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7th GRADE SCIENCE: LIFE SCIENCE 
ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE TURNED IN AS SCHEDULED. LABEL EACH ASSIGNMENT AND TURN IT IN AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. (WE WILL REVIEW ASSIGNMENTS PRIOR TO THE TEST.) PLEASE REMEMBER THAT STUDENTS ALSO NEED TO STUDY THE MATERIAL ON THEIR OWN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TEST.
1. VOCABULARY AND DEFINITIONS: Make a list of all the words that are highlighted in yellow in the chapter and provide their definitions based on the material in the book. Turn in as scheduled. (Use your list to study for the vocabulary part of the test.)
2. CHAPTER SECTION REVIEWS: Answer all questions for each Section Review.  Label each section and staple them all together as one item to hand in.
4. CHAPTER REVIEW
5. STANDARDS AND PRACTICES
6. WORKSHEETS: Complete the textbook based "Worksheets” handed out in class.
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