7th Grade Life Science

Standards Review for ARMT

Directions: In the Alabama Course of Study there are objectives every student must learn in order to do well on the ARMT test. Listed below are the objectives. We have gone over each of these objectives; now its time for you to review and study them to prepare for the ARMT. You will need to complete the following:

1.  Read and copy each objective neatly at the top of a sheet of paper. You will need 11 sheets of paper.

2.  Place this sheet as well as the 11 sheets in a paper brad folder.

3.  Begin by listing 5 things you remember about each objective. So below each objective you will have an “I remember section”

4.  Each day in class we will have review notes on each objective. Label these “Notes” below the “I remember section”

5.  Using these notes you will need to make flash cards. These can be question/answer, term/definition, or system/function. You will need to make at least 50 flash cards. Anything over 50 will count as bonus points. Put your name in ink on each flash card.

7th Grade Life Science Course of Study Standards:

1.  Describe characteristics common to living things, including growth and development, reproduction, cellular organization, use of energy, exchange of gases, and response to the environment.

2.  Identify functions of organelles found in eukaryotic cells, including the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, mitochondria, chloroplasts, and vacuoles.

3.  Relate major tissues and organs of the skeletal, circulatory, reproductive, muscular, respiratory, nervous, and digestive systems to their functions.

4.  Describe organisms in the six-kingdom classification system by their characteristics.

5.  Identify major differences between plants and animals, including internal structures, external structures, methods of locomotion, methods of reproduction, and stages of development.

6.  Describe evidence of species variation due to climate, changing landforms, interspecies interaction, and genetic mutation.

7.  Describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.

8.  Describe the function of chromosomes.

9.  Identify the process of chromosome reduction in the production of sperm and egg cells during meiosis.

10.  Identify differences between deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).

11.  Identify Mendel’s laws of genetics.