Read and complete the activities associated with the ‘external links’ at my wiki Cell Cycle page.
Read the information on the Cell Cycle and Mitosis in your Inside the Cell book. It is part of chapter 4: pages 46-51. Stop before you get to meiosis, which we will cover later.
To prepare for using the microscopes in class and to learn about other types of microscopes and their uses, you should go to the following web page and follow the directions:
http://www.docfleetwood.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Microscopy+Lesson
This will take a fair amount of time so be sure to get started!
Due: 12/3 or 12/4 depending on which day we have class.
Complete the blog assignment on our Collaborize Classroom site about ‘Big Data’ and what it means.
Due: Sunday 12/2/12 by 11:59:59 pm
Read chapter 1 of the Inside the Cell book and answer the ‘Got It’ questions at the end of the chapter. Then create a table of organelles and their functions.
Due: first class after the Thanksgiving holiday
Complete the following items for homework:
You will have a test on anything and everything I wish to ask with particular emphasis on the following:
The test will be on Tuesday (11/13/12) or Wednesday (11/14/12) according to your section:
Using the Voyage to the Deep resource guide and the associated online site, answer the questions on the handout given in class. A pdf copy of the resource guide can be found here:
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/deepsea/Resources/resources.html
(if that link does not work, try this link)
A copy of the questions is below…
Reading questions
1. Describe how Riftia pachyptila get their energy.
2. Who led the Extreme 2000 mission?
3. The Earth’s largest mountain range is where? How long is it in Km?
4. The ____________ is the most heat tolerant animal on Earth. It can survive in an environment as hot as ______C (_____F)
5. What is the term for one tectonic plate being forced under another? What is the result?
6. Who is credited with building the first submarine?
7. What do “black smokers” spew?
8. How do hydrothermal vents form?
9. Where did the “Extreme 2000” dive take place?
10. At what depth was the deepest recorded fish found?
11. What makes Archaea so unique?
12. Why are scientists excited about the possibility that there are hydrothermal vents on Europa?
13. How many hours of life support are there on Alvin for its crew?
14. Who made the deepest dive in history? How deep was it?
15. Convert the British units of measure in the “How Deep is the Ocean?” article in the Geology section to metric units.
16. Compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
17. Define the following words: bioluminescence, hydrostatic, microbe, symbiosis
Internet search (http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/deepsea)
1. Why can the water around a hydrothermal vent reach temperatures of 300-400 C and still not be boiling?
2. What is the scientific name for the Vent Crab? What must scientists do in order to keep the adult crabs safe in the lab at the University?
3. Describe the plume and tube of a Tubeworm. (hint – resources – http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/vents/anatomy.html)
Due: Wednesday, 10/31/12
Write down in your notebook the kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species for humans and make sure you understand and can define each item. For example, one of them will be ‘mammalia’ – therefore, make sure you also know what it means to be a mammal.
Read the 6 Kingdoms of Life PDF found on my taxonomy wiki page and be sure to…
Complete the Collaborize Classroom blog discussion regarding your favorite deep sea creature. When you go to the Collaborize site you will see the full instructions, including videos to watch and when it is due.
You will have a test on Thursday, 10/18/12 on the rest of Unit 1 and the Levels of Organization (as well as anything else I feel like asking)
