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7th GRADE SCIENCE
LIFE SCIENCE 
ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE TURNED IN ON THE DAY OF THE TEST. LABEL EACH ASSIGNMENT AND TURN IT IN AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. (WE WILL REVIEW ASSIGNMENTS PRIOR TO THE TEST.)
1. VOCABULARY AND DEFINITIONS: Look up the definitions for all vocabulary words listed at the beginning of the chapter. Turn in as a separate document on the day of the vocab test.
2. SECTION REVIEWS:  Answer all of the questions at the end of each section except for the last question of each.
3. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT: Complete.
4. STANDARDS PRACTICE: Complete.
UNIT 1
LOOKING AT CELLS		 CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS LIFE SCIENCE?
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Thinking Like a Scientist
2 The Study of Life
3 Scientific Inquiry
4 Safety in the Laboratory
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 2 USING LIGHT
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
2 Visible Light and Color
3 Reflection and Refraction
4 Seeing Light
5 Optical Tools
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 3 CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Discovering Cells
2 Looking Inside Cells
3 Chemical Compounds in Cells
4 The Cell in its Environment
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 4 CELL PROCESSES AND ENERGY
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Photosymthesis
2 Respiration
3 Cell Division
4 Cell Differentiation
Chapter Review
UNIT 2 GENETICS AND EVOLUTION CHAPTER 5 GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF HEREDITY
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Mendel's Work
2 Probability and Heredity
3 The Cell and Inheritance
4 Genes, DNA, and Proteins
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 6 MODERN GENETICS
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Human Inheritance
2 Human Genetic Disorders
3 Advances in Genetics
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 7 CHANGES OVER TIME
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Darwin's Theory
2 Evidence of Evolution
3 Evolution of Species
4 Classifying Organisms
5 Branching Trees
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 8 EARTH'S HISTORY
Chapter Vocabulary
1 The Rock Cycle
2 The Relative Age of Rocks
3 Radioactive Dating
4 The Geologic Time Scale
Chapter Review
UNIT 3 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN LIVING SYSTEMS CHAPTER 9 VIRUSES, BACTERIA, PROTISTS, AND FUNGI
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Viruses
2 Bacteria
3 Protists
4 Fungi
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 10 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLANTS
Chapter Vocabulary
1 The Plant Kingdom
2 Plants Without Seeds
3 The Characteristics of Seed Plants
4 Roots, Stems and Leaves
5 Reproduction in Seed Plants
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 11 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF INVERTEBRATES
Chapter Vocabulary
1 What is an Animal
2 Sponges and Cndarians
3 Worms and Mollusks
4 Arthropods
5 Echinoderms
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 12 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF VERTEBRATES
Chapter Vocabulary
1 What Is a Vertebrate?
2 Fishes
3 Amphibians
4 Reptiles
5 Birds
6 Mammals
Chapter Review
UNIT 4 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN THE HUMAN BODY CHAPTER 13 BONES AND MUSCLES
Chapter Vocabulary
1 Organ Systems & Homeostasis
2 The Skeletal System
3 The Muscular System
4 Machines and the Body
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 14 CIRCULATION AND RESPIRATION
Chapter Vocabulary
1 The Body's Transport System
2 Blood and Lymph
3 The Respiratory System
4 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 15 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter Vocabulary
1 How the Nervous System Works
2 Divisions of the Nervous System
3 Sight and Hearing
4 Smell, Taste, and Touch
Chapter Review

CHAPTER 16 THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
Chapter Vocabulary
1 The Endocrine System
2 The Male and Female Reproductive Systems
3 Pregnancy, Development, and Birth
4 Safety in the Laboratory
Chapter Review