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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.

FIND 2^nd SEMESTER BELLRINGERS HERE:

Questions for the week of 4.22 

Mon 4.22 = 

• List 2 ways mammals and birds are similar & 2 ways they differ.

Tue 4.23 = 

• What kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class and order do rabbits belong to?

Wed 4.24 = 

• List 3 things you found interesting in yesterday’s portion of the lab.

Thu 4.25 =

• List 3 examples of Cl. Aves, and 3 examples of Cl. Mammalia.

Fri 4.26 =

• In your own words, define forensic science. 
• How is it important to today’s legal system?

Questions for the week of 4.15 

Mon 4.15 = 

• If you could be any mammal other than a human, what would you be & why?

Tue 4.16 = 

• List the 3 mammal reproductive development types, & name 1 example animal for each. 

Wed 4.17 = 

• List 3 facts about mammals that distinguish them (us?) from other vertebrates.

Thu 4.18 =

• What structures in mammals help with:
  • immunity, respiration, excretion, responsiveness

Fri 4.19 =

• Name 3 orders of mammals, and 1 specific example for each.

Questions for the week of 4.8 

Mon 4.8 = 

• How are mammal teeth related to an animal’s diet? 
• What are the 4 types of teeth?

Tue 4.9 = 

• How do birds use their feet? 
• Name 3 distinct types of bird feet.

Wed 4.10 = 

• List the kingdom, phylum, subphylum and class that pigeons belong to.

Thu 4.11 =

• What are 3 things that you found interesting from yesterday’s part of the dissection.

Fri 4.12 =

• What do the immunie & endocrine systems do for mammal bodies?
• What might happen if they were missing?

Questions for the week of 4.1 

Mon 4.1 =  No School – Teacher Professional Development

Tue 4.2 = 

• List 3 specific types of bird feathers, and the purpose for each.

Wed 4.3 = 

• Describe the following parts of a feather:
  • Barb, Vane, Rachis

Thu 4.4 =

• List three things that you know about mammals

Fri 4.5 =

• What type of circulation and body temperature do mammals have? 
• Which other animals do too?

Questions for the week of 3.25 

Mon 3.25 = 

• List 3 ways birds are different from amphibians &/or reptiles.

Tue 3.26 = 

• What are 3 pieces of evidence for a common ancestor to birds & reptiles?

Wed 3.27 = 

• What are 3 things that help birds be able to fly?

Thu 3.28 =

• What are the purposes of feathers in birds?

Fri 3.29 = No School; Easter Break

Questions for the week of 3.18

Mon 3.18 = 

• Contrast a turtle’s carapace & plastron

Tue 3.19 = 

• List three ways amphibians and reptiles differ.

Wed 3.20 = 

• List three ways amphibians and reptiles are similar.

Thu 3.21 =

• List 3 examples of amphibians, & 3 examples of reptiles

Fri 3.22 =

• List three things you already know about birds.

No School March 8 – 15 ~ Spring Break

Questions for the week of 3.4 

Mon 3.4 = 

• List the members of Order Crocodilia, & one way each differs from the others.

Tue 3.5 = 

• List the members of Order Testudines, & one way each differs from the others.

Wed 3.6 = 

• List the kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class & order for turtles.

Thu 3.7 =

• List 3 things you found interesting in yesterday’s portion of the dissection.

Fri 3.8 = No School; Teacher Work Day

Questions for the week of 2.26 

Mon 2.26 = 

• List 2 ways reptiles are different from amphibians. 
• What are 2 ways they are similar?

Tue 2.27 = 

• List 3 physical characteristics common to all reptiles.

Wed 2.28 = 

• Contrast reptile eggs & amphibian eggs. 
• How is each best suited for the animal producing them?

Thu 2.29 =

• List 5 specific examples of reptiles.

Fri 3.1 = 

• List 3 facts about lizards.

Questions for the week of 2.19 

Mon 2.19 = No School; Presidents’ Day

Tue 2.20 = 

• What kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class and order do frogs belong to?

Wed 2.21 = 

• What are three things you found interesting in yesterday’s part of the lab?

Thu 2.22 =

• Name 3 specific amphibians. 
• How do they differ from each other physically?

Fri 2.23 = 

• Name the 3 orders of amphibians, & 1 specific example for each.

Questions for the week of 2.12 

Mon 2.12 = 

• What does the term “amphibian” mean? 
• Why is it an appropriate term for this group?

Tue 2.13 = 

• What do the following body parts do?
  • nictitating membrane, cloaca, tympanic membrane

Wed 2.14 = 

• What is metamorphosis? 
• How does metamorphosis relate to amphibians?

Thu 2.15 = No School; Teacher Professional Development

Fri 2.16 = No School; Parent/Teacher Conferences

Questions for the week of 2.5

Mon 2.5 = 

• What are two differences you observed when dissecting bony fish vs cartilaginous fish?

