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Skeletal SystemDirections: Using the internet as a resource, you will be exploring the skeletal system by interacting with several different web sites. Answers to each question can be found by using the web site listed. Please use your own paper to answer the questions. ENJOY!Find the answers to questions 1, 2, and 3 at What are 5 important functions of the skeletal system?How many bones are in the human body?Why do adults and babies have a different number of bones?Find the answers to questions 4 and 5 at Why do we need calcium?How do we get calcium?Find the answers to questions 6 and 7 at What is the largest bone in the body and where is it located?What is the smallest bone in the body and where is it located?Find the answers to questions 8 and 9 at Explain how bones move.What is the material in the center of most of your bones and what does it do?Muscular SystemUsing the links provided, complete the following muscular system web quest. Be sure to follow the directions at each webpage and take time to learn about the muscles.Part 1. Find Multi-talented Muscles: l1. What are 3 of the functions of the Muscular System?2. What are the three types of muscles?3. Write a description of each type of muscle.4. Give an example of each type of muscle.5. What is another name for smooth muscles?6. List three places you might find smooth muscle and what do they do?7. What type of muscle makes up the heart and what does it do?8. What is the name of the type of muscle in your bicep and what does it do?9. What are muscles made of?Part 3. Find Discovery Kids website: l .Answer the following questions:10 How much of your body weight is muscle?11 How do muscles make you move?12 How many muscles are in the human body?13 What is a voluntary muscle?14 Where are involuntary muscles found and how do they move?15 What happens when you pull a muscle?16 What is the largest muscle in the body?17 What is the busiest muscle in the body?Reproductive System WebquestFemale Reproductive SystemTo complete this section of the webquest, please use the following webpage:. Define the term reproduction.2. What are the 2 kinds of sex cells or gametes that are required for human reproduction?3. Label/identify the basics of each of the 5 parts of the female reproductive system that are indicated on the “Body Basics: Female Reproductive System” diagram. Then, record on this sheet the information about each part (you must click on the picture link and then move your mouse over the different parts to get the information required.)3382009452217Cervix = Fallopian Tube = Ovary =Uterus = Vagina =4. What are the two primary female sex hormones?5. What are the 4 functions of the female reproductive system?a.b.c.d.6. Define the following 3 terms. a. menstruationb. menarchec. Premenstrual syndromeMale Reproductive SystemTo complete this section of the webquest, please use the following webpage:. Unlike the female reproductive system, where the sex organs are located entirely within the pelvis, where are the male sex organs in relation to the pelvis?8. What is the male hormone produced in the testicles that plays an important role is male sexual development and the production of sperm?9. Label/identify the basics of each of the 8 parts of the male reproductive system (words listed below) that are indicated on the “Body Basics: Male Reproductive System” diagram. Then, record on this sheet the information about each part (you must click on the picture link and then move your mouse over the different parts to get the information required.)Epididymis = Penis =Prostate gland = Vas deferens = Scrotum = Seminal vesicle = Testicle =Urethra =26015951079500 Step 1 go to Read the information on the webpage and answer the following questions 1. What are the new organisms that are a product of a single parent called?_______________________ 2. Explain why the CHLOROPHYTUM is a good example of asexual reproduction?___________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What 2 structures are produced when plants reproduce sexually? 1.______________________________________ 2._____________________________________ 4. How is the genetic material different after reproduction in asexual and sexual reproduction?_______ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What are 2 differences between sexual and asexual reproduction?____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is an advantage for each sexual and asexual reproduction? Sexual:_________________________________________________________________________ Asexual:________________________________________________________________________ 7. What is a disadvantage for each sexual and asexual reproduction? Sexual:_________________________________________________________________________ Asexual:________________________________________________________________________ Step 2 Go to Watch each of the videos on and answers the following questions “Small beginnings” 1.How many tons of algae is produced each year?____________________________ 2. What animal life grows because of the algae?_____________________________________________ “Japanese knotweed” 1. How fast does the knotweed grow?___________________________________ 2. What type of reproduction does knotweed use?____________________________________________ 3. Explain how the knotweed reproduces?___________________________________________________ WebQuest: Reproduction Name:______________________________________ Step 3 go to (biology)#p006ffg2 Watch the “night of passion” video 1. Do the salamanders do sexual or asexual reproduction?______________________________________ 2. Why do they reproduce in the water?____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Step 4 go to take the quiz. Get checked off after you answer #6 correctly. Checked?_____________ Step 5 go to Use the information to fill out the Venn diagram Step 6 go to Use Google to do research and find 2 examples of organisms which do the following types of reproduction. 1. Asexual by binary fission 1._____________________________ 2.____________________________ 2. Asexual by BUDDING 1._____________________________ 2.____________________________ 3. Asexual by FRAGMENTATION 1.__________________________ 2.____________________________ 4. Asexual by RUNNERS/STOLON 1.__________________________ 2.____________________________ 5. SEXUAL 1.