Prentice Hall Life Science



Prentice Hall Life Science Name___________________________________

Scavenger Hunt date ______________________ Period ________

Fill in the blanks as you tour your science textbook. This scavenger hunt will help you find information that will help you during the school year. Get to know your way around your book.

1. There are ___________ chapters in the Life Science textbook.

2. The chapters are organized into ____________ units. The units are:

a. ____________________________________________________

b. Diversity of Living Things

c. ____________________________________________________

d. Ecology

3. Every chapter states The BIG Idea and key question on the first page. What is the key question for Chapter 1?

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Each chapter section has a key question too. If you can answer these questions from the chapter by the end of our unit of study you will be prepared for the unit test.

4. Every chapter has a Chapter Project that may be assigned during our study. What is the Chapter Project for Chapter 16 Circulation?

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5. Every Chapter is divided into sections. Look at Chapter 18 Fighting Disease how many sections are in this chapter? ___________

Which section tells how disease spread:__________________________________.

6. Notice the Key Concepts in Chapter 19 section 2. One of the key concepts taught here is “What is a reflex?” Find the answer in the textbook and write it here. (Hint: look for highlighted words)

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7. Key Terms are the vocabulary words you’ll need to know to describe what you’re learning in science. What key term from Chapter 21 section 1 has the most letters? Write it below:

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8. Active Art such as the example on page 36 are available at on the Internet. Use the code to change the experiment and see the results. There are others you can try throughout the book.

9. The Chapter that seems the most interesting to me is __________________________________. It

interests me because _______________________________________________________________

10. The last part of the book called the Skills Handbook. It has _________ different sections. A banner is a sign across the top of a page. The banner for this section is orange. The titles or page numbers are listed below. Fill in the missing information below.

Think Like a Scientist page __________

____________________________________________________ page 808

Conducting a Scientific Investigation page __________

Technology Design Skills page __________

____________________________________________________ page 814

____________________________________________________ page 817

Reading Comprehension Skills page __________

____________________________________________________ page 825

11. Your book uses a blue banner beginning at page 826 for the Appendices List the title for each Appendix

Appendix A: _________________________________________________________

Appendix B: _________________________________________________________

12. The Glossary begins on page ___________ with a red banner. All the science vocabulary is defined in this section in English and in _______________________________. Even though it is easy to look up words here you will learn the meanings better is you find them being used in the Chapter you’re studying.

13. The green banner pages signify the last section of the book called the Index. Look up technology in the index. What pages does it refer you to? ____________________________

14. How are Science and Technology similar and different? Make a Venn diagram on an extra sheet of paper. You can use the index to find the helpful section in your book to finish this task.

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