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Biology One Bell Ringers

Complete the answers to daily bell ringers on Google Classroom. Bell ringers are recorded every two weeks, and count toward class participation points. If you are absent, you are responsible for making up the bell ringer(s) you missed.

 

2nd SEMESTER BELLRINGERS START HERE:

Questions for the week of 3.25 wink

Mon 3.25 

  • What is the job of cyclins (regulators)? 
  • How does cancer react to those?

Tue 3.26 = 

  • Give a myth/misunderstanding about cancer. 
  • What is actually true?

Wed 3.27 = 

  • Use these terms correctly in sentences:  
    • benign, tumor, malignant

Thu 3.28 =

  • What is a carcinogen? 
  • Name 3 potential carcinogens in the environment.

Fri 3.22 = No School ~ Easter Break

 

Questions for the week of 3.18 smiley

Mon 3.18 

  • How is the cell cycle related to cell division? 
  • How are they different?

Tue 3.19 = 

  • What is the cell cycle? 
  • What are its stages?

Wed 3.20 = 

  • Use these terms correctly in sentences:  
    • cell cycle, interphase, mitosis

Thu 3.21 =

  • List three things that happen to cells during cell division.

Fri 3.22 = 

  • In your own terms, what is cancer? 
  • How does it relate to cell division?

 

No School March 8 – 15 ~ Spring Break

Questions for the week of 3.4 yes

Mon 3.4 

  • What part of the cell divides during mitosis? 
  • What are the stages of mitosis?

Tue 3.5 = 

  • What part of the cell divides during cytokinesis? 
  • When does it take place?

Wed 3.6 = 

  • How does cytokinesis happen differently in plant & animal cells? 
  • Why is there a difference?

Thu 3.7 =

  • List the 4 parts of the cell cycle, and the 5 parts of cell division.

Fri 3.8 = No School; Teacher Work Day

 

Questions for the week of 2.26 enlightened

Mon 2.26 

  • What is cell division? 
  • What are the two main types of cell division?

Tue 2.27 = 

  • What is a chromosome made of? 
  • When does it look like a chromosome? 
  • What is it the rest of the time?

Wed 2.28 = 

  • List the 4 stages of the cell cycle & tell the main event of each.

Thu 2.29 =

  • What part of the cell divides during cytokinesis? 
  • When does it take place?

Fri 3.1 =

  • Contrast metaphase & anaphase.

 

Questions for the week of 2.19 cool

Mon 2.19 No School; Presidents’ Day

Tue 2.20 = 

  • What are the products of cellular respiration? 
  • What happens to them? 

Wed 2.21 = 

  • List the 3 stages of cellular respiration. 
  • Which does not occur within mitochondria?

Thu 2.22 =

  • Why do cells need to divide? 
  • What process(es) do they use to divide?

Fri 2.23 =

  • What is mitosis? 
  • Why is it needed?

 

Questions for the week of 2.12 angel

Mon 2.12 

  • What were some potential problems with the accuracy of our calorimeter lab?

Tue 2.13 = 

  • What are the products of cellular respiration? 
  • What happens to them? 

Wed 2.14 = 

  • What are the waste by-products created by cellular respiration? 
  • During which step is each produced?

Thu 2.15 = No School; Teacher Professional Development

Fri 2.16 = No School; Parent Teacher Conferences

 

Questions for the week of 2.5 surprise

Mon 2. 5

  • Define “calorie” (with a lowercase “c”). 
  • What term means “1000 calories?”

Tue 2.6 = 

  • Contrast aerobic & anaerobic. 
  • Which applies to fermentation?  

Wed 2.7 = 

  • What is the first part of cellular respiration? 
  • Where does it take place in a cell? 

Thu 2.8 = 

  • What does food do for heterotrophs? 
  • How are calories related to food?

Fri 2.9 = 

  • What is a calorimeter? 
  • How did we make the calorimeters used in our lab?

 

Questions for the week of 1.29 blush

Mon 1.29 = 

  • What does NADPH2 do for photosynthesis? 
  • What kind of molecule is it classified as?

Tue 1.30 = 

  • What do ATP & NADPH2 both provide? 
  • Where do they take that? 
  • What does each change into?   

Wed 1.31 = 

  • Name the two parts of photosynthesis, and the area of the chloroplast each takes place in.   

Thu 2.1 = 

  • What are the reactants of photosynthesis? 
  • What are the products of it?

Fri 2.2 = 

  • Define “heterotroph.” 
  • Which organisms are considered heterotrophs?

 

Questions for the week of 1.22 cheeky

Mon 1.22 = 

  • Compare & contrast light-dependent and light-independent reactions.

Tue 1.23 = 

  • What does light provide for photosynthesis? 
  • What attracts light into a plant?   

