mid practical Flashcards
The number of hydrogen atoms attached to each carbon in a a triglyceride determines its degree of:
saturation
Students in this lab (as well as other lab technicians and investigstors!) can test for the presence of sugars using a test that incorporates a chemical called _____________ __________, which reacts with monosaccarides and disaccharides (except sucrose!) in the presence of heat to change from its original blue and produce a green, yellow, or orange color.
Benedict’s reagent
Proteins in a sample can be test for using a chemical called ________ ___________ , which turns pinkish purple in the presence of proteins.
Correct Biuret reagent
Nonpolar molecules such as triglycerides are attracted to similar nonpolar molecules, and repelled by water. This means they are ___________, and not water soluble.
hydrophohbic
The presence of starch in a sample can be detected using a reagent called _________ __________, a special preparation of iodine
lugol’s solution
Carbohydrates consisting of two linked sugars are called __________.
disaccharides
Plants which germinate, grow for a season, overwinter… then flower, produce seeds, and die in the second year, such as Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) are called _______________.
biennial
Change over time in the composition of organisms in a community or area, paticularly after a disturbance, is called:
succession
What was your favorite plant, organism, or topic on the nature hike?
Butterfly Bushes
In the melting point experiment, we were given lard, olive oil, safflower oil, and butter. Safflower oil usually melts first, followed by olive oil, then butter, and finally, or sometimes not at all, the lard. Which is likely to have the highest degree of UNsaturated fats?
Safflower
What is the point of an emulsifying agent?
Binding hydrophobic and hydrophilic compounds together
What color indicates a positive result of starch testing with Lugol’s iodine?
black
As you increase magnification of a microscope by using higher power objectives, your depth of field _______________
decreases
What power objectives are available on these microscopes?
4x, 10x, 40x & 100x
What len(es) is/are OK to use the coarse adjustment knob with?
the scanning/4x objective only
what is the only material to touch the microscope lenses? _________ _________________
lens paper
What is the rated power/magnification of the ocular eyepiece lenses? (Spoiler - it’s in the diagram)
10x
What is the TOTAL MAXIMUM MAGNIFICATION of these compound microscopes?
1000x