Tue 2.6 = 

• List the three classes of fish, and two examples for each.

Wed 2.7 = 

• List the main types of fins found in bony fish, and where each is found.

Thu 2.8 = 

• List 3 characteristics all fish have in common.

Fri 2.9 = 

• In general, what is an amphibian? 
• Name 2 examples.

Questions for the week of 1.29

Mon 1.29 = 

• What kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, subclass & superorder do sharks belong to?

Tue 1.30 = 

• List 3 things you found interesting about the first part of the dissection.

Wed 1.31 = 

• What is a swim bladder? 
• What do bony fish use it for?

Thu 2.1 = 

• What kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, and subclass do perch belong to?

Fri 2.2 = 

• List 3 things you found interesting about yesterday’s part of the dissection.

Questions for the week of 1.22

Mon 1.22 = 

• What kingdom, phylum, subphylum & class do horseshoe crabs belong to?

Tue 1.23 = 

• List three body features you observed on the external surfaces of the horseshoe crab.

Wed 1.24 = 

• List 3 things about cartilaginous fish that are different from bony fish.

Thu 1.25 = 

• What kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, subclass & superorder do sharks belong to?

Fri 1.26 = 

• List 3 things you found interesting about yesterday’s part of the dissection.

Questions for the week of 1.15 

Tue 1.16 = Snow Day

Wed 1.17 = 

• Describe a fish to someone who has never seen one before.

Thu 1.18 = 

• List 3 things all fish have in common.

Fri 1.19 = Snow Day

Questions for the week of 1.8

Mon 1.8 = Snow Day

Tue 1.9 = Snow Day

Wed 1.10 = Snow Day

Thu 1.11 = 

• What are 2 characteristics all vertebrates share? 
• Name the kinds of animals that are classified as vertebrates. 

Fri 1.12 = Snow Day

Questions for the week of 1.1 

Thu 1.4 = 

• How are invertebrates different from chordates? 
• Name some examples of chordate animals.

Fri 1.5 = 

• Name the 3 subphyla of Subphylum Chordata & list the common names for each.

FIND 1^st SEMESTER BELLRINGERS HERE:

Questions for the week of 12.18

Mon 12.18 = 

• List 3 things you now know about animals that you didn’t in August.

Questions for the week of 12.11

Mon 12.11 = 

• Compare and contrast bilateral symmetry & radial symmetry. 
• Name 1 example animal for each.

Tue 12.12 = 

• List 3 characteristics common to all animals

Wed 12.13 = 

• List the subphyla and classes that belong to each that are found in Phylum Arthropoda

Thu 12.14 = 

• Compare & contrast mollusks and echinoderms.

Fri 12.15 = 

• What animals studied this semester have you found most interesting? 
• Why?

Questions for the week of 12.4 

Mon 12.4 = 

• What does the term “echinoderm” mean and why is it an appropriate term for this phylum?

Tue 12.5 = 

• What is the purpose of an echinoderm’s water vascular system?

Wed 12.6 = 

• List 3 characteristics that make echinoderms different from other phyla we’ve studied.

Thu 12.7 = 

• What kingdom, phylum and class do sea stars belong to? 
• Why should we not call them “starfish?”

Fri 12.8 = 

• Name the classes of echinoderms, and one example for each.

Questions for the week of 11.27 

Mon 11.27 = 

• What are 3 ways that insects are physically different from spiders?

Tue 11.28 = 

• Compare & contrast insects and crustaceans.

Wed 11.29 = 

• List five examples of arthropods.

Thu 11.30 = 

• List 3 of the major orders of insects, and examples of each.

Fri 12.1 = 

• List 3 ways arthropods are different from other phyla we’ve studied.

Questions for the week of 11.20 

Mon 11.20 = 

• What kingdom, phylum, subphylum & class do grasshoppers belong to?

Tue 11.21 = 

• Where are the spiracles on grasshoppers? 
• What purposes do they serve?

Questions for the week of 11.13 

Mon 11.13 = 

• List 3 examples of crustaceans. 
• How are their bodies adapted for life in water?

Tue 11.14 = 

• What kingdom, phylum and subphylum do crawfish belong to?

Wed 11.15 = 

• What are the chelipeds on crawfish?
• What purposes do they serve?

Thu 11.16 =  

• What are chelicerae? 
• What are pedipalps? 
• Which groups of arthropods have them?

Fri 11.17 = 

• Compare and contrast centipedes & millipedes

Questions for the week of 11.6 

Mon 11.6 = 

• What does the term “arthropod” mean?
• What kinds of animals are arthropods?

Tue 11.7 = 

• What are the body segments called for arthropods with 2 body part? 
• For those with 3 body parts?

Wed 11.8 = 

• Which kingdom, phylum & class do clams belong to? 
• List their main body features.

Thu 11.9 = 

• List 3 facts about arthropod anatomy & physiology.

