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BELLWORK

WEEK 27-LIFE SCIENCE

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ROOT WORD OF THE WEEK

ab-

“away from”�

as in “abscision”, “abduct” and “absent”

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SCIENCE TRIVIA

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following is TRUE:

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  1. all yeasts are nonpathogenic in humans
  2. all humans have the same number of chromosomes
  3. all bats carry rabies
  4. all DNA contains phosphorous

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SCIENCE TRIVIA

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following is TRUE:

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  • all yeasts are nonpathogenic in humans
  • all humans have the same number of chromosomes
  • all bats carry rabies
  • all DNA contains phosphorous

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READ-A-GRAPH

1. What question is this “graph” trying to answer?

2. What are the dependent and independent variables?

3. What conclusion(s) can you make?

4. What evidence from the graph supports it?"

dependent: the thing that is “influenced”

independent: the thing that you change “on purpose”

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CREATE-A-GRAPH

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Remember, it must:

  • start at 0
  • have a title
  • have x & y axes labels
  • have an evenly spaced scale

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BONUS SLIDES

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - In which of the following types of rock would you expect to find fossils?

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  1. Stationary
  2. Metamorphic
  3. Igneous
  4. Sedimentary

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - In which of the following types of rock would you expect to find fossils?

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  • Stationary
  • Metamorphic
  • Igneous
  • Sedimentary

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - Coal deposits today are the remains of which of the following prehistoric organisms that have undergone carbonization?

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  1. Plants
  2. Water animals
  3. Land animals
  4. Bacteria

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - Coal deposits today are the remains of which of the following prehistoric organisms that have undergone carbonization?

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  • Plants
  • Water animals
  • Land animals
  • Bacteria

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - Coal formed from the remains of plants that died more than 300 million years ago. In what period did these plants live?

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  1. Precambrian
  2. Cenozoic
  3. Carboniferous
  4. Cretaceous

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - Coal formed from the remains of plants that died more than 300 million years ago. In what period did these plants live?

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  • Precambrian
  • Cenozoic
  • Carboniferous
  • Cretaceous

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Science Trivia

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE - Earth’s most severe extinction event, also called the Great Dying, resulted in the extinction of 96% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species. This event marks the boundary between what two geological periods?

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Science Trivia-Answer

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE - Earth’s most severe extinction event, also called the Great Dying, resulted in the extinction of 96% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species. This event marks the boundary between what two geological periods?

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PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following animals is NOT extinct?

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  1. Tasmanian wolf
  2. Passenger pigeon
  3. Red wolf
  4. Dodo

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following animals is NOT extinct?

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  • Tasmanian wolf
  • Passenger pigeon
  • Red wolf
  • Dodo

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following is a trace fossil?

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  1. Petrified wood
  2. Brachiopod shell
  3. Worm burrow
  4. Dinosaur bone

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following is a trace fossil?

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  • Petrified wood
  • Brachiopod shell
  • Worm burrow
  • Dinosaur bone

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following is TRUE:

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  • all yeasts are nonpathogenic in humans
  • all humans have the same number of chromosomes
  • all bats carry rabies
  • all DNA contains phosphorous

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - Which of the following is TRUE:

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  1. all yeasts are nonpathogenic in humans
  2. all humans have the same number of chromosomes
  3. all bats carry rabies
  4. all DNA contains phosphorous