LIFE SCIENCE TRIVIA

10TH GRADE CST PREP

WHY TEST?

• No Child Left Behind (federal mandate)• Grade 5• Grade 8 • Grade 10• Life Science Standards

WHO WILL TEST?

• All 10th grade students in America.• Each state has their own assessment. • CST Life Science• In CA, only CST left this year

• 60 question item test

WHEN?

• Tuesday, April 14th

• Block A/B (morning, before lunch) if you have a science during those blocks

• Block C/D (after lunch) if you have a science after lunch

• MOST students are done within one block (90 minutes)

CST Life Science

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014ADVANCED 4% 5% 10% 10% 9% 16%PROFICIENT 11% 14% 20% 24% 27% 28%

15% 19% 30% 34% 36% 44%

YOUR INCENTIVE . . .

• A GRADE CHANGE!!

• If you score PROFICIENT or above, your last Biology AB grades (both semesters) will be changed ONE grade level.

CST LIFE SCIENCE BOOTCAMP

• 2 DAYS• Trivia Game (5 rounds)• Will review the standards you will see on the

test.1) Cell Biology2) Genetics3) Evolution4) Ecology5) Body Systems

DAY 1

• 2 Rounds• Cell Biology and Evolution• Top 3 Teams will win a prize.

GAME CARD

• Fill out Game Card• Teams of 4

ROUND 1Cell Biology

TESTING STRATEGIES

KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS

• TYPES OF CELLS (Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic, Virus• CELL STRUCTURES (cell membrane, cell wall)• CELL ORGANELLES (nucleus, chloroplast,

mitochondria) • DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CELLS• PROCESSES (photosynthesis, cellular respiration,

cell division)

YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!!

START!

• SWITCH GAME CARDS WITH ANOTHER TEAM• USE PEN TO CORRECT

ROUND 1 ANSWERSCELL BIOLOGY

1. C2. B 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. D

INVENTORY

• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally mark next to the question(s) you missed.

VIDEO #1

• CELL ORGANELLES

ROUND 2GENETICS

KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS

• TRAITS CAN BE DOMINANT (EXPRESSED) OR RECESSIVE (HIDDEN).

• A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC (PHENOTYPE) IS DETERMINED BY THE GENETIC MAKEUP (GENOTYPE)

• SEX-LINKED INHERITANCE IS DETERMINED BY WHICH PARENT CARRIES THE TRAIT– MALES = XY– FEMALES = XX

• DOMINANT• RECESSIVE• GENOTYPE• PHENOTYPE• ALLELE• GENES• INHERITANCE• TRAIT• SEX-LINKED• OFFSPRING

• PUNNETT SQUARES!!– Each box is worth 25%

YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!

START!!

• SWITCH GAME CARDS

ROUND 2GENETICS

1. B 2. B 3. C4. B 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. D9. D

INVENTORY

• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally mark next to the question(s) you missed.

VIDEO #2

DAY 2

• BODY SYSTEMS• EVOLUTION • ECOLOGY

NEW GAME CARD

• TEAMS OF 4• TOP 3 TEAMS WIN A PRIZE!

KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS

• ALL BODY SYSTEMS COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER TO BRING OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS TO CELLS AND REMOVE WASTE AND CARBON DIOXIDE.

• VACCINES ARE USED TO PREVENT DISEASE.

• ABSORPTION• HOMEOSTASIS• VACCINE• INFECTION• ANTIBODIES• ANTIGEN

TESTING STRATEGIES

YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!!!

START!!!

• SWITCH GAME CARDS

ROUND 3BODY SYSTEMS

1. A2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B

INVENTORY

• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally mark next to the question(s) you missed.

VIDEO #3

ROUND 4

• EVOLUTION

KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS• NATURAL SELECTION ACTS

ON THE PHENOTYPE NOT THE GENOTYPE.

• LETHAL ALLELES ARE HIDDEN (RECESSIVE) AND ARE PASSED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

• NATURE SELECTS WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES.

• IF AN ORGANISM CANNOT ADAPT IT CAN BECOME EXTINCT.

• PHENOTYPE• GENOTYPE• HOMOZYGOUS• HETEROZYGOUS• NATURAL SELECTION• FOSSIL• BIODIVERSITY

YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!

START!!!

• SWITCH GAME CARDS

ROUND 4EVOLUTION

1. C2. A 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. D

INVENTORY

• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally mark next to the question(s) you missed.

VIDEO #4

LAST ROUND!!!

ROUND 5

ECOLOGY

ROUND 3KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS

• BIRTH AND IMMIGRATION RATES INCREASE THE SIZE OF A POP.

• DEATH (BY DISEASE OR PREDATION) AND EMIGRATION DECREASE SIZE OF A POP.

• ELEMENTS ARE CYCLED THROUGH ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

• POPULATION• BIRTH RATE• DEATH RATE• IMMIGRATION• EMIGRATION• ECOSYSTEM• PHOTOSYTHESIS (“E”

IN)• RESPIRATION (“E” OUT)

YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES!!

START!!!

• SWITCH GAME CARDS

ROUND 5ECOLOGY

1. D2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. C 8. A

INVENTORY

• Go up to the poster paper and add a tally mark next to the question(s) you missed.

GOOD LUCK!!

• Be sure to rest the night before.• Be sure to eat breakfast/lunch day of.• See Mr. Torres, Testing Coordinator, Room

521 if you do not receive a seat number.• Don’t forget about the grade change

incentive!!