10/21/08 Describe two types of data you might collect when
doing your science project. (Hint: see Phase 3)
10/22/08 What are self-pollinating plants?
10/23/08 How is an organism's phenotype related to it's genotype?
10/24/08 Describe how incomplete dominance can result in
a new trait for a characteristic.
10/27/08 What is meiosis?
10/28/08 Describe one advantage of asexual reproduction.
10/29/08 How many cells are made from one parent cell
during meiosis?
10/30/08 What is selective breeding?
10/31/08 What are sex-linked disorders?
11/03/08 What is a pedigree?
11/04/08 Why is variation considered an advantage of
sexual reproduction in both plants and animals?
11/05/08 Describe four differences between mitosis and
meiosis.
11/06/08 Chapter 19 Test- No DQ
11/07/08 Why did Dalton think that elements are made of
single atoms?
11/10/08 How could Rutherford tell where the positively
charged particles went after hitting the gold foil?
11/12/08 How did Rutherford's new discoveries lead to
changes in Thomson's model of the atom?
11/13/08 What are electron clouds?
11/14/08 Describe the two kinds of particles that can be
found in the nucleus of an atom.
11/17/08 Where are the electrons found in an atom?
11/18/08 In what cases are differences between isotopes
important?
11/19/08 Explain the difference between atomic mass,
atomic number and mass number.
11/20/08 How do you calculate the atomic mass of an
element? (P 117)
11/21/08 What are valence electrons?
11/24/08 How are specific isotopes of an element
identified?
11/25/08 How do atoms of different elements differ?
12/01/08 Explain the difference between atomic mass and
mass number.
12/02/08 How would you calculate the atomic mass of
copper? (Copper is 69% Cu-63 and 31% Cu-65.)
12/03/08 Chapter 4 Test- No DQ
12/04/08 How are elements rganized and categorized?
12/05/08 Who was Mendeleev, and what scientific
contributions did he make?
12/08/08 What property is used to arrange elements in the
periodic table?
12/09/08 What are four properties shared by most metals?
12/10/08 What is one way in which magnesium differs from
most other metals?
12/11/08 Why are alkali metals more reactive than transition
metals are?
12/12/08 What are lanthanides and actinides? (Are they
transition metals?)
