Foundations of Biodiversity Lab Manual Bio 1A Fall 2014 Compiled by Drs. Lambrecht‚ Shaffer‚ and Soto with additions and changes by Stephanie Trewhitt and Dr. Shannon Bros-Seemann San Jose State University INDEX Week Date Lab Topic Page 1 Aug 25 Lab safety‚ microscope use‚ adding course Lab 1 2 Sept 1 Cell Life cycle - mitosis/meiosis Evolutionary I Lab 2 3 Sept 8 Plant Evolutionary History I Lab 3 4 Sept 15 Plant Evolutionary History II 5 Sept 22 Adaptation and
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The Osmosis Scientific Paper Emily N. Charbonneau Grand Valley State University The point of this experiment was to observe if the different concentrations of sucrose would change the speed of osmosis. Osmosis is a process of a fluid that will pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution which most of the time has a higher concentration. Osmosis will be demonstrated throughout the lab. The importance of osmosis in a plant and animal cell there is a cell membrane‚ which helps liquids and
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Exercise 25 Special Senses: Hearing and Equilibrium Answers to Pre-Lab Quiz (pp. 383–384) 1. three 2. a‚ auricle 3. tympanic membrane 4. d‚ stapes 5. a‚ cochlea 6. otoscope 7. b‚ Rinne 8. b‚ internal ear 9. macula/vestibule 10. c‚ involuntary trailing of eyes in one direction‚ then rapid movement in the other Answers to Activity Questions Activity 4: Conducting Laboratory Tests of Hearing (pp. 387–388) Acuity Test The threshold is indefinite. Sound Localization No‚ the sound is less easily located
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AP Bio Evolution Study Guide (Ch 22-25) Chapter 22: Descent with Modification Know the basic ideas that predated the ideas of Darwin Natural Theology Cuvier Lyell Linneaus Lemarck Theory of Use and Disuse Theory of Acquired Characteristics Darwin Voyage of the Beagle (How did this lead to his ideas regarding evolution?) Adaptations (What are they? How are they involved in evolution? How do they come about in a species?) Descent with Modification (modify preexisting structures) Natural
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http://thegrabup.com/?p=811 Significance Of Osmosis (700-1200) Osmosis is a process of movement of solvent through a semi permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration to equalize the concentration of solute to both side of the membrane. . Water is sometimes called "the perfect solvent‚" and living tissue (for example‚ a human being’s cell walls) is the best example of a semipermeable membrane. Osmosis process as demonstrated below shows that when
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Osmosis Osmosis is a special example of diffusion. It is the diffusion of water through a partially permeable membrane from a more dilute solution to a more concentrated solution – down the water potential gradient) Note: diffusion and osmosis are both passive‚ i.e. energy from ATP is not used. A partially permeable membrane is a barrier that permits the passage of some substances but not others; it allows the passage of the solvent molecules but not some of the larger solute molecules. Cell
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Evolution Lab BIO/101 Pooja Thakur 7-23-12 Evolution Resulting From Natural Selection INTRODUCTION The Evolution Lab simulates environmental situations to determine effects on evolution over periods of time. This lab experiments with the evolution of finches on two different islands over 100‚ 200‚ and 300 years. By manipulating parameters that influence natural selection‚ the effects that natural selection have on the evolution process can be studied. HYPOTHESES • The size
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Practical to Investigate Diffusion and Osmosis Collect the following equipment: 1x beaker 1x length visking tubing 1x pipette 1x pair safety glasses Instructions – always wear safety glasses! 1. Fill your beaker ¾ full with water 2. Tie a knot in one end of your visking tubing 3. Using your pipette‚ transfer some concentrated sugar solution to the inside of the visking tubing‚ leaving enough space to tie a knot in the open end 4. Add a few drops of red food colouring to the inside of the visking
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Diffusion and Osmosis Through Dialysis tubing We did this experiment to test the diffusion of different substances through dialysis tubing. We used what we knew about diffusion to make predictions on what we thