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Biology A Overview
PPT 1-2 Characteristics of Life and Semester overview
Unit 1 PowerPoints - Ecology
PPT 1-2 Definitions for ecology, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, biotic, abiotic;
PPT 1-3 Energy - niche, producers, autotrophs, consumers, heterotrophs, decomposers, hervivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains, food webs, trophic levels;
PPT 1-4 Matter - water cycle,...
Unit 2 PowerPoints - Chemistry of Life
PPT 2.1 Properties of Water - basic chemistry, polarity, hydrogen bonds, adhesion, cohesion, solvent, pH, density, capillary action;
PPT 2.2 Organic Molecules - organic, macromolecule, nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, polymer, monomoer, polysaccharides, monosaccharides,...
Unit 3 Powerpoints - Cells
Part I - the structure and function of cells and their parts
PPT 3-1 a little history, review of characteristics of life, and cell theory;
PPT 3-2 cell parts; cell membrane, cytoplasm, organelles; animal, plant, bacterial cells
Part II - how materials get in and out of...
Unit 4 PowerPoints - Energy in Cells
PPT 4-1 ATP the energy molecule, chemical reaction basics;
PPT 4-2 Enzymes (proteins), chemical reactions in cells, catalysts, substrates and products;
PPT 4-3 Photosynthesis - how plants make their own food in their chloroplasts;
PPT 4-4 Cellular respiration - how all eukaryotic cells get...
Unit 5 PowerPoints - Nucleic Acids & Protein Synthesis
PPT 5 From DNA to proteins
Unit 6 PowerPoints - Inheritance
PPT 6-1 Meiosis and fertilization; mitosis vs meiosis, independent assortment, gametes, zygote
PPT 6-2 Inheritance from Mendel to Punnett - trait, gene, allele, genotype, phenotype, dominant, recessive, Punnett squares
Unit 8 Evolution
PPT 8-1 For a preview of key vocabulary related to evolution click here;
PPT 8-2 For the definiton of evolution and a whirlwind trip through time using an analogy of the history of Earth and a calendar click here;
PPT 8-3 This Powerpoint covers a brief history evolution...
Unit 9 Powerpoints - Classification and Taxonomy
PPT 9-1 Button lab, History, scientific naming;
PPT 9-2A Kingdoms - prokaryotes eubacteria and bacteria, PPT 9-2B Kingdoms - eukaryotes protista and fungi, PPT 9-3C Kingdoms - eukaryotes plants and animals
PPT 9-3 An introduction to dichotomous keys
Unit 10 - Systems
PPT 10-1 Introduction to systems, the human digestive system, nutrients;
PPT 10-2 Circulatory systems in plants & humans;
PPT 10-3 Human skeletal and muscular systems;
PPT 10-4 Human excretory system;
PPT 10-5 Respiratory system;
PPT 10-6 Human endocrine system;
PPT 10-7 Nervous...