Biology Practical and Essay Flashcards
What are the steps of the scientific method?
Observation
Hypothesis
Prediction
Experimentation
Data Analysis
Conclusions
When measuring the amount of liquid in a graduated cylinder, we should read the measurement at eye level from the center of the ___________?
Meniscus
Benedicts test is for ___________?
Glucose
Iodine test is for ___________?
Starch
Sudan IV test is for ___________?
Lipids
Biuret test is for___________?
Proteins
What are the positive and negative results for the Iodine test?
Positive- Black
Negative- Yellow
What are the positive and negative results for the Sudan IV test?
Positive- Bright Red
Negative- Light Pink
What are the positive and negative results for the biuret test?
Positive- Purple
Negative- Clear
What are the positive and negative results for the Benedicts test?
Positive- Red
Negative- blue
What do plants have that animal cells don’t have?
Cellulose, cell wall, water vacuoles, chloroplasts
___________ are only found in animal cells.
Organelles
If two solutions have different solute concentrations, the one with the higher solute concentration is referred to as _____________?
Hypertonic
If an egg gains mass the solution is ______ to the egg?
hypotonic
The egg placed in high salt solution what happened to the egg?
The egg shrunk
The egg decreased in mass
What percentage makes the solution hypertonic to the egg?
> 14%
If an egg is in 6% solution it is ________?
And does it gain or loose mass?
Hypertonic
Gains mass
The complex chemical compounds that plants produce to defend themselves against infection are called ________________?
Secondary Plant Metabolites
What is it that helps plants defend themselves?
Chemicals
Types of Secondary Metabolites
Alkaloids
Saponins
Phenolics
Tannins
Open Circulatory System
Have Vessels that are open at one end allowing hemolymph fluid to flow out amount the cells
In arthropods and mollusks and arthropods
Closed Circulatory System
Fluid called blood remains. within the vessels as it rapidly circulates through the body.
Present in vertebrates and annelid worms