1. Is a virus living? Prove or disprove!
Bio JumpStart:
Is a virus living? Prove or disprove!

2. Learning Targets Describe the characteristics that all living things
share.
Determine whether a virus is considered
or nonliving.
Identify and give examples of the main classes of
Kingdom Protista (Protozoans or Protists).
Three main groups: Classify by Plant-like, Animal-like and Fungi-like and for each group find the follow:
Metabolism
Single celled and or multicellular
3 examples
How they move
1 other Distinguishing characteristic

3. Bell Ringer 8-25-14 THE PEAT MOSS SCENARIO:
Norm wanted to know if adding peat moss to sand would affect its ability to hold water. He put 200 mL of pure sand into container A. He put a mixture of 80% sand and 20% peat moss into container B. He put a mixture of 60% sand and 40% peat moss into container C. He put a mixture of 40% sand and 60% peat moss into container D. He added water to each container and measured the amount of water the contents would absorb. He dried the sand and peat moss and repeated the experiment 5 times. He collected the following data.
Composition of Mixture Water Holding Capacity (mL)
100% sand
60% sand, 40% peat moss
40% sand, 60% peat moss
80% sand, 20% peat moss
Hypothesis? IV? DV? Control? Constants?

4. Bio Jumpstart:
Three of these things belong together. Three of these things are kind of the same. Justify your answer.

5. Learning Targets
LT-14 Predict whether an object is living or nonliving.
LT-12 Using a graphic Organizer of their own students describe the 8 characteristics necessary for an organism to be considered alive.

6. Characteristics of Living Things

7. What is biology? The study of living things
All living things share certain characteristics

8. 1. Made of 1 or more cells Unicellular (one cell) - ex. Bacteria
Multicellular (many cells)
- ex. Animals, plants

9. 2. Need energy to survive Autotrophs - get energy from sun
Heterotrophs - get energy by consuming nutrients from their environment

10. 3. Respond to stimuli in their environment
Stimuli - factors in the environment that living things react to
(ex. Light, temperature, sound, etc.)

11. 4. All living things reproduce
Sexual - two sex cells required (sperm and egg)
Asexual - only one parent cell is needed

12. 5. Grow and develop
Each cell divides to make new cells (cell division) – results in growth
Some cells become specialized and perform different jobs than others (differentiation)

13. Bio Jumpstart: 08/21/15
Is a Virus biotic or abiotic? Justify your answer.

14. Learning Targets
LT-14 Predict whether an object is living or nonliving.
LT-12 Using a graphic Organizer of their own students describe the 8 characteristics necessary for an organism to be considered alive.
LT-8 Describe the phenomenon under investigation involving the effects of exercise on heart rate and breathing rate, describing how homeostasis is occurring before, during and after exercise.

15. 6. Maintain homeostasis
Homeostasis – a relatively stable internal environment (within a certain range)
- (ex. Human body temperature (approximately 98.6 degrees F))

16. 7. Have a universal genetic code
All living things have DNA
DNA passes on genetic information from one generation to the next

17. 8. Adapt and evolve over time
Evolution - gradual change in a population of organisms over time
Individuals DO NOT evolve

18. Bell Ringer 8/27/14
Susie wondered if the height of the hole punched in the side of a quart-sized milk carton would affect how far from the container a liquid would spurt when the carton was full of the liquid. She used 4 identical cartons and punched the same size hole in each. The hole was placed at a different height on one side of each of the containers. The heights of the holes were 5, 10, 15, and 20cm from the base of the carton. She put her finger over the hole and filled carton to a height of 25cm with liquid. When each carton was filled, she placed it in the sink and removed her finger. Susie measured how far away from the carton’s base the liquid had squirted when it hit the bottom of the sink. .
Hypothesis? Control? IV? DV? Constants?

19. AA Reading Reflection Read for 20 minutes
Write 2 paragraphs, reflecting upon what you read.
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