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Lab Exam I Flashcards

1
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Taxonomic classifications

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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Domains

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Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya

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Kingdoms

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Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia

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4
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Binomial nomenclature

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Consists of genus name capitalized followed by the species name lowercased with both names either underlined or italicized

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5
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How many things did you change on the airplane?

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One

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What is changing in the experiment

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Independent variable

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7
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What you’re measuring in an experiment

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Dependent variable

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What you’re keeping the same throughout the experiment

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Standardized variable

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9
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Does not get the experimental variable

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Control group

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10
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The larger of this, the better the data you will get

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Sample size

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11
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Scientific Method used in the black box experiment

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Observation
Hypothesis
Prediction/experiment
Data collection/statistical analysis

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12
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Tentative statement or educated guess

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Hypothesis

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Hypothesis that has a lot of evidence to support it

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Theory

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Theory that has so much evidence to support it that we believe it to be true

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Law/Principle

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15
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Can’t prove a hypothesis but you can _____ or support it

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Disprove

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16
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Lenses through which you view magnified specimen; 10x magnification

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Ocular lens

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17
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Movable mount for selecting the objective lens which provides the desired magnification

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Revolving nosepiece

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18
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Lens on revolving nosepiece which accomplishes the desired magnification

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Objective lens

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19
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Flat work surface upon which the slide is placed

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Stage

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20
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Regulates the amount of light passing through the stage and specimen

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Iris diaphragm

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21
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Constant light source beneath the iris diaphragm

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Lamp

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22
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Lever that secures the slide to the stage

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Mechanical stage

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23
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Gives initial focus of a specimen

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Coarse adjustment knob

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24
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Gives refined focus of a specimen

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Fine adjustment knob

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25
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One lens

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Simple microscope

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26
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Two lenses; more than one set

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Compound microscope

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27
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One place to look through

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Monocular

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28
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Two places to look through

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Binocular

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29
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4x magnification

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Scanning lens

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30
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10x magnification

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Low power

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31
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40x magnification

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High power

32
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100x magnification

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Oil immersion

33
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Increase in size of specimen

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Magnification

34
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How detailed the image is

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Resolving power

35
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Everything you see when looking in the lens; as it decreases, the magnification of specimen increases

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Field of view

36
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Distance from lens to specimen where the specimen is in sharp focus

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Plane of focus

37
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Thickness of a specimen that is in sharp focus

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Depth of field

38
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Regulated what goes in and out of cell

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Plasma membrane

39
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Control center of the cell

40
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Production of rRNA

41
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Storage

42
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Contains organelles

43
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Maintains shape and protects

44
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Wet mount

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Take a slide, take specimen and put it on the slide, add a drop of liquid and then put a cover slide on top

45
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Speeds up breakdown of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen; catalizes H202 > H20 + O2

46
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Where did starch start

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In the bag

47
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Did starch move

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No it’s too big

48
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How do you know starch didn’t move

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Blue color is not outside the bag

49
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Where did IKI start

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In the beaker

50
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Did IKI move

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Yes it moved into the bag

51
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Why did IKI move

52
Q

How do we know IKI moved

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The blue color in the bag

53
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Where did water start

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Beaker and bag

54
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Did water move

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Yes it moved into the bag

55
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Why did water move

56
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How do we know water moved

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We could weigh the bag or the beaker and see a difference

57
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Where did glucose start

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In the bag

58
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Did glucose move

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Yes it moved out

59
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Why did glucose move out

60
Q

How do we know glucose moved out

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Glucose test strip

61
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Dialysis tubing is similar to what?

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Plasma membrane

62
Q

Potato slush was what color?

Water and peroxide in beaker was what color?

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Creamy; water

63
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Water and hydrogen peroxide goes into the bad because of ____

64
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Hydrogen peroxide breaks down because it meets _____

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Catacholase

65
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In the organelle lab, the dialysis tubing ______ and ____

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Swelled and bubbled

66
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In the presence of oxygen catacholase produces ____

67
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More oxygen production in the bag because of _____

68
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Substrate in organelle lab

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Hydrogen peroxide

69
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Movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to low concentration

70
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Diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane

71
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Substrate in enzyme lab

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Hydrogen peroxide

72
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Independent variable in enzyme lab

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Amount of catalase (yeast)

73
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Dependent variable in enzyme lab

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Amount of oxygen produced

74
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The greater the enzyme concentration, the greater the _____

75
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Enzyme in enzyme lab

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