Download Study Guide for Lab Exam I

Study Guide for Lab Exam I
Microscopes:
What are the Rules for Care & Use? ____________________________________________________________
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What TWO features of our microscope will allow us to adjust the lighting used to view a specimen?
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What type light is used by a Compound Scope? _________________
Dissecting Scope? ________________
What is the orientation of the image with the Compound Scope vs. the Dissecting Scope? _________________
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How is Total Magnification calculated? _________________________________________________________
Define the term Magnification ________________________________________________________________
Define the term Resolution ___________________________________________________________________
Be able to name the major parts of the Compound Microscope and give their functions.
Cells & Mitosis:
Be able to recognize the following features
on generalized Animal & Plant Cell Models:
Cell Membrane
Nucleus
Mitochondrion
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Central Water Vacuole
Cell Wall
Ribosome
Chloroplast
Cytoplasm
Centrosome
Be able to distinguish between the different stages of the Cell Cycle (Interphase & Mitosis)
Know the following: Definition, Purpose, and Significance of Mitosis
Know the following features of mitosis:
Chromosomes & Sister Chromatids
Equatorial Plane
Centromere
Spindle Fibers
Be able to distinguish between differences in Cytokinesis of Animal Cells and Plant Cells
Animals have the formation of a ________________ Plants have the formation of a _________________
Monera & Protista: These will not be on your Exam (Fall ’03)
Recognize members of the Kingdom Monera
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Know examples of Bacterial Diseases. __________________________________________________________
What does a “bacterial colony” on an agar plate represent? ___________________________________________
Recognize members of the Kingdom Monera
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Know examples of Protozoan Diseases. __________________________________________________________
What is a Vector? Example? __________________________________________________________________
Know locomotion features used by the Protozoans studied in lab:
Euglena uses _________________________________________________________________________
Paramecium uses ______________________________________________________________________
Ameba uses __________________________________________________________________________
Physical Properties:
Know the terms –
1) Brownian Movement
2) Diffusion
3) Osmosis
4) Dialysis
5) Test for Starch (Iodine)
6) Test for Glucose (Benedict’s)
7) Solution
8) Solvent
9) Solute
Characteristics of Active Transport Processes – _____________________________________________________
Characteristics of Passive Transport Processes – ____________________________________________________
Know the term “Selective Permeability” – _________________________________________________________
Know definitions of the terms below AND know the consequence for a cell exposed to this external environment
1) Isotonic – _________________________________________________________________________
Consequence: __________________________________________________________________
2) Hypotonic – _______________________________________________________________________
Consequence: __________________________________________________________________
3) Hypertonic – ______________________________________________________________________
Consequence: __________________________________________________________________
Enzymes:
What is the role of an Enzyme in a Chemical Reaction? ______________________________________________
How can Enzymes be Denatured? ________________________________ Inhibited? _____________________
Be very familiar with the Characteristics of Enzymes: _______________________________________________
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In our Experiment – What was the Enzyme? ______________________ and its Substrate? __________________
What was the Data for our experiment? ___________________________________________________________
DNA & Protein Synthesis:
When during the Cell Cycle does DNA perform Semiconservative Replication? __________________________
Be able to “go back and forth” between DNA codons, mRNA codons, tRNA anticodons, and Amino Acids
1) DNA complementary bases (DNA to DNA)
4) tRNA to mRNA
2) DNA to mRNA
5) mRNA to tRNA
3) mRNA to DNA
6) amino acids called for by DNA , mRNA, tRNA
What is Transcription and where does it occur? ____________________________________________________
What molecule is made during Transcription? _____________________________________________________
What is Translation and where does it occur? ______________________________________________________
What molecule is made during Translation? _______________________________________________________
Algae & Lower Plants:
Algae are currently classified in which Kingdom? __________________________________________________
Be able to recognize examples of RED, GREEN, & BROWN algae.
Know the Anatomy of the Sea Kelp:
Blades
Stipe
Holdfast
Air Cyst (bladder)
Know some of the Commercial Uses of Algae (Carrageenan, Alginate, Agar, Alginic Acid)
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Know some of the Commercial Uses of Diatoms ___________________________________________________
Be able to distinguish between the Gametophytes of Mosses & Liverworts.
What advancement have Ferns made over Mosses & Liverworts. (Features that have made Ferns “more terrestrial”.
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What are the Fern’s Sori? ______________________________________________________________________
Know the Generalized Plant’s Alternation of Generations – Recognize dominant generations, spores, gametes,
Sporophyte, Gametophyte, mitosis, meiosis, etc.
Gymnosperms & Angiosperms:
What is the dominant generation for these two groups of plants?
Gametophyte or Sporophyte
What advancement have the Gymnosperms & Angiosperms made over the Ferns, Mosses, & Liverworts?
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Recognize common examples of Gymnosperms. (Conifers, Cycads, Gingko, Ephedra)
Be able to distinguish between Female Cones and Male Cones
Recognize examples of different Angiosperms. (Anthophytes)
Be able to distinguish between Monocots & Dicots. (cotyledons, floral whorls, roots, leaf venation)
Know the floral features of a Perfect & Complete Flower.
Know the functions of the floral features too!
Draw a Flower here: 
Sepals _________________________________
Petals _________________________________
Stamen:
Anther ______________________________
Filament _____________________________
Pistil:
Stigma ______________________________
Style ________________________________
Ovary _______________________________
.Know the story of Pollination and Fertilization for the Angiosperms.
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What are the two (2) results of the Angiosperm’s Double Fertilization?
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Following Fertilization – What is the fate of the Ovule? ______________________________________________
Following Fertilization – What is the fate of the Ovary? ______________________________________________
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