Assignments For your ease in completing the following assignments‚ the background text relevant to the experiment that you will perform is in orange text‚ instructions for each assignment are indicated by plain text‚ and questions or activities that you will be asked to provide answers for are indicated by bold text. Assignment 1: Getting to Know PopEcoLab:Single Species Population Growth This assignment is designed to help you become familiar with the operation of PopEcoLab by studying the
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Work and Energy. 1. What is the work done by a force of 20 N acting through a parallel distance of 8.0 m? What force will do the same work through a distance of 4.0 m? [160 J‚ 40 N] 2. A push of 120 N is applied along the handle of a lawn mower producing a horizontal displacement of 14.0 m. If the handle makes an angle of 30.0o with the ground‚ what work was done by the 120 N force? [1.45×103 J] 3. A rope making an angle of 35.0o drags a 10.0 kg toolbox a horizontal distance of 20
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B1a Fitness and health 1. You should be thinking about the differences between health and fitness‚ concentrating on the causes and prevention of heart disease‚ which is the most common cause of death in the UK. 2. Have ideas on encouraging a healthy lifestyle e.g. ways to reduce the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure e.g. give up smoking‚ avoid eating high levels of salt and avoid eating high levels of saturated fat. 3. Know that the risk of developing heart disease can be increased
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CHAPTER 8 1) DNA is found in structures called ______. -chromosomes 2) A(n) ______ is an example of an organism that can reproduce asexually. -amoeba 3)+++ Examine the figure below. Nucleosomes are made of ______. - DNA wrapped around histone proteins 4)++ As shown in the following figure‚ plant cell cytokinesis differs from animal cell cytokinesis because - Plant cells form a cell plate and animal cells do not 5)The chromosomes of eukaryotic cells are found in the _____ -Nucleus 6) Chromatin consists
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DNA is the biomolecule that provides the information for that organism. Which of the following statements about DNA is CORRECT? ……….. All cells in an organism have the same DNA‚ but differently expressed‚ providing specific cellular functions. Which of the following molecules is not found in RNA? ………… Thymine. Which of the following types of molecule would be most abundant in a typical animal cell? ‚‚……… Water. While studying the biochemistry of a species of plant found in alpine bogs‚ a biologist
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Benefits of MRSA MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is responsible for several difficult treatments of infections in humans. Many MRSA infections occur in hospitals and health care facilities with a higher rate in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. There are many solutions that can reduce these infections which are beneficial for people. “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ more than 70 percent of the bacteria that cause hospital-associated
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Title: Aim: to observe and find out how much starch grains are distributed within a transverse section of a banana Apparatus: banana‚ iodine solution‚ ruler‚ white tile‚ stopwatch‚ microscope slide‚ coverslip‚ filter paper‚ Light microscope Method: 1) A piece of banana was place on a tile and a section was cut across the piece of banana about 5mm thick. 2) The surface of the banana was covered with iodine solution and left for about one minute. 3) The distribution
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1.The Effect of Boiled Lagundi Leaves to the Cough Abstract: Carbocistine is a kind of medicine who can cure cough. This investigatory project that we made shows that we can make our own cough reliever without spending money and we use herbal plants instead of chemicals. It is much affordable if you have a lagundi plant (vitex negudo l.) in your backyard. We add brown sugar so that the syrup will have a sweet taste. Background of the Study: Many people‚ especially those who are poor cannot
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Skin Touch Receptors Prac. Names ……………………………………………………….. How sensitive is skin to touch? The receptors for the sense of touch are scattered over the surface of your entire body‚ however those receptors are more closely grouped together in certain parts of your body. In this activity you will investigate the distribution and sensitivity of the touch receptors in the human body. Procedure 1. Obtain 8 large paperclips‚ a ruler‚ and masking tape. 2. Bend paperclip to form a “U” or
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Chapter 1: May/June 06 1 What is the resolution‚ in nanometres‚ of an electron microscope and of a light microscope? A electron microscope 0.5 light microscope 20 B 0.5 200 C 5.0 20 D 5.0 200 2 The diagram shows a drawing of an electron micrograph of a cell. Which structures are surrounded by double membranes? Golgi apparatus lysosome mitochondrion nucleus cytoplasm A ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ B ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ C ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ D ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ 3 In which animal cells would Golgi apparatus be most abundant
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