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    • Algebra II
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Unit 13 & 14: Plant Kingdom

Assigned Reading
All students: Read Ch. 13 and 14 in the white book
AP Biology: Test practice ​  ​
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Labs: We will choose from this list. 
  • Separate green pigments from spinach leaves using chromatography
  • "Geranium Leaf" experiments
  • Extract avocado oil and make avocado soap 
  • Botany class presentations
​Ch. 13/14 Review Questions
Answer the following questions in your own words. Chatbot answers will not be accepted. Write it up neatly on a blank sheet of paper in the correct order. Include the title, your name, and the date submitted. There's a lot of sections here, so it's important to keep the same numbering please! Also, write enough of the question that I can tell what you're answering. 
  1. RQ 13.1: #1-4 (starts on p. 291 in the white book) 
  2. RQ 13.2: #1-3
  3. RQ 13.3: #1-4
  4. RQ 13.4: #1-3 
  5. RQ 13.5: #1-3  
  6. RQ 13.6: #1-3 
  7. RQ 14.1: #1-3 
  8. RQ 14.2: #1-3 
  9. RQ 14.3: #1  
  10. RQ 14.4: #5   
  11. RQ 14.5: #1 & 6  
  12. RQ 14.6: #1-4 
Make sure you answered all 34 sub-questions, worth 34 points!
Plant videos
The Fossil Record
Instructions will be provided
Separation of Green Pigments from Spinach Leaves Using Chromatography
Optional: Botany class presentation
​Research a plant that interests you. Bring the plant to class (or a sufficiently-large portion of the plant). While showing the plant to the class, give a 3-4 minute talk covering ALL of the following items. You can use a hand-held iPhone-microscope during your talk if that helps (it will be supplied). People are going to be fact-checking your facts while you speak, so make sure they're correct! 
  1. State the correct phylum AND species for this specimen
  2. Identify the plant parts. Be specific! Use your book. 
  3. Explain this particular plant's life cycle. Research your book. 
  4. What are it's "seeds"? Does it have seeds? 
  5. How does it pollinate? Be specific! Research your book. 
  6. What are the uses for this plant? Can you discover any? Medicines, paper, wood, strictly ornamental, shade, food for animals or humans, beauty/color, landscaping, clothing, chemicals, weapons, erosion control, lawns, boatbuilding, other industrial uses? 
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