Honors Biology Assignments

1. Differentiate between somatic cells and gametes. Address different aspects including how daughter cells are created, number of chromosome sets, and daughter cells.
2. Compare homologous chromosomes, sex chromosomes and autosomes? What are the differences? What are the similarities?
3. What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?
4. Compare the end products of meiosis with those of mitosis.
5. Compare the events of each stage of meiosis I with those stages of meiosis II. Address the similarities and differences. **Address each stage – in prophase I…in prophase II… in metaphase I…in metaphase II…**
6. Explain crossing over and how it contributes to the production of unique individuals.

A. Materials (everything used for the lab or activity – numbered in a list)

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. Procedure – numbered steps of what was done in the lab or activity. Remember! The procedure should be written with detail so that if I, or anyone else, wanted to duplicate the lab or activity, it could be done without any questions or confusions.

Step 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Step 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

C. Controls & Variables – use this section to identify the following:

1. Control Group

2. Experimental Group

3. Controls

4. Variable(s)

A. Recorded Data – all measurements and observation you made from the lab or activity. No calculations are done in this section. Data is kept in some sort of chart.

B. Processing the Data – all equations, conversions, and calculations.

C. Graphs – putting the results you got from the data into graphs. Bar, line, pie, and scatter plots graphs, etc.