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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT BIOLOGY LAB EXAM 1
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Question 1: What is a compound light microscope?
Answer:
You will use this microscope the most in this class. It has the three magnifying lenses. Good for looking at elodea plant cells or cheek cells.
Question 2: How do you calculate the total magnification?
Answer:
(eyepiece) x (objective)
ex: 10 x 40 =100
Question 3: What is resolving power?
Answer:
the extent to which object detail in an image is preserved during the magnifying process
Question 4: What test is used to detect starch?
Answer:
Lugol's test
Question 5: What are the steps of the scientific method?
Answer:
Observation, hypothesis, prediction, experimentation, analysis and conclusion
Question 6: Define observation
Answer:
ask a question about the selected topic and then research the topic
Question 7: What is prokaryotic cell?
Answer:
Ex. bacteria and archaeans. Single-celled organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus.
Question 8: What is an alternative hypothesis?
Answer:
Ha= > or <
Question 9: What test is used to detect lipids?
Answer:
Sudan IV Question 10: What is the difference in structure between a plant and animal cell?
Answer:
Plant cells have additional structures; chloroplasts, the cell wall, and vacuoles.
Question 11: Microscope. What is the function of the fine adjustment knob?
Answer:
sharpens the knob
Question 12: what is eukaryotic cell?
Answer:
Ex. Animal and plant cells. Contain a true nucleus and contain membrane-bound organelles
Question 13: Microscopes. What is the function of the body tube?
Answer:
Maintains proper distance between lenses
Question 14: What is a scanning electron microscope (SEM)?
Answer:
Magnify very small specimens with very find detail. Useful to study outside of structure. Magnification from 10x-10000x or higher. Usually look like detailed 3 dimensional photos. It is an electron microscope.Good to look at the head of a bee or feather.
Question 15: Define inductive reasoning
Answer:
logical process that involves looking at all known observations and considering them all. Moves from specific to general
Question 16: What can you find in the abstract?
Answer:
it's a summary of the formal lab report
Question 17: What is magnification?
Answer:
the amount that the image of an object is enlarged
Question 18: What can you find in the results?
Answer:
raw data, descriptive statistics(mean standard deviation), chi square or t-test results, and a narrative.
Question 19: Microscope. What is the function of the stage?
Answer:
supports slide
Question 20: Define deductive reasoning
Answer:
a prediction is produced from a possible answer to the question. Moves from general to specific.
Question 21: Microscope. What is the function of the coarse adjustment knob?
Answer:
focuses image
Question 22: Microscope. What is the function of the ocular lens(eyepiece)?
Answer:
Magnification.
Question 23: What is the study area in a scholarly peer-reviewed article?
Answer:
it is where you are going to do the study and where in that area
Question 24: what test is used to detect sugar?
Answer:
Benedict's reagent
Question 25: What test is used to detect proteins?
Answer:
Biuret reagent
Question 26: Define hypothesis
Answer:
A proposed explanation ( a educated guess)
Question 27: Microscope. What is the function of the base?
Answer:
supports microscope.
Question 28: Define prediction
Answer:
Assume that the hypothesis is correct and then predict what the result of testing will be