Mendel’s rules of inheritance (dominant and recessive characteristics)
DNA’s transfer of information from generation to generation
Natural selection
The food chain
Scientific Descriptions
Parts and structure of a cell
Parts of a flower (receptacle, petals, sepals, nectaries, stamens, pistil)
Major human body systems (could include skin, skeletal system, muscular system, digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, urinary system, reproductive system, endocrine system, and nervous system)
The basic phyla of the animal kingdom and their characteristics (Chordata, Echinodermata, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, Coelenterata, Porifera)
Plant kingdom memory work, which should include lists of important structures—for example, the parts of a flower (receptacle, petals, sepals, nectaries, stamens, pistil); the types of compound leaves (palmate, trifoliate, ternate, pinnate, bipinnate); the types of root (taproot, fibrous root, adventitious root, aerial root, prop root)
Human body memory work, which could include the body systems (skin, skeletal system, muscular system, digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, urinary system, reproductive system, endocrine system, and nervous system); major bones (cranium, mandible, clavicle, scapula, rib cage, ulna, radius, pelvis, carpus, femur, patella, fibula, tibia); the components of blood and what each does (red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight disease, platelets stop bleeding); the types of teeth (incisors, premolars, molars, wisdom teeth)