Fri 11.10 = 

• What kind of circulation do arthropods have? 
• How is it different from your circulation?

Questions for the week of 10.30 

Mon 10.30 = 

• List some ways that gastropods & bivalves are physically different from cephalopods.

Tue 10.31 = 

• Which kingdom, phylum, & class do squid belong to?

Wed 11.1 = No School; Teacher Professional Development

Thu 11.2 = 

• List 3 facts about squids from the background info in the lab instructions.

Fri 11.3 = 

• Name 3 structures you observed in the squid dissection, & tell the purpose for each.

Questions for the week of 10.23 

Mon 10.23 = 

• List the class of segmented worms, and 1 example for each.

Tue 10.24 = 

• Name the 3 phyla of worms, and list the classes that belong to each.

Wed 10.25 = 

• Name the 3 phyla of worms, and a fact about each that separate them from the others.

Thu 10.26 = 

• What kinds of animals are considered mollusks? 
• How do they differ from worms?

Fri 10.27 = 

• List the main body features found in mollusks. 
• Which is missing in bivalves?

Questions for the week of 10.16 

Mon 10.16 = 

• What is a closed circulatory system? 
• Which type of worm has this?

Tue 10.17 = 

• What is a parasite? 
• Name a parasitic worm from each of the 3 worm phyla.

Wed 10.18 = 

• List 3 things you know about worms that you didn’t know 2 weeks ago.

Questions for the week of 10.9 

Mon 10.9 = 

• Which flatworm has a scolex and proglottids? 
• Describe what each of those parts are.

Tue 10.10 = 

• What is a parasite? 
• How can they affect their host organisms?

Wed 10.11 = 

• What is a coelom? 
• What kind of coelom is found in flatworms? 
• In roundworms?

Thu 10.12 = 

• List 3 ways that flatworms & roundworms are different.

Fri 10.13 = 

• What kingdom, phylum & class do earthworms belong to? 
• What are some of their key body features?

Questions for the week of 10.2 

Mon 10.2

• List two facts about sponges, & two facts about cnidarians.

Tue 10.3 

• Use the following terms correctly in sentences:
  • Ostia, osculum, polyp, medusa

Wed 10.4 = 

• List three ways members of Ph. Porifera & Ph. Cnidaria differ.

Thu 10.5

• How can worms be beneficial? 
• How can they be harmful?

Fri 10.6

• Why are flatworms considered acoelomates? 
• How many digestive openings do they have?

Questions for the week of 9.25 

Mon 9.25

• What is diffusion? 
• How is it related to sponges & cnidarians?

Tue 9.26 

• Name the classes of Ph. Cnidaria & 1 example for each.

Wed 9.27 = 

• Compare & contract Ph. Porifera & Ph. Cnidaria

Thu 9.28

• What animals will you be presenting? 
• What is 1 interesting fact about each?

Questions for the week of 9.18 

Mon 9.18

• Name the two cnidarian body forms & list the types of animals that have each.

Tue 9.19 

• List two things you know about Cnidarians based on Monday’s assignment.

Wed 9.20 = 

• What are cnidocytes? 
• How do they relate to nematocysts?

Thu 9.21

• What kingdom, phylum, & class do Moon jellies (Aurelia) belong to?

Fri 9.22

• What did you find interesting about dissecting a jellyfish?

Questions for the week of 9.11 

Mon 9.11 

• Describe a sea sponge. 
• What kind of symmetry does it have?

Tue 9.12 

• What are the ostia & osculum in a sponge? 
• What do they each do?

Wed 9.13 = 

• Describe a member of Ph. Porifera to someone who has never seen one before.

Thu 9.14

• How is a sponge different from coral or sea anemones?

Fri 9.15

• What is a spicule and its purpose? 
• What materials might they be made of?

Questions for the week of 9.4 

Tue 9.5 

• What are 3 animal characteristics only seen in animals with bilateral symmetry?

Wed 9.6 = 

• What is a coelom? 
• What are the 3 coelom types seen in animals?

Thu 9.7

• What is the difference between a protostome & a deuterostome? 
• In which category are humans?

Fri 9.8

• List the 3 of the 5 general characteristics of animals.

Questions for the week of 8.28 

Mon 8.28 = 

• What is the difference between invertebrates & vertebrates? 
• List 2 examples of each.

Tue 8.29 

• What does it mean to be a heterotroph?
• What types of consumers are there?

Wed 8.30 = 

• What is symmetry? 
• Name the types of symmetry seen in the Animal Kingdom.

Thu 8.31

• What is a coelom? 
• What is necessary for a coelom to be found in an animal?

Fri 9.1

• What is cephalization? 
• How does it help animals?

Questions for the week of 8.21 

Wed 8.23 = 

• What is zoology?
• What is forensic science?
• What is genetics?
• What are you looking forward to / fearing in Biology~Adv. Studies 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 at least 3 things that make an animal different from something nonliving.