Welcome to
Distributed
Learning
Biology
12
The following activity is an activation assignment. This must be
completed online and e-mailed to your instructor before you may register in DL Biology 12. It
will be worth 5% of your total course mark. This assignment should take approximately two hours in
total. There are links to some recommended websites where you can learn the concepts as you complete
this assignment.You may wish to do a rough copy of your answers on paper, before completing the
online version. If you quit the program, it will be submitted automatically, even if you have not
finished, so be sure to complete all sections during the same time period and then
submit
Learning Outcomes:
Describe the basic structure of deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA)
Describe DNA replication
Part I: DNA
Go to:
to answer the following
questions. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
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DNA
is found on spools made of ?
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2.
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What
do enzymes do during DNA Replication?
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3.
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How
many chromosomes are in a human cell?
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4.
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How
many base pairs are found on the human chromosomes?
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5.
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In
your own words, how does DNA make copies of itself?:
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6.
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What
are chromosomes composed of? How many do humans have?
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7.
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How
many cells does the average human have?
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8.
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If
the DNA a cell of the average person were stretched out, approximately what distance would it
be?
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Where
does replication take place?
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10.
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What
are the three kinds of RNA?
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Where
does protein synthesis occur?
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12.
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What
are genes made of?
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13.
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How
is DNA packaged into chromosomes?
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14.
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What
is a codon?
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15.
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What
is an anticodon?
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16.
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What
are the three stop codons?
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17.
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What
are the nucleotide bases in DNA?
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18.
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What
is the shape of the DNA molecule?
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What
is a gene?
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Part II:
Circulatory System
Learning Outcomes
Describe the interrelationships of the structures the
heart
Directions:
Read about the
different parts of the circulatory system including pulmonary, coronary, and systematic circulation
using the link below.
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On
average, how much blood is traveling through the circulatory system at any given
moment?
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What
is pulmonary circulation?
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Name
two major veins, which pump blood into the heart.
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Scroll down to the bottom left of the page, click the "heart" listed next to
the organs link.
Name the four chambers of the heart.
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You
should read about blood vessels and the three parts of the circulatory
system.
The lungs can be associated with what part of the circulatory
system?
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The
heart can be associated with what part of the circulatory system?
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The
pulmonary system is made up of a series of one-way values, what happens if the blood is forced in the
wrong direction? Is this a health threat? (hint: You have to "click" the
pulmonary link provided on this page).
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This
PBS link explains how blood and the circulatory system work together. Click on the
"Follow the Flow" link to the right. (hint: rollover the heart to learn about its
parts).
What is the
Aorta? Why is it important to the circulatory system?
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28.
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What
is the role of the Tricuspid Value?
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Using
the words in the list at the top, fill in the blanks about the circulatory
system.
Web Link:
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Blood
is pumped by the left side of the heart to the other tissues in the body. This blood contains lots of
oxyhaemoglobin in the red blood cells. Our tissues get _______________ from the blood for
energy
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Our
tissues need the __________ acids in the blood for growth and repair.
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The
blood also carries vitamins to keep us healthy. White blood cells can squeeze out of our ___________
into our tissues to fight disease
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Blood
vessels called ___________________ carry blood away from the heart.
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Blood
is carried from the small intestines by the _________________ portal vein to the liver where glucose
is turned into glycogen.
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Blood
travels back to the heart in _______________
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35.
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Name
the protein found in red blood cells.
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36.
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Which
side of the heart has thicker muscles?
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37.
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What
do platelets help blood to do?
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38.
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What
does a white blood cell have that a red blood cell doesn't? A ___________
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Technology Section:
This course will require that you use some of the many educational
tools available on the internet and that you are comfortable in sharing your ideas in a virtual
world. Fostering a sense of community is one of my goals for this year and to begin this process you
are asked to complete the activity explained below.
Follow the link below and watch the video clips on the virtual
bulletin board. You will be asked to respond to the 2 questions and post your response on
the virtual bulletin board. This maybe your first experience posting your thoughts in this type
of collaborative setting and so it is important to remember that your posting should be appropriate
for a learning environment and is focused on the questions that are being asked.
A notification e-mail will automatically be sent when you post your
response and so in order to receive credit for this part of the activation assignment, you MUST
include in your posting, your FIRST NAME, FIRST INITIAL of your LAST NAME as well as the COURSE(s)
you are going to be taking.
In the space below,
please indicate with a simple YES or NO whether you have posted onto the virtual bulletin
board.
Finally, Welcome to North Vancouver School District
Distributed Learning and we look forward to working together to help you achieve your
goals.
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