biology lab final

what is the practice of observing tiny objects using a transmitted beam of visible light

light microscopy

what is the most commonly used type of microscopy that uses a transmuted beam of light;specimen is viewed on an illuminated field of view

bright-field microscopy

what form of microscopy is able to resolve intracellular structures at 1000000x magnification

TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy

What type of microscopy reveals the details of surface structure of a specimen

SEM Scanning Electron Micr.

Oculars

Contribute to the total magnification. the ocular power is always 10x

Objectives

the lenses that can alternate
-scanning is the lowest power only 4 mag used to find a specimen
-low is 10x objective
-high is 40x
-oil immersion is the specialized magnification. very high mag 100x

Condenser

responsible for regulating the light striking the specimen.
aperture: the hole that allows light to pass
iris diaphragm is the control.. opens the aperture or closes it. it is like the iris of the eye.

Resolution

ability to discern two points

Magnification / Resolution

the more magnification increases the resolution decreases

How to compute magnifaction?

Total magnification requires the ocular lens magnification of 10x to be multiplied into what ever the objective lens magnification might be. once these two lens magnifications are combined it gives you the total magnification.

What is the scientific method

the process of observing /studying the natural world through evidence

what is the basic difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?

i - taking separate individual events and coming up with a generalization. reached from a specific example.
d- conclusion linked from natural world and makes prediction that is testable.

Observation vs Experiment

an observer is an uncontrolled study while an experiment has controlled variables in order to test the hypothesis.

Hypothesis

A predictive statement concerning the natural world that can be tested.

sample that goes through the steps of the experiment but does not contain the variables being tested

controlled sample

scientific name for the water flea

daphnia magna

independent variables?

the water, ethanol, and caffeine

dependent

fleas heart rate

1 possible hypothesis for the experiment

if the water flea is subject to various concentrations of caffeine then its heart rate will increase.

determinative tests performed in the lab resulted in a color change.. these are more specifically

colorimetric tests

it contains starch. this reagent will be treated with a reagent that will indicate the presence of sugar

Benedict's

what color will it be if the sugar were present in the sample tube? (positive result)

red/yellow

im a polymer. they test for my presence using a blue colored reagent (contains copper sulfate) that indicates the presence of special bonds between my component monomers.

protein

what are the special bonds referred to as?

peptide bonds

which reagent will be used for the presence of protien

biuert reagent

what would the color that would be indicative of a positive result?

purple/violet

im not a polymer. my presence can be found by using a simple piece of brown paper.

fat/oil

what kind of cell would be expected to contain starch

potato cell

in testing for the presence of sugar which negative control tube?

water / reagent

mechanical form of digestion. this process is accomplished by bile.

emulsification

where is the bile produced

liver

identity one characteristic feature of a plant cell that distinguishes it from a cell

chloroplasts

one distinguishing feature of an animal cell that distinguishes it from a plant cell

centroles

identity any two distinguishing features of eukaryotic cells

nucleus and organelles

which is the fastest rate of diffusion?

air

10% solution of starch and 10% glucose and immersed it into beaker of iodine (in distilled water) for a period of 30 min what color would the bag turn?

blue/black

this experiment would be testing for

the diffusion of iodine into the bag

Osmosis is the movement of ____ molecules across a membrane

water

___ concentration drives osmosis

hypertonic high concentration

what is dialysis tube made of

cellulose

what characteristic of dialysis tube makes it an ideal membrane

the tiny hole in all the tubing

30% sucrose

hypertonic- elevated concentration

distilled water

hypotonic- low concentration

bag of 30 % sucrose immersed in a beaker of water for 15 minutes

the weight of the bag would increase water would rush to the high concentration

this experiment would be testing for

osmosis

enzyme that we all have

catalase

hydrogen peroxide is the ____ for this catalase

substrate- is also what the enzyme works on

the enzyme catalase breaks down hydrogen peroxide into its component parts-

water and oxygen the index of activity is the bubbling of oxygen

breaks down the hydrogen peroxide we call this a

DEGRADATION
synthesis is make

what is the index of enzyme activity for this enzyme

o2

location where the enzyme binds to the hydrogen peroxide

active site

the initial fit for the enzyme and the hydrogen peroxide is

not perfect

why do most cellular reactions considered "energetically" improbable

the energy required is too high to actually reach when enzymes are added it lowers the Ea making the cellular reaction probable

why do enzymes make a reaction energetically improbable

the enzyme lowers the Ea which would cause the needed energy to decrease allowing the reaction to become more possible to reach