Wed 1.24 = 

  • What do ATP & NADPH2 both provide? 
  • Where do they take that? 
  • What does each change into?   

Thu 1.25 = 

  • Contrast grana and stroma. 
  • Include what each is & what happens in each area.

Fri 1.26 = 

  • List three factors that affect how/when photosynthesis happens.

 

Questions for the week of 1.15 laugh

Tue 1.16 =  Snow Day

Wed 1.17 = 

  • What is an “organelle?” 
  • Name 3 examples.    

Thu 1.18 = 

  • What are the organelles where photosynthesis occurs? 
  • What pigment do they contain?     

Fri 1.19 =  Snow Day

 

Questions for the week of 1.08 wink

Mon 1.8 = Snow Day

Tue 1.9 = Snow Day   

Wed 1.10 = Snow Day

Thu 1.11 = 

  • What are the reactants in the photosynthesis reaction? 
  • What are its products? 
  • What is the role of (sun)light energy?

Fri 1.12 = Snow Day

 

Questions for the week of 1.1 smiley

Thu 1.4  

  • Why do organisms need energy? 
  • What can different organisms do to get energy?

Fri 1.5 = 

  • What does ATP stand for?
  • How does it relate to glucose?

 


FIND 1st SEMESTER BELLRINGERS HERE:

Questions for the week of 12.18 enlightened

Mon 12.18 =  (6th hour only)

  • What are 3 things you’ve learned in Biology this semester?

Tue 12.19 =  (5th & 7th hour only)

  • What are 3 things you’ve learned in Biology this semester?

 

Questions for the week of 12.11 cool

Mon 12.11 = 

  • Define cell, biology & organism.

Tue 12.12 = 

  • List the SI units used to measure mass, distance, liquid volume, & temperature.

Wed 12.13 = 

  • What is the benefit of using microscopes? 
  • What are the types of microscopes we used in class?

Thu 12.14 = 

  • Compare and contrast monomers & macromolecules 

Fri 12.15 = 

  • Compare & contrast biome and biosphere 

 

Questions for the week of 12.4 surprise

Mon 12.4 = 

  • Compare and contrast abiotic factors & biotic factors, including examples for each.

Tue 12.5 = 

  • Compare & contrast producers and consumers, including examples for each.

Wed 12.6 = 

  • How does a food web differ from a food chain?

Thu 12.7 = 

  • What does an energy ecological pyramid show? 
  • How much energy passes from one level to the next?

Fri 12.8 = 

  • Use these terms correctly in sentences: 
    • organism, ecosystem, consumer, food web

 

Questions for the week of 11.27 blush

Mon 11.27 = 

  • What is a chemical reaction? 
  • Why are they needed in a body?

Tue 11.28 = 

  • What type of macromolecule are enzymes? 
  • What is their purpose?

Wed 11.29 = 

  • Define biosphere. 
  • Why is it appropriate to study the biosphere in Biology?

Thu 11.30 = 

  • Define species. 
  • How is it different from a population?

Fri 12.1 = 

  • Compare and contrast ecosystem & community, including examples.

 

Questions for the week of 11.20 cheeky

Mon 11.20 = 

  • Use the following terms correctly in sentences: 
    • Monomer, macromolecule, compound, bond

Tue 11.21 = 

  • What elements are in water? 
  • Carbs & lipids? 
  • Nucleic acids? 
  • Proteins?

 

Questions for the week of 11.13 laugh

Mon 11.13 = 

  • What is the main job of carbohydrates? 
  • Of lipids?
  • Of nucleic acids? 

Tue 11.14 = 

  • List 3 jobs that proteins do for an organism.

Wed 11.15 = 

  • Why is water considered an important biomolecule?

Thu 11.16

  • In what kinds of foods would you find carbohydrates? 
  • Lipids? 
  • Proteins?

Fri 11.17 = 

  • What is an indicator? 
  • Name the chemical indicators used in our lab.

 

Questions for the week of 11.6 wink

Mon 11.6 = 

  • What is a monomer? 
  • What is a macromolecule? 
  • How are they related?

Tue 11.7 = 

  • What are the monomer building blocks of nucleic acids? 
  • What are the parts of that monomer?

Wed 11.8 = Freshmen taking PreACT test

Thu 11.9

  • What are the monomer building blocks of proteins? 
  • What are the parts of that monomer?

Fri 11.10 = 

  • What are the monomer building blocks of complex carbs? 
  • Of fats & oils? 
  • Of nucleic acids?

 

Questions for the week of 10.30 smiley

Mon 10.30 = 

  • Where is carbon on the periodic table? 
  • Look up & list two facts about carbon.

Tue 10.31 = 

  • List the four main organic biomolecules & give an example for each.

Wed 11.1 = No School; Teacher Professional Development

Thu 11.2

  • List the 3 categories of carbohydrates & name one example for each.

Fri 11.3 = 

  • What are 3 differences between carbohydrates & lipids?

 

Questions for the week of 10.23 yes

Mon 10.23 = 

  • Define atom, molecule & compound 

Tue 10.24 = 

  • What elements make up water? 
  • Is water a mixture or a compound? 
  • Explain.

Wed 10.25 = 

  • What is a mixture? 
  • How is a mixture different from a compound?

Thu 10.26 = 

  • Compare & contrast adhesion and cohesion

Fri 10.27 = 

  • What is an element? 
  • How is it different from a compound?

 

Questions for the week of 10.16 enlightened

Mon 10.16 = 

  • Compare & contrast magnification and resolution

Tue 10.17 = 

  • What are two benefits of using microscopes in scientific studies?

Wed 10.18 = 

  • What did you learn from the part of the lab where you made a wet mount “e” slide?

 

Questions for the week of 10.9 cool

Mon 10.9 = 

  • Compare & contrast light microscopes and electron microscopes.

Tue 10.10 = 

  • Compare & contrast objective lenses and ocular lenses.

Wed 10.11 = 

  • List two procedures for properly handling microscopes.

Thu 10.12 =  

  • List 3 facts about compound microscopes.

Fri 10.13 =  

  • List the 3 operating systems of a compound microscope & the job for each system.

 

Questions for the week of 10.2 indecision

Mon 10.2 = 

  • Why are prefixes added in front of a metric base unit? 
  • List 3 prefix examples & their values.

Tue 10.3 = 

  • List two advantages to using the SI system.

Wed 10.4 = 

  • What does it mean to magnify something? 
  • Why might magnification be needed in science?

Thu 10.5 =  

  • What types of things are easier to see with a hand lens?
  • With a compound microscope?

Fri 10.6 =  

  • What types of specimens are best viewed with a dissecting microscope? 
  • Why wouldn’t you use a compound microscope with those?

 

Questions for the week of 9.25 surprise

Mon 9.25 = 

  • What is metabolism? 
  • What body processes help with it?

Tue 9.26 = 

  • Use the following terms correctly in sentences:
    • Inference, scientific theory, hypothesis

Wed 9.28 = 

  • Why is it important to be accurate in taking measurements? 
  • What system helps scientists to be accurate?

Thu 9.28 =  

  • What are the base metric units for length, mass, time & temperature?

 

Questions for the week of 9.18 blush

Mon 9.18 = 

  • What are two characteristics of life that can also be seen in nonliving things?

Tue 9.19 = 

  • Can non-living things show any characteristics of life?
  • Explain.

Wed 9.20 = 

  • Is a seed alive? 
  • Explain.

Thu 9.21 =  

  • What is a cell? 
  • How many are needed to be considered living?

Fri 9.22 = 

  • Explain the characteristic “as groups, living things adapt & evolve.”

 

Questions for the week of 9.11 cheeky

Mon 9.11 = 

  • In your own terms, define biology & organism.

Tue 9.12 = 

  • What are three things that make something living different from something non-living?

Wed 9.13 = 

  • Why are things like virus, seeds, or eggs difficult to fully classify as living or nonliving?

Thu 9.14 =  

  • List 3 signs you’d look for to tell if the object you’re holding is alive or not?

Fri 9.15 = 

  • In our lab, which characteristic of life is hard to determine?
  • Why?

 

Questions for the week of 9.4 laugh

Tue 9.5 = 

  • Contrast quantitative data with qualitative data, including examples.

Wed 9.6 = 

  • How would life be different without the influence of science? 
  • In your answers, include at least 2 ways science has impacted human life.

Thu 9.7 =  

  • What is the difference between a hypothesis, a conclusion, & a theory?

Fri 9.8 = 

  • What is the difference between a data table & a graph? 
  • When is each used?

 

Questions for the week of 8.28 wink

Mon 8.28 = 

  • What are 3 scientific concepts the Bubble-ology lab is helping us review?

 

Tue 8.29 = 

  • What is science?
  • What does science help us do?
  • What are its limitations?

Wed 8.30 = 

  • Define science.
  • How is it different from language arts, math, or social studies?

Thu 8.31 =  

  • Contrast the independent & dependent variables.

Fri 9.1 = 

  • Define data. 
  • Why is data important in scientific investigations?

 

Questions for the week of 8.21 smiley

Wed 8.23 = 

  • What is biology?
  • List one contribution biology has made to humanity.
  • What are you looking forward to / fearing in biology this year?

Thu 8.24 =  

  • Why is it important to have labs in a science class?
  • Why is safety in the lab important?

Fri 8.25 = 

  • List 3 lab safety rules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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