The idea behind this assignment is that your brain has a tendency to remember things a whole lot better when you define vocabulary in your own words and when you have some kind of mental image/picture to go along with it. 

The following words should be in your vocab journal:

1/16 (A) and 1/17 (B)

Mutation

Mutagen

Carcinogen

Benign

Malignant

Metastasis

1/29 (B) and 1/30 (A)
 

Gamete

Diploid

Haploid

2/6 (B) and 2/13 (A)

Trait

Gene

Allele

Phenotype

Genotype

Homozygous

Heterozygous

3/28-3/30

Adaptation

Evolution

Natural Selection

4/16 (A) and 4/17 (B)

Population

Selective Agent

Competition

Extinction

8/29 (A) and 8/30 (B):

Biology

Homeostasis

Metabolism

Interdependency

Independent Variable

Dependent Variable

Constants

Control

9/11 (A) and 9/12(B)

Covalent

Polar

9/19 (A) and 9/20 (B)

Polymer

Dehydration Synthesis

Hydrolysis

9/27 (A) and 9/28(B)

Reactant

Product

Catalyst

Activation Energy

10/2(A) and 10/3(B)

Enzyme

Substrate

Active Site

Denature

10/31-11/1

Concentration

Concentration Gradient

Diffusion

11/3-11/6

selectively permeable

mosaic

bilayer

11/8-11/13

passive transport

facilitated diffusion

active transport