___________________________________ 2._______________________________Endocrine System (and Homeostasis Feedback Loops)Visit the following website, read about the endocrine system and answer the questions below: the importance of homeostasis to an organism. How do feedback mechanisms help maintain homeostasis? What is the difference between negative and positive feedback? Identify and give an example of two organ systems working together to maintain homeostasis. Summarize the role of the endocrine system in homeostasis. Name two diseases that can result from an imbalance in body homeostasis. Why is positive feedback not an effective way of controlling hormone levels? Immune SystemAP Biology: Immune System WebQuestIn this webquest, you will explore how the human body protects itself from invaders through three lines of defense. You will be going to different websites to see videos, animations, and images and to read explanatory text that will give you information that you will need in order to answer a series of questions about the immune system and how it works. Type your answers to the following questions. Be sure to write in your own words and use complete sentences.Go to this website: the navigation bar in the left column to click on each topic. Read through the “Introduction,” “The immune system -- three lines of defense” and “First line of defense – nonspecific barriers” and answer questions 1-3.Define pathogen and list 4 types of pathogens.Define antigen and give 3 examples of common antigens.What is the purpose of the first line of defense? Is it general or specific?Watch the first 2:40 of the following video that shows gives an overview of how the body protects itself from microbes and explains how the first and second lines of defense work.( NOTE: You need to have YouTube open before clicking on this link at school.) are the body’s three defenses? How do they differ from each other? How do the skin, sweat glands, mucus membranes, and acids in the stomach protect the body? To what level of defense do these belong?What are three nonspecific internal defenses? Watch the following video about natural killer cells. NOTE: You need to have YouTube open before clicking on this link at school. are natural killer cells? What kinds of cells do they attack? How do they work? Is this a specific or nonspecific defense?Watch the following podcast about the inflammatory response. NOTE: You need to have YouTube open before clicking on this link at school. does the inflammatory response occur? What are three signs of the inflammatory response?What cells release histamine? How does the body respond to the release of histamine?How do platelets play a role in the inflammatory response?Watch the Bozeman podcast on The Immune System and answer the following questions. : You need to have YouTube open before clicking on this link at school. If you had to search for this podcast from YouTube, make sure you open “THE IMMUNE SYSTEM” and not just “IMMUNE SYSTEM.” Describe what a virus, such as small pox, does in a human body.What are 4 ways that skin defends the body from infection? Is this a specific or a nonspecific defense?What is an “antigen”?How was the name “antigen” derived? Carefully draw an antibody and its antigen. Explain how and antibody works to protect the body and explain how the structure of an antibody relates to its function.Explain what it means for a person to have specific immunity to an antigen. What are lymphocytes and what are the two major classes of lymphocytes?In what part of the body are each type created?Explain the humoral response. What causes this type of response? What kinds of cells and chemicals are involved? Explain the functions of each of these cells and chemicals.Explain the cell-mediated response. What causes this type of response? What kinds of cells are involved? Explain the functions of each of these cells.What is the role of a macrophage in the immune response?What specific kind of cell is attacked by HIV? Why is this so damaging to the immune system? Be specific.Give three examples of cell-cell communication in the immune response to an antigen.Explain how a person can be infected by a disease pathogen and not know it.How do viruses and bacteria get around the immune system?Next, watch the following animation: does the information given in this animation compare to that of Mr. Anderson’s podcast? Explain three specific similarities of the presentations.How does the information given in this animation contrast with that of Mr. Anderson’s podcast? Explain three specific differences between the presentations. Note: You may have to watch the two presentations again to answer this completely.Go to the following: between natural and artificial immunity. Give an example of each.Distinguish between passive and active immunity. Give an example of each.Watch the video on the development of vaccines. did Jenner use cow pox to protect individuals from small pox?How did Louis Pasteur cure the boy who was bitten by a rabid dog?Read through this webpage and scroll down to questions #2a-d to check your understanding of immunization. does a vaccine work in conjunction with an individual’s immune system to protect an individual against disease? Watch the video on the discovery of antibiotics. was Fleming’s surprise discovery regarding the ability to kill bacteria? What caused the bacteria to die?How were the events of WWII key to prompting the isolation of penicillin?How was it possible to mass produce the wonder antibiotic, penicillin?Read through this webpage and click on the two links that are on the page. Use that information to answer the following questions. what MRSA is and why the spread of MRSA is dangerous to people.After reading the link, explain how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.Define an antiviral and describe how antivirals work. Go to the following site. Open the video and watch it. did Dr. Ho study HIV infection?How does HIV infect cells? Dual docking mechanism at the surface of the cell. (CD4 and CCR5 are the two receptors)What happens in people who have a defective CCR5 gene? Why is CCR5 such a good target for creating an HIV vaccine?Go to the following website click through each page (1 through 5) that explains what antibiotics are and how bacteria are becoming more resistant to antibiotics. Use the information to enhance your answer to question #31 above. is a plasmid?Go to the following site and skip to 6:05. is the role of plasmids in antibiotic resistance? ................
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