Viruses are Classified and then make a neat drawing of a T4 virus.
6. Lets get an appendix. No, not yours, one of the books! Find the one that is about Classification. Now tell me which Appendix it is and the names of all six different Kingdoms we use to classify living things and give an example of a creature in each. (The nastier the better!)
7. This is fun, and I'm sure you're doing high quality work!!! So quickly locate the chapter/section that tells you how Ecosystems change. Now tell me what a Pioneer Community is all about.
8. Boy, I'm hungry! Locate the section in the book that talks about Matter and Energy. Now find the Figure showing a Food Web. If you were a snake, what four things would you eat, and who would eat you?
9. Use the Index and look up to see who Ivan P. Pavlov was. What did Pavlov's dogs do when he rang a bell and why did they do it?
10. Look up the section on Abiotic factors. Tell what Chapter and Section its in, then define Abiotic factors and give five examples of these important factors in our environment.
11. Worm Magic. Find the section on Earthworms and tell all of the following.
a. What are its six body systems?b. How many pairs of setae do they have and what are these for?
c. How many aortic arches do earthworms have and what do they do?
12. Humans have systems too! One entire Unit in the book is devoted to the Human body. Tell its Name and page number, then list all 11 of the systems the Human body has.
We often raise some really cool amphibians in our classroom, so lets explore them in a bit more depth. First, find the section on Amphibians
13. You just have one place where you respire (breathe), amphibians have 3! Tell the 3 ways they breathe and explain what happens in the breathing process.
14. Amphibians are ectotherms ("cold blooded"), which means they can't keep (regulate) their body temperature the same at all times.
a. Describe how amphibians protect themselves from the cold and tell what this process is called.b. Explain what amphibians do during the hot, dry summer months to keep moist and tell what this process is called.
15. Tell why most amphibians usually return to water to lay their eggs.
16. How many years ago did amphibians first appear in the fossil record and what type of creature do scientists believe they evolved from?
Find the Problem Solving section on "Red Spotted Newts and Parasites".
17. Tell how the Red Spotted Newts get infected with a parasite and also tell how, once Newts are infected this way, how many parasites they can get per ml of blood.
18. Ok, lets learn how amphibians morph! Find Figure 15-8, then tell me the 5 basic changes we will see our tadpoles go through.
Lets take a gander at the section on Amphibians and Ultraviolet light.
19. Please explain why amphibians are considered to be biological indicators.
20. Cascades Frogs. (btw. Mr Schmied has hiked the Cascades for over 20 years and has only seen one Cascades Frog.) Explain what researchers think is killing these sensitive amphibians.
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