BIO 100 CheckPoint: Ecology and Population Growth

CheckPoint: Ecology and Population Growth
Resources: Ch. 15 of Bioinquiry and Appendix B
Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum]
Review Ch. 15 of Bioinquiry.
Use the Web sites posted in Appendix B under the Week Eight topic, Ecology, to help you respond.
Write a 200- to 300-word response addressing the following points:
o What is the current estimate of the worldwide human population at this moment? Describe how this number is changing moment-to-moment, day-to-day, and from one year to the next.
o Describe how the human population growth issue has and will impact the ecosystem.
BIO 100—Introduction to Life Science with Lab
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CheckPoint: Living Organisms
Resource: Appendix C
Due Date: Day 3 [post to the Individual forum]
Use the table in Appendix C and fill in the missing characteristics that make up a living organism.
Post Appendix C as an attachmentCheckPoint: Mitosis and Meiosis
Resources: Ch. 5 of Bioinquiry and student companion Web site
Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum]
· Review section 5.1 of Bioinquiry and the videos entitled “Chromosomes,” “Chromosome Replication,” “Mitosis,” and “Meiosis” at http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/pruitt/0471473219/bioinquiries/ch05/bioinquiry_section_5_1.html
· Post a 200- to 300-word response explaining why the process of mitosis and meiosis are both important to a living organism. When would an organism need to undergo the process of mitosis? Meiosis? What would happen if meiosis did not occur?CheckPoint: Origin of Life
Resource: Ch. 9 of Bioinquiry
Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum]
Read Ch. 9, section 9.1, How Did Life Originate?
· Research a theory about the origin of life on Earth other than the one summarized under Piecing It Together on p. 247 of the text.
Use the following key words and Web sites to assist you with your search:
o Origin of life
o Panspermia theory
o Hydrothermal vent and origin of life
o Prebiotic world
o http://www.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/Exobiology/sites.html
o http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/originoflife.html
· Post a 300- to 400-word response to the following: Describe and evaluate both the origin of life theory summarized in Piecing It Together on p. 247 and the other theory you researched at the beginning of this CheckPoint. Be skeptical when reviewing the theories. Skepticism is the hallmark of any scientific effort. Ask the following questions about each theory:
o Where is the evidence to support this claim?
o Is there any data on which to base their claim?