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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY (BIOLOGY 1001) STUDY SKILLS ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING THE ASSIGNMENT  The assignment should be submitted through Crowdmark by midnight on the due date.  You will receive a link to submit your assignment in your .mun email account (NOT your Grenfell email account) in a message from a sender called “Crowdmark mailer”.  Please submit EACH QUESTION of the assignment as a separate “question” in Crowdmark. In other words, you should drag and drop each question of the assignment into a different field in the Crowdmark submission interface.  You may complete your assignment by printing it and writing with pen/pencil in the provided spaces. If you do this, you must photograph or scan your responses and upload these photos or scans to Crowdmark. Alternatively, you may type your responses in a word processor and save these responses as a PDF for upload to Crowdmark. If you choose this second option, you will not be able to fill in some of the tables and figures in the assignment. With this in mind, we have labelled all of the spaces in the relevant questions with numbers; you may list the correct responses with their associated numbers in a typed document for these questions. Note: you MUST draw and photograph your response to question #2.  Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day for the first three days; after that assignments will not be accepted for grading. OVERVIEW There will be three study skills assignments over the course of the term and for each one, you will complete a series of questions and tasks related to Biology 1001 course material. Part of each assignment will be marked by the course teaching assistant. Your marks on the three assignments will make up 5% of your final course grade. OBJECTIVES The overall objective for this assignment is for you to review course material while practicing some different biology study strategies. The three goals of this assignment are for you to:   

REVIEW a section of the course material in detail. PRACTICE a number of different ways to study and synthesize biology-related content from this course. These strategies may be helpful as you study other parts of the course as well. DEVELOP study materials for this section of the course that you will be able to use in the future when you prepare for quizzes and exams.

HOW DOES IT WORK?  You will receive your assignment several days in advance of the due date. By the due date, you will have covered all material relevant to the assignment in class. You should complete the assignment outside of class time using both your textbook and your class notes. 

It is okay for you to help each other and work in groups, but every student should hand in a unique assignment that they wrote in their own words.

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The course graduate Teaching Assistant will be responsible for all marking of Study Skills assignments. Each assignment will be checked for completion and a random subset of approximately one third of the questions will be marked for correctness. You will not know in advance which questions will be marked and this marking strategy rewards students for completing the entire assignment.

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Correct answers to all assignments will then be made available to ALL students. Make sure to have a look at these assignments, as you may find them useful when preparing for the final exam. If you have any uncertainty about any of your assignment responses, feel free to contact your course instructor and/or check the posted answer key.

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 1 1. Compare and contrast concepts Complete the following table, contrasting protists and prokaryotic life forms. Consult chapters 6.2, 27 and 28 to help in your comparison. Prokaryotes Protists 1. 2. What are these organisms? Give a simple definition.

To which domain(s) do they belong?

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Evolutionary history: which ones appeared first? Which ones appeared second?

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Size: which organisms are typically larger? Which are smaller? Give some numbers.

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Describe the arrangement (organization) of genetic material.

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Are membrane-bound organelles present?

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Give examples of a unicellular, a colonial, and a multicellular (if exists) organisms for each of these groups.

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For each group, list several processes that contribute to maintaining genetic diversity.

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What kinds of cell division are involved in the life cycles of members of this group?

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 2 2. Draw a diagram that illustrates the life cycle of Paramecium caudatum and label the key processes. Be sure to clearly indicate the ploidy of the micronuclei throughout.

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 3 3. Read the sub-sections entitled “From two kingdoms to three domains” Chapter 26 (pages 602-603). In your own words and using no more than three bullet points (jot notes), list and describe the most important messages from this sub-section. Feel free to include a simple figure.

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 4 4. Write definitions In your own words, write complete definitions for the following three terms (taken from the “major concepts and principles” and “key terminology and definitions” section of your course study guide). Use your notes, the relevant text chapter, and the text glossary as resources. Some thoughts on writing top quality definitions: One approach to writing a good definition is to answer one or more “w” questions about the concept that you are defining (i.e. What is it? What does it do? Where is it found? Why? When?). In your definition, include only relevant information and make clear how the concept that you are defining is unique and different from any other concept. Do NOT write full sentences, use bullet points (jot notes) instead, one point per one idea. i)

Natural selection

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Adaptive radiation

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Protocell

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 5 5. Create and complete a flow chart The following figure is partially completed and includes some important concepts related to the evolution of eukaryotic cells. Technically, it is a flow chart, to be read from top down following any chosen set of lines (although see that the dashed line goes up). The associated terms and joiner words should form full sentences. Your job is to finish this figure by filling in the blank spaces with the appropriate biological terms. In completing this exercise, you may find it helpful to reference your course notes and the following sections of the text: chapter 6, concept 2; chapter 25, concept 3 (including figure 25.10); and chapter 27, concept 1.

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 6 6. On the phylogenetic tree shown below, are the three indicated groups monophyletic, polyphyletic or paraphyletic? Explain your answer for each group. Pay attention to the way those groups are outlined.

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 7 7. Describe your own study technique Using figure 25.8 and pages 562 through 567 for reference, come up with a technique (“study trick”) to help yourself remember the key events in Earth’s history, as well as when each event occurred. Please be specific (i.e. if you developed an acronym/created a diagram/made a flow chart, don’t just name the technique. Describe or show exactly what you did).

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 8 8. In your own words, complete “Concept Check” questions 1 and 2 from Chapter 26.2 (pg. 592).

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Biology 1001-063 Study skills assignment – History of life, phylogeny, prokaryotes, protists

(Due date: Oct. 9)

FOR YOUR CROWDMARK SUBMISSION: THIS PAGE IS QUESTION 9 9. REFLECTION These questions will be marked for completion only and are designed to help you reflect on your study practices in this course. (i)

Describe ONE approach that you take to studying first year biology that you find to be effective.

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What do you find to be the most challenging aspect of studying first year biology?

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Could you see using any of the approaches in this assignment for studying other biological concepts? If so, which ones and how?

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