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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 1st SEMESTER BELLRINGERS HERE:

Questions for the week of 11.18 

Mon 11.18 = 

• Compare and contrast autotrophs & heterotrophs, including examples.

Tue 11.19 =

• How do enzymes relate to chemical reactions? 
• What happens if they’re not present?

Wed 11.20 = 

• What material in our lab was the catalyst in the reactions? 
  What were the reactants?

Thu 11.21 =

• Compare & contrast food webs and food chains

Fri 11.22 =

• List 3 diets (food preferences) seen in consumers, and example organisms for each.

Questions for the week of 11.11 

Mon 11.11 = 

• Name & briefly describe the 3 categories of chemical reactions.

Tue 11.12 =

• Define biosphere. 
• Why is it appropriate to study the biosphere in Biology?

Wed 11.13 = 

• Define species. 
• How is it different from a population?

Thu 11.14 =

• Contrast biotic & abiotic factors, including examples for each.

Fri 11.15 =

• Compare and contrast ecosystem & community, including examples.

Questions for the week of 11.4 

Mon 11.4 = 

• What are two things you found interesting about last week’s lab?

Tue11.5 =

• Use the following terms correctly in sentences: 
  • Monomer, macromolecule, compound, bond

Wed 11.6 = 

• What elements are in water? 
• Carbs & lipids? 
• Nucleic acids? 
• Proteins?

Thu 11.7 =

• What is a chemical reaction?
• Why are they needed in a body?

Fri 11.8 =

• What type of macromolecule are enzymes? 
• What is their purpose?

Questions for the week of 10.28 

Mon 10.28 = 

• Why are proteins so important? 
• List 2 of their jobs. 
• What carries the instructions for making proteins?

Tue10.29 =

• List 3 jobs that biomolecules do for an organism.

Wed 10.30 = 

• In what kinds of foods would you find carbohydrates? 
• Lipids? 
• Proteins?

Thu 10.31 =  

• What is an indicator? 
• Name the chemical indicators used in our lab.
  • (HINT: look at lab instructions)

Fri 11.1 = No School; Teacher Professional Development

Questions for the week of 10.21 

Mon 10.21 = 

• What is a monomer? 
• What is a macromolecule? 
• How are they related?

Tue10.22 =

• What does the pH scale measure? 
• What is its range? 
• What can you do to test a solution’s pH?

Wed 10.23 = 

• Contrast acids & bases, including examples for each.

Thu 10.24 =  

• What are the monomer building blocks of nucleic acids? 
• What are the parts of that monomer?

Fri 10.25 = 

• What are the monomer building blocks of proteins? 
• What are the parts of that monomer?

Questions for the week of 10.14 

Mon 10.14 = 

• Where is carbon on the periodic table? 
• Look up & list two facts about carbon.

Tue10.15 =

• List the four main organic biomolecules and give an example for each.

Wed 10.16 = 

• List the three categories of carbohydrates & name one example for each.

Thu 10.17 =  No School; P/T Conferences

Fri 10.18 = No School; Teacher workday / comp day

Questions for the week of 10.7 

Mon 10.7 = 

• Define atom, chemical, & compound 

Tue10.8 =

• What elements make up water? 
• Is water a mixture or a compound? 
• Explain.

Wed 10.9 = 

• What is a mixture? 
• How is a mixture different from a compound?

Thu 10.10 =  

• Compare & contrast adhesion and cohesion

Fri 10.11 =

• How is an element different from a compound? 
• Include examples of each in your answer.

Questions for the week of 9.30 

Mon 9.30 = 

• What types of specimens are best viewed with a dissecting microscope? 
• Why wouldn’t you use a compound microscope with those?

Tue10.1 =

• Compare & contrast magnification and resolution

Wed 10.2 = 

• Compare & contrast coarse adjustment knob and coarse adjustment knob.

Thu 10.3 =  

• What are some difficulties you have using light microscopes? 
• How can Mrs. Walters help you with these?

Fri 10.4 =

• What are two benefits of using microscopes in scientific studies?

Questions for the week of 9.23 

Mon 9.23 = 

• Name the 3 types of light microscopes. 
• What do light microscopes use to create images?

Tue 9.24 =

• List 2 ways light microscopes are different from electron microscopes.

Wed 9.25 = 

• Compare & contrast objective lenses and ocular lenses.

Thu 9.26 =  

• What types of things are easier to see with a hand lens? 
• A compound microscope?

Fri 9.27 = No School; Teacher Professional Development

Questions for the week of 9.16 

Mon 9.16 = 

• ​Explain the characteristic “as groups, living things adapt & evolve.”

Tue 9.17 =

• What are different ways that living organisms “obtain & use energy?”
• What do humans do for this characteristic?

Wed 9.18 = 

• What is metabolism? 
• What body processes help with it?

Thu 9.19 =  

• Use the following terms correctly in sentences:
  • Inference, scientific theory, hypothesis

Fri 9.20 = 

• What does it mean to magnify something? 
• Why might magnification be needed in science?

Questions for the week of 9.9 

Mon 9.9 = 

• ​What is a cell? 
• How many are needed to be considered alive?

Tue 9.10 =

• List 3 signs you’d look for to tell if the object you’re holding is alive or not?

Wed 9.11 = 

• In our lab, which characteristic of life is hard to determine? 
• Why?

Thu 9.12 =  

• What are two characteristics of life that can also be seen in non-living things?

Fri 9.13 = 

• Can non-living things show any characteristics of life? 
• Explain.

Questions for the week of 9.2 

Mon 9.2 = No School; Labor Day

​Tue 9.3 =

• What are 3 scientific concepts the Bubble-ology lab is helping us review?

Wed 9.4 = 

• In your own terms, define biology & organism.

Thu 9.5 =  

• What are two things that make something living different from something nonliving?

Fri 9.6 = 

• Why are things like virus, seeds, or eggs difficult to fully classify as living or nonliving?

Questions for the week of 8.26 

Mon 8.26 =

• What is the purpose of science? 
• What’s one way your life is better because of science?

​Tue 8.27 =

• What are some limitations of science? 

Wed 8.28 = 

• How is science different from language arts, math, or social studies? 
• How is it similar?

Thu 8.29 =  

• Contrast the independent & dependent variables.

Fri 8.30 = 

• What is the purpose of making a hypothesis? 4
• Write an example of a hypothesis.

Questions for the week of 8.19 

Mon 8.19 = No school; teacher professional development 

​Tue 8.20 = No school; teacher workday

Wed 8.21 = 

• What is biology?
• List one contribution biology has made to humanity.
• What are you looking forward to / fearing in biology this year?

Thu 8.22 =  

• Why is it important to have labs in a science class?
• Why is safety in the lab important?

Fri 8.23 = 

• List 3 lab safety rules.

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