Survial of the sickest
AP
Biology
Summer
Reading
Book:
Survival
of the Sickest
You
will need to purchase Survival of the
Sickest
by
Dr.
Sharon
Moalem
–
ISBN:
978-‐0-‐06-‐0889
Assignment
• Answer the following questions after reading each chapter in the book.
• Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences.
• You are responsible for reading the book and answering the questions by yourself.
Questions
by
Chapter
Introduction
1. What is the
“big”
question the book will attempt to answer?
(1
pt)
Chapter
I
–
“Ironing it Out”
2. Identify and describe at least five ways in which iron impacts life. (5pts)
3. In the context of this chapter, explain the author’s reference to
Bruce
Lee and to the barber pole. (2 pts) Chapter
II
–
“A
Spoonful of Sugar
Helps
the
Temperature
Go
Down”
4. Distinguish between each of the three types of diabetes.
(3
pts)
5. What did the ice cores of 1989 reveal about the Younger
Dryas?
(1 pt) 6. Describe the body’s
“arsenal
of natural defenses” against cold.
(4
pts)
7. Describe the connection between Rana sylvetica and diabetes. (1 pt) 8. In chapters 1 and 2 several inherited disorders were discussed. Create and complete a chart with the following information:
Disease/Disorder,
Symptoms, and Evolutionary
Advantage
for each of the diseases
(10
pts)
(4
Disorders for full credit) Chapter
III
–
“The
Cholesterol
Also
Rises”
9. Why do we need Vitamin
D?
Cholesterol?
Folic
acid?
(3
pts)
10. Briefly describe the connection between each of the following pairs of concepts: (6 pts) • Tanning beds/ birth defects • Sunglasses/ sunburn • Hypertension/ slave trade
• Asian flush/drinking water
• Skull shape/ climate
• Body hair/ malaria
11. What’s so fishy about the
Inuits’
skin color? (
1
Biology
Summer
Reading
Book:
Survival
of the Sickest
You
will need to purchase Survival of the
Sickest
by
Dr.
Sharon
Moalem
–
ISBN:
978-‐0-‐06-‐0889
Assignment
• Answer the following questions after reading each chapter in the book.
• Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences.
• You are responsible for reading the book and answering the questions by yourself.
Questions
by
Chapter
Introduction
1. What is the
“big”
question the book will attempt to answer?
(1
pt)
Chapter
I
–
“Ironing it Out”
2. Identify and describe at least five ways in which iron impacts life. (5pts)
3. In the context of this chapter, explain the author’s reference to
Bruce
Lee and to the barber pole. (2 pts) Chapter
II
–
“A
Spoonful of Sugar
Helps
the
Temperature
Go
Down”
4. Distinguish between each of the three types of diabetes.
(3
pts)
5. What did the ice cores of 1989 reveal about the Younger
Dryas?
(1 pt) 6. Describe the body’s
“arsenal
of natural defenses” against cold.
(4
pts)
7. Describe the connection between Rana sylvetica and diabetes. (1 pt) 8. In chapters 1 and 2 several inherited disorders were discussed. Create and complete a chart with the following information:
Disease/Disorder,
Symptoms, and Evolutionary
Advantage
for each of the diseases
(10
pts)
(4
Disorders for full credit) Chapter
III
–
“The
Cholesterol
Also
Rises”
9. Why do we need Vitamin
D?
Cholesterol?
Folic
acid?
(3
pts)
10. Briefly describe the connection between each of the following pairs of concepts: (6 pts) • Tanning beds/ birth defects • Sunglasses/ sunburn • Hypertension/ slave trade
• Asian flush/drinking water
• Skull shape/ climate
• Body hair/ malaria
11. What’s so fishy about the
Inuits’
skin color? (
1