Bio Lab Exam Flashcards

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Alternative Hypothesis example

A

Suzy hypothesizes that plants watered with club soda with grow faster than plants watered with regular water

I’m going to win more than $1000

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Null hypothesis example

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There is no statistical significant relationship between the type of water I feed the flowers and growth of the flowers

I am going to win up to $1000

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Variable

A

Any factor that might affect outcome of the experiment

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4
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Independent variable

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The experimenter manipulates this

Age

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Dependant variable

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Experiments observes effects of the independent variable on the dependant variable

Height

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6
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Control

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Specimen under normal conditions

Trees getting H2O opposed to soda water

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7
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Repeatable

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Can allow for procedure to be done again and attain similar results

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8
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5 stage of mitosis

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Interphase
Prophase 
Metaphase 
Anaphase 
Telephase
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Interphase

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Cells increase in mass

Cell organelles are duplicated (mitochondria, ribosomes, ER)

DNA duplicated: consists of two sister chromarids and considered one DNA

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Mitosis prophase

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Chromosomes condense and become visible

Spindle apparatus begins to form

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Mitosis metaphase

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Chromosomes align themselves in a line called a metaphase plate

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Mitosis anaphase

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Sister chromatids spit and travel towards separate ends

Each chromatid is seen as a full chromosome

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Mitosis telephase

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Chromosomes arrive at different ends

New nuclear membranes are formed round chromosomes

Cytokinesis or cell division begins

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14
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8 phases of meiosis

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Prophase 1
Metaphase 1
Anaphase 1
Telophase 1
Prophase 2
Metaphase 2
Anaphase 2
Telophase 2
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Prophase 1

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Chromosomes condense and become visible

Nuclear membrane and nucleolus disappear

Homologous chromosomes align; called synapsis

Cross over and exchange of material between homologous pairs

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Metaphase 1

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Chromosomes and their homologues align themselves in a line

Called metaphase plate

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Anaphase 1

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Homologous pairs seperate and travel to their ends

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Telophase 1

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Chromosomes arrive at ends

Spindle apparatus dissembles

New nuclear membrane may form

Cytokinesis or cell division may begin

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Prophase 2

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Nuclear membrane and nucleolus may disappear

Spindle appararus begins to form

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Metaphase 2

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Chromosomes align themselves at Center on metaphase plate

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Anaphase 2

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Sister chromatids spilt and travel to opposite ends

CELLS BECOME HAPLOID

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Telophase 2

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Chrimosomes arrive at ends now

Spindle apppartus begins to dissemble

New nuclear membraned are formed and chromosomes uncoil

CELLS HAPLOID

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23
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Binary fission

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Process when bacteria or prokaryotic replicates their DNA

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24
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Recessive trait

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Can be carried in a persons genes without appearing in that person

A blonde hair person having a black hair gene but not having black hair

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25
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Dominant trait

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Inherited characteristic that appears in an offspring if it is contributed from a parent through a dominant Allele

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26
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Dominant vs recessive genes

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A dominant allele is always seen

A recessive gene is not always scene but still in its genetics

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27
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Pedigree

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A diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance of particular genes from generation to generation

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28
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Dominant gene in pedigree

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Shows in every generation

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29
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Recessive gene in pedigree

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Skips a generation

30
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Phylum Porifera

A

Sponges

31
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Phylum Anthropoda

A

Grasshopper

32
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Phylum Cnidaria

A

Jellyfish

33
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Phylum Echinodermata

A

Sea star

34
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Phylum Platyhelminthes

A

Tapeworm

35
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Phylum Chordata

A

Humans

36
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Phylum Mollusca

A

Squid

37
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Phylum Annelida

A

Segmented worms

38
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Phylum Nemotoda

A

Roundworms

39
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The 9 Phylums we looked at

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Porifera 
Anthropoda 
Cnidaria 
Echinodermata 
Platyhelminthes
Chordata
Mollusca 
Annelida
Nemotoda
40
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3 types of symmetry

A

Asymmetrical
Radial
Bilateral

41
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Asymmetry

A

Body has no fixed shape

Snail

42
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Radial symmetry

A

Like a starfish

43
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Bilateral symmetry

A

Fold it in half and he the same

Human

44
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Encephalization

A

Does it have a brain

45
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Reproduction

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Either can be sexual or asexual or both

46
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Excretion

A

Has it or not

47
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Circulation

A

Is there blood running through them

Either open or closed

48
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Body segmentation

A

Different parts of body

49
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Appendages

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Legs? Body part used for locomotion

50
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Digestion

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1 way digestion: food through mouth than anus

2 way digestion: through mouth out of mouth

51
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Respiration

A

Body has gills or lungs?

52
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Osmoregulation

A

Osmotic pressure to control water

53
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Animal with one way digestion

A

Humans

54
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Animal with two way digestion

A

Tapeworm

55
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Open vs closed circulatory system

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Closed: blood closed at all times in vessels. Blood is pumped to heart

Open: blood is pumped into body cavaties, no vessels

56
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3 types of plankton

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Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, bacterioplankton

57
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Phytoplankton

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include algae, photosynthetic protists and cyanbateria.

Primary producers

58
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Zooplankton

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Eat phytoplankton

considered secondary consumers

59
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Bacterioplankton

A

bacteria

60
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Species richness

A

Number of different species in a community

61
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Eveness

A

how many individuals there are in each species

62
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Shannon index favours

A

Rarer species

63
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Simpsons index favours

A

dominant species

64
Q

How can starfish eat food larger than themselves?

A

Because of this ability to digest food outside the body, starfish can hunt prey much larger than their mouths.

65
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Two things for a successful hypothesis

A

A hypothesis is a statement, not a question

It is testable

66
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Differences between mitosis and meiosis

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Mitosis: 1 round of divisions, diploid, 2 identical daughter cells

Meiosis: 2 rounds of division, results in gametes, goes through the stages twice, haploid, 4 non identical twins

67
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Similarities between mitosis and meiosis

A

Way for cells to divide

Same four stages, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase

68
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Similarities between earthworm and fish

A

bilateral, sexual, 1 way digestion

69
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differences between earthworm and fish

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fish has gills, fish has appendages, worm has no body segmentations

70
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Hole in grasshopper abdomen

A

ovipositer

71
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Meiosis microscope

A

Metaphase

72
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Mitosis microscope

A

perhaps telephase