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Bio Lab 124 Practical
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2011

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List kingdoms in the system of classifying organisms.
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Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
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What are the three Domains?
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Archea, Bacteria, and Eukaria
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What Kingdom are most algae in?
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Protista
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What is the name of the part of the microscope where you place the slide?
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Stage or Side Clip
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Bacteria are single celled...
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Prokaryotes
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An example of a heterotrophic Protista is:
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Amoeba
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What is the order of classification?
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Kingdom, Phylum/Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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What is the technical term for a single* sugar?
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monosaccharide
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List 5 macromolecules.
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Sugar, Starch, Protein , Lipids and Nucleic Acids
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Which element do all proteins have?
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Nitrogen
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The molecular formula for glucose is:
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C6H12O6
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What are proteins made of?
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Amino Acids or C, H, N, and O
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How many fatty acid chains are in a triglyceride?
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3
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List kingdoms that are filled with common pathogens.
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Monera, Protista, Fungi, or Animalia
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What is an antibiotic?
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Drug that kills bacteria
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_________ plant metabolites help plants defend themselves.
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Secondary
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Tiny Tim couldn’t absorb 3 kinds of amino acids. Assume that several of these 3 amino acids remained in chain form. What color would you expect the urine to turn if you tested it using Biuret’s Test?
Definition
violet/purple
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List secondary plant metabolites.
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Phenolics, Alkaloids, Tannins and Sopanins
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What is the difference between passive and active movement?
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Passive- no energy, Active- energy
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Osmosis is
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The movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane
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What are the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
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Prokaryotes have no nucleus or membrane bound organelles
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(True/ False) The bioactivities in the plants are generally ascribed to the presence of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs).
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True
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Positive for the secondary metabolites alkaloids and simple phenolics. What is the expected result when you get positive results for both of this test?
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Alkaloids- formation of cloudy precipitation
Simple phenolics- brown or red color change
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Isotonic is ...
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when two solutions have the same concentration of solutes
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Chloroplasts are the site of:
Definition
photosynthesis
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What are the products of respiration?
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CO2, energy, H2O
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Photosynthesis consumes which gas?
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CO2
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The light-dependent reaction occurs in the:
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thylakoid membrane
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The formula for photosynthesis is:
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CO2 +H2O+Sunlight=Sugar+O2
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How many ATP are created in fermentation?
Definition
2
Term
Enzymes are:
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Proteins
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Where is tyrosinase found?
Definition
Plant Cells
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List 2 key features of hydroxyquinone.
Definition
Antibiotic, turns yellow-brown
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At extremely high temperatures, enzymes:
Definition
Denature
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Explain why there was no reaction when tyrosinase and sucrose were combined.
Definition
Wrong substrate
Term
What is the basic structural unit of DNA?
Definition
Nucleotide
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How many chromosomes are found in somatic (“body”) cells of a human?
Definition
46
Term
Another name for paternity testing is:
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DNA Fingerprinting
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List the 2 pyrimidines used in DNA.
Definition
Cytosine and Thymine
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Anaphase
Definition
spindle fibers, chromosomes separating, and centrosomes.
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What is a gamete?
Definition
A haploid sex cell (sperm or egg)
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What does homologous mean?
Definition
2 chromosomes that code for the same genes. For example humans have 2 chromosome 1s: they are homologous.
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Where does DNA replication occur in both mitosis and meiosis?
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DNA replication occurs during interphase. Nucleus may also be correct
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What is a karyotype?
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A karyotype is a picture of all the chromosomes in cell where they are matched with their homologous pair and organized from largest pair to smallest pair.
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A human cell with 23 chromosomes is:
Definition
haploid
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What would the distinguishing feature of a karyotype of a person with Kleinfelter syndrome be?
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XXY
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What stage of meiosis could result in extra chromosome in a gamete?
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Anaphase I or Anaphase II
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List human phenotypes that are caused by a single gene (based on lab manual)
Definition
Widow’s peak, Free earlobes, Hair on
knuckles, Freckles, Bent little finger, and Normal color vision.
Term
Define chromosome non-­‐disjunction.
Definition
Abnormal division of chromosomes
Term
Glucose is regulated in:
Definition
Liver
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What is urinalysis?
Definition
The study of urine to determine what molecules are in the urine.
Term
If you run a urinalysis test on a person and find high levels of glucose, what disease does the person probably
have?
Definition
Diabetes
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Oxygen in the lung diffuses from the alveoli into
Definition
capillaries
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Sugar is absorbed in the small intestine and travels to the liver through the
Definition
Hepatic Portal Vein
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List the 2 pyrimidines used in RNA.
Definition
Cytosine and Uracil
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What type of RNA is complementary to DNA, in the first step of transcription?
Definition
mRNA
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How many nucleotides are in a codon?
Definition
3
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mRNA is translated from the ______ end.
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5' to 3'
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What is the start codon (in mRNA) from the 5’ to 3’ end?
Definition
AUG
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What is a zygote?
Definition
First cell of a multicellular organism.
Term
What is the process by which organisms turn from a single cell into a multicellular organism?
Definition
Development
Term
List one of the layers in gastrulation.
Definition
Ectoderm Mesoderm or Endoderm
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