TEMP increases or impedes enzymatic activity.. how does it increase?

when temp increases it can cause the molecules to move fast although if it raises too high the enzymes can experience denaturalization

how can it also impeder?

we saw this in our experiment that enzymatic activity is the best when the temp is cooler this is when the reaction is at its prime. temp is as earlier stated, can impede activity by becoming too extreme by denaturalizing

enzymatic concentration has an effect on enzyme rate .... what effect does increasing the concentration of the enzyme have on the overall rte of the product formation?

increases the rate

would increasing substrate concentration have an effect on reaction rate?

no

an extreme drop in PH can affect enzymatic activity .. how does that affect enzymatic activity

DECREASES rate

explain why this is the case that it decreases the rate?

denaturalization.

last weeks lab featured an experiment in which the different photosynthetic pigments found in spinach leaves were separated by a method called

chromatography - method to separate compounds

Petroleum ether is a nonpolar solvent. Carotenoids had an Rf of 1.0 in the chromatography experiment. Cartenoids are very

nonpolar

in addition to light, there are two chemical compounds that are inputs into the process of photosynthesis

water and carbon dioxide

how should green light compare to white light in terms of overall oxygen production

green light did not create much oxygen compared to the white light. the elodea plants (being green) absorbed the white light better causing it to reflect its green light, creating more overall 02

pattern of light absorption that characterizes a photosynthetic pigment

absorption spectrum

chlorophyll B, cartenoids and xanthophylls are not the primary photosynthetic pigments in a plant they are specifically called

accessory pigments

Chlorophyll A is commonly called the universal chlorophyll

bc it is found virtually everywhere. absorbs well in the violet range

in the experiment which photosynthesis in white light was compared in the green light, you placed Elodea in a tube containing sodium bicarbonate solution

the sodium was a source of CARBON DIOXIDE for the elodea
the level of solution in a vertical tube should have risen if the elodea were placed in the presence of light.. this would have been the measure of oxygen production

co2 consumption is associated with which reaction of photosynthesis ?

light independent

We performed an experiment where the anaerobic reparatory activity of yeast on a variety of food molecules ... name two tested

glucose and sucrose

what is the identity of the gas produced in the experiment (indicator of the anaerobic respiratory process)

CO2

What is another common name for the anaerobic respiratory process in #1 and # 2

fermentation

what is another product of anaerobic produced by yeast?

ethanol

in the pea test (aerobic respiration) the KOH served as the

CO2 ABSORBER

the movement of dye in the test tube shows the consumption of

oxygen

which sample would result in the greatest respiratory rate?

germinating peas

what is the name of the gas produced as a consequence of aerobic respiration

CO2

what phase in the cell cycle is characterized by unduplicated uncondensed chromosomes

G1

What phase is characterized by duplicated condensed chromosomes?

M

phase where the cells will never divide?

G0

Prophase?

chromosomes condense, the nuclear membrane breaks down, and spindles form

metaphase

chromosomes line up

anaphase

chromosomes separate

telophase

prophase in reverse

identify two events associated wit prophase of mitosis

the cell membrane breaks down
the chromosomes condense

cytokinesis that is characteristic of animal cells can be described as a process o "pinching" in this form of cytokinesis is sometimes called

cleavage furrow

the process of cytokinesis in plant cells contrasts with that of animal cells the form of cytokinesis found in plant cells is the

cell plate

which of the two phases of mitosis would be characterized by condensed chromosomes each chromosome composed of two chromatids

prophase and metaphase

what is the word used to identify the appearance of cell in the absence of mitosis

interphase

which phase of the cell cycle are characterized by a non-mitotic appearance

G1,S,G2