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Topic 1: Key Concepts Flashcards

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What are eukaryotes?

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Cells which have a nuclei

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What are prokaryotes?

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Cells that don’t have a nuclei but do have DNA

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Examples of eukaryotes?

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Plant and animal cells

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What 5 sub cellular structures do animal cells have?

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Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
Cell membrane
Mitochondria

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What 8 sub cellular structures do plant cells have?

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Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
Cell membrane
Mitochondria
Cell wall
Chloroplasts
Vacuole

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What is an example of a prokaryote?

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Bacterial cell

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What 5 sub cellular structures do bacterial cells have?

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Cell membrane
Ribosome
Chromosomal DNA
Plasmid DNA
Flagellum

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What is the function of the nucleus? (Plant and animal cells)

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Controls activities of the cell and contains DNA

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What is the function of the cell membrane? (Plant, animal and bacterial cells)

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Controls what goes in and out of the cell

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What is the function of the mitochondria? (Plant and animal cells)

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Where aerobic respiration occurs - releases energy

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What is the function of the ribosomes? (Plant, animal and bacterial cells)

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Where proteins are made in protein synthesis

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What is the function of the cytoplasm? (Plant and animal cells)

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Where chemical reactions occur

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What is the function of the chloroplasts? (Plant cells only)

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Where photosynthesis happens - contains chlorophyll to absorb sunlight

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What is the function of the vacuole? (Plant cells only)

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Keep the cell rigid for support, contains cell sap and water and maintains the internal pressure of the cell

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What is the function of the cell wall? (Plant cells only)

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Made of cellulose - strengthens the cell and stops it from bursting

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What is the function of the chromosomal DNA? (Bacterial cells only)

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Controls cells activities and replication

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What is the function of the plasmid DNA? (Bacterial cells only)

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Can be be passed between bacteria and used for genetic engineering

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What is the function of the flagellum? (Bacterial cells only)

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Used for movement

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What was the first microscope?

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A light microscope with a magnification of x30

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What is the most modern type of microscope?

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Electron microscopes

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What are properties of the most modern microscope and why is this beneficial?

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Have a higher magnification and resolution than light microscopes
Allowing us to see smaller things in more detail, so we can understand sub cellular structures better now

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Advantages of electron microscopes?

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High resolution
Can magnify up to x500,000
Possible to investigate a greater field depth

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Disadvantages of electron microscopes?

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Expensive
require a specialist to use it
Specimen must be fixed in a vacuum and therefore dead

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How can you calculate the overall magnification of a microscope?

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Eyepiece magnification x objective magnification

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Simple conversions (cm, mm, um, nm)?

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cm -x10- mm -x1000- um -x1000- nm
nm -÷1000- um -÷1000mm- mm -÷10- cm

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How to calculate actual size of an organism?

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Actual size = image size/magnification

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What is the actual size calculation triangle?

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I
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A | M

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What part of the microscope do you look through?

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Eyepiece lens

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What part of the microscope do you use to get a clear image?

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Coarse focus nob

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What is the part of a microscope that you put the specimen on?

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Stage

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31
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What is a specialised cell?

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A cell that has a structure adapted to its function

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What does an egg cell do?

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Carries female DNA and feeds the developing embryo

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What are the structures of egg cells that have adapted to their function? What do they do?

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Cell membrane - changes structure after fertilisation to prevent more sperm entering

Haploid nucleus - has 23 chromosomes (to form a full set of chromosomes when joined with a sperm cell) and carries genetic material

Cytoplasm - has nutrients to nourish the embryo

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What does a sperm cell do?

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Transports male DNA to the egg and fertilises it

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What are the structures of sperm cells that have adapted to their function? What do they do?

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Acrosome - contains enzymes to digest the egg membrane and break through it

Haploid nucleus - has 23 chromosomes (to form a full set of chromosomes when joined with an egg cell) and carries genetic material

Mitochondria - has a lot of it to provide energy through respiration that allows it to swim and reach the egg cell to fertilise it

Flagellum - to swim to the egg and fertilise it

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What does a ciliated epithelial cell do? Example?

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Moves substances along internal surfaces e.g. mucus in airways

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What are the structures of ciliated epithelial cells that have adapted to their function? What do they do?

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Cilia - hair like projection to sweep the substances and move them

Nucleus - contains genetic material

38
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Examples of specialised cells?

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Egg cell
Sperm cell
Ciliated epithelial cell

39
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What is an enzyme?

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It acts as a biological catalyst and speeds up the rate of breakdown

40
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What does each enzyme have that’s unique?

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A unique active site

41
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Where do enzymes and substrates bind?

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Substrate binds to the active site of an enzyme

42
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What do enzymes and substrates form when they bind?

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Enzyme substrate complex

43
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What is the lock and key model?

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Compares the binding of enzymes and substrates at the active site as if they’re a key and a lock

44
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What are the key words relating to enzymes and substrates?

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Specific and complimentary

45
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Why do we need enzymes?

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Used for digestion and protein synthesis

46
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What are the factors that affect enzyme activity?

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Temperature
pH
Substrate concentration

47
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What is denaturing?

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When the shape of an active site changes as bonds in the enzyme break

48
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Description of the trend between temperature and enzyme activity?

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As temperature increases, so does the rate of reaction until the optimum temperature then the rate of reaction decreases as the enzyme denatures

49
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Description of the trend between pH and enzyme activity?

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As pH increases, so does the rate of reaction until the optimum pH where the rate of reaction begins to decreases as the enzyme denatures

50
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What is the average optimum temperature?

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Around 37°C

51
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What is the average optimum pH?

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8

52
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Description of the trend between substrate concentration and enzyme activity? Why?

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As substrate concentration increases, so does the rate of reaction until it plateaus then the rate of reaction doesn’t change as there comes a point where the enzyme is fully saturated and no more molecules can fit into it

53
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What enzyme breaks down proteins and what are the products?

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Protein is broken down by protease into amino acids

54
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What enzyme breaks down lipids and what are the products?

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Lipids are broken down by lipase into glycerol and fatty acids

55
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What enzyme breaks down carbohydrates (e.g. starch) and what are the products?

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Carbohydrates (e.g. starch) are broken down by carbohydrases (e.g. amylase) into simple sugars (e.g. glucose)

56
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What is diffusion?

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Diffusion - the net movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration down the concentration gradient

57
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In what states does diffusion occur?

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Liquids and gases

58
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What is osmosis?

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Osmosis - the net movement of water molecules from an area of higher water concentration, to an area of lower water concentration down the concentration gradient, through a partially permeable membrane

59
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What is active transport?

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Active transport - the net movement of particles from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration against the concentration gradient, it requires energy

60
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What is a hypertonic solution?

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A substance with a higher concentration of solute particles but a lower concentration of water

61
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What is a hypotonic solution?

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A substance with a low concentration of solute particles but a higher water concentration

62
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What is calorimetry?

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A process used to find the amount of energy in food

63
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What is the process of calorimetry?

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  1. Weigh your food sample and put it on a mounted needle
  2. Add a set volume of water to a boiling tube and record its temperature
  3. Set fire to the food, hold it under the boiling tube until it goes out, repeat until the food no longer catches fire
  4. Record the temperature of the water
  5. Find the energy per gram of food
64
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How to calculate the energy per gram of food?

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Energy per gram of food:
(Mass of water x temperature of water x 4.2) / mass of the food

The calculation in brackets is simply the energy in the food

65
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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the test for reducing sugars called?

A

Benedict’s test

66
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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the test for starch called?

A

Iodine test

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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the test for proteins called?

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Biuret test

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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the test for lipids called?

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Emulsion test

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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the process of the test for reducing sugars?

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  1. Add blue Benedict’s reagent to a food sample and leave it in a water bath at 75°C
  2. If the food sample turns green, yellow or red, reducing sugars are present
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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the process of the test for starch?

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  1. Add iodine solution to a food sample and mix
  2. If the sample changes from orange to blue-black, starch is present
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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the process of the test for proteins?

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  1. Add potassium hydroxide solution to a food sample and then some copper(II) solution
  2. If the solution changes from blue to purple, proteins are present
72
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TESTING FOR FOOD MOLECULES CORE PRACTICAL: What is the process of the test for lipids?

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  1. Add ethanol to a food sample and shake for a minute
  2. Pour solution into water
  3. If there’s a milky emulsion, lipids are present
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TESTING FOR EFFECT OF pH ON AMYLASE ACTIVITY CORE PRACTICAL: What is the process of testing the effect of pH on enzymes?

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  1. Heat 3cm³ of amylase solution, 1cm³ of pH buffer solution MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IN THE BEAKER REMAINS AT A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE OF 35°C USING A THERMOMETER throughout the whole experiment
  2. 5 min later, add 3cm³ of starch solution to the mixture and continue to heat
  3. The amylase enzyme breaks down the starch
  4. Add a drop of the mixture to a drop of iodine solution that’s in a spotting tile using a dropping pipette
  5. Record the time when iodine solution remains orange after sample is added to the iodine
  6. Repeat steps 1-5 with different pH buffers
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TESTING FOR EFFECT OF pH ON AMYLASE ACTIVITY CORE PRACTICAL: How can the rate of reaction be calculated?

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Rate of reaction = 1000/time

75
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TESTING FOR EFFECT OF pH ON AMYLASE ACTIVITY CORE PRACTICAL: What are the independent and dependent variable in this experiment?

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Independent: pH of solution
Dependent: time taken for amylase to break down starch

76
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How can you remember what each variable in an experiment means?

A

CID SAM

Control Same
Independent Alter
Dependent Measure

77
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MAGNIFICATION CORE PRACTICAL: How can the magnification of an image be found? Equation triangle?

A

Magnification = image size/real size

I
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A | M

78
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MAGNIFICATION CORE PRACTICAL: What are all 6 of the parts of the microscope?

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  1. Eyepiece
  2. Objective lens
  3. Stage
  4. Coarse adjustment knob
  5. Fine adjustment knob
  6. Lamp
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MAGNIFICATION CORE PRACTICAL: What is the process of using a microscope?

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  1. Put the specimen on a slide, and put a cover slip on the specimen, then place the slide onto the stage
  2. Start with the lowest powered lens then move the stage up using the coarse adjustment knob
  3. Look down the eyepiece and adjust the focus with the adjustment knobs (use the coarse one first)
  4. To see the slide with a greater magnification, swap to a higher powered lens and refocus
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OSMOSIS CORE PRACTICAL: What are the steps done to investigate osmosis in potatoes?

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  1. Cut a potato into identical cylinders of the same mass
  2. Divide the cylinders into groups of three and measure the mass of each group
  3. Prepare beakers that contain different concentrations of sucrose solution and one beakers with pure water (control), put one group of cylinders into each beaker
  4. Leave each beaker and group out for 40 minutes, then take out the cylinders, dry them gently with a paper towel and measure the mass of each group again
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OSMOSIS CORE PRACTICAL: How can the % change in mass be calculated?

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% change in mass = change in mass/initial mass x 100

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OSMOSIS CORE PRACTICAL: What are the independent and dependent variables?

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Independent: concentration of sucrose solution
Dependent: potato cylinder mass

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OSMOSIS CORE PRACTICAL: What are the conclusions to this experiment?

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The potatoes that are in the less concentrated sucrose solutions and in the pure water, will increase in mass BECAUSE THE WATER PARTICLES ARE GOING FROM AN AREA OF HIGHER WATER CONCENTRATION (THE LESS CONCENTRATED SUCROSE SOLUTION) TO AN AREA OF LOWER WATER CONCENTRATION (THE POTATOES)

The potatoes that are in the more concentrated sucrose solutions, will decrease in mass BECAUSE THE WATER PARTICLES ARE GOING FROM AN AREA OF HIGHER WATER CONCENTRATION (THE POTATOES) TO AN AREA OF LOWER WATER CONCENTRATION (THE HIGHLY CONCENTRATED SUCROSE SOLUTION)

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What is a control? What does it do?

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It’s an experiment or observation designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable - increases the reliability of results

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