BIO 101 Week 2 Individual Family Tree Presentation

Individual
Family Tree Presentation
Produce a family tree for at least three generations of your family, a friend’s family, or a famous family (e.g. the Bushes, the Clintons, the Barrymores, etc.) following these genetic traits:
Eye color
Hair color
Dominant hand
Height
Widow’s peak
Hitchhiker’s thumb
A family genetic disorder
Summarize the inheritance of sex-linked traits through meiosis and how it relates to genetics.
Prepare a 5- to 6-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation illustrating your findings and summarizing the inheritance of sex-linked traits.

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BIO 101 Week 1 Individual What Is Life

Individual
What Is Life?
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: What Is Life? worksheet located on your student website.

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BIO 101 Week 2 DQ 1, DQ 2 and Summary

Week 2 DQ 1
What are DNA, chromosomes, and genes?  How are the terms similar?  How are they different?

Week 2 DQ 2
Choose TWO of the following topics. Define each of your choices and list some pros and cons involved with each. Try to use examples that you find interesting and/or current research in your responses as much as possible.

•        The human genome project
•        cloning of animals/humans
•        DNA fingerprinting
•        Genetic engineering of plants
•        Stem cell research

Cloning of Animals/Humans

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BIO 101 Week 1 DQ 1, DQ 2, DQ 3 and Summary

Week 1 DQ 1
Think of an example from your everyday life in which you naturally use the scientific method. Then, using the steps of the scientific method listed in your textbook, explain how your example could be “walked through” the steps of the scientific method.

Week 1 DQ 2
What are the four major macromolecules in living organisms, and why is each one important?  List a couple of facts that you find interesting about each one.

Week 1 DQ3
Science teachers often use an analogy comparing a cell to a factory. How does this analogy help explain how a cell works?  

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BIO 101 Entire Course

BIO 101 Week 1 DQs
 BIO 101 Week 1 Individual What Is Life?
 BIO 101 Week 2 Individual Family Tree Presentation
 BIO 101 Week 2 DQs
 BIO 101 Week 3 Learning Team Presentation
 BIO 101 Week 3 DQs
 BIO 101 Week 3 Individual Evolution Lab
 BIO 101 Week 4 DQs
 BIO 101 Week 4 Individual Organism Physiology Paper
 BIO 101 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
 BIO 101 Week 5 DQs
 BIO 101 Week 5 Learning Team Food Web Diagram

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BIO 100 Week 8 Discussion Questions

Discussion Question 1
 Resource: Ch. 7 in Bioinquiry
 Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum]
 Research an example from one of the following categories of biotechnology, which your instructor will assign to you:
o Agricultural and environmental uses
o Medical and legal uses
o Historical uses
· Post your response to the following: For your assigned biotechnology example, provide at least two ways the use of this biotechnology could benefit society and two ways this biotechnology could be harmful.
 Review another student’s example and provide a pro, a con, or your perspective on the topic.
4. Discussion Question 2
 Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum]
· Post your response to the following: Describe the plant life, animal life, and geology of the ecosystem in the area in which you live. What populations and communities are present? How dependent is your community on this ecosystem? What are the limiting factors of the ecosystem?

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BIO 100 Week 6 Discussion Questions

Discussion Question 1
 Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum]
 Post your response to the following: Describe an example of how natural selection influenced the evolution of a particular species. Include outside sources if applicable.
 Review a classmate’s post and discuss additional conditions that might have contributed to the selection process.
5. Discussion Question 2
 Resource: Appendix B
 Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum]
· Post your response to the following: Given Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, what scientific evidence best supports evolution by natural selection?
 Use at least two outside sources. Refer to Appendix B under Week Six, if you need help with your search.
 Review another student’s explanation and provide any additional evidence to support his or her explanation.

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