PROFESSOR RYAN

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Part 1: Life begins at the level of a cell. Some organisms only consist of one cell, and others are composed of multiple cells that are further organized.

After reading pages 4 – 5 in your textbook, list an example of each of the following levels of organization that come together to make up life.

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A molecule

List an example here

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A cell

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A tissue

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An organ

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An organ system

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Part 2: All living organisms need energy and nutrients to grow, respond, and reproduce.

After reading pages 6 – 7 in your textbook, what is the difference between a producer and a consumer?

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Part 3: Based upon the characteristics of the cells that compose an organism, life can be organized by scientists for clear communication.

After reading pages 10 – 11 in your textbook, what are the three domains into which all life can be divided?

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Part 4: Every species is given a unique two-part name. After reading pages 10 – 11 in your textbook, according to the Linnaean system, what are the first and the second parts of the name?

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Part 5: After reading pages 12 – 13 in your textbook, what is the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?

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Part 6: The scientific method can and is used by all at some point in their life. After reading page 13 in your textbook, read the case study below and respond to the questions.

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“Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home

Your house is on fire and your children are gone

All except one, an that’s Little Anne

For she has crept under the warming pan.”

Nursery Rhyme c.1744

Recently, Margo observed a large number of lady beetles in her garden. It was not surprising to see lady beetles, but what was surprising was to see the vast number of lady beetles. Margo has had her garden for several years, and has never seen such a large amount of beetles. After much thought, Margo realized that this past winter the temperatures in her garden had dropped substantially. In fact, the temperatures were more than 10 degrees colder than usual for that time of the year.

Margo decided that she wanted to test her observation of colder than normal winter temperatures in Florida, and an increased number of lady beetles. To do this, Margo placed 10 pregnant lady beetles in each of two of habitats (box enclosures) with sufficient nourishment and bedding. One habitat of 10 pregnant lady beetles was placed in an area at the normal winter temperature for the area of Florida where she resides. The other habitat of 10 pregnant lady beetles was placed in a location that maintained a temperature 10 degrees below the normal winter temperature for the area of Florida where she resides. Margo hypothesized that the colder temperature would results in a larger number of lady beetle offspring.

What question was Margo asking herself and testing?

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What is the independent variable (that is what was Margo, as the scientist, changing)?

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What is the dependent variable (that is what was Margo, as the scientist, measuring or counting)?

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What is the control group?

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What was the experimental group?

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You will earn additional points if you correctly submit the worksheet to the assignment dropbox.

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You will earn additional points if you use proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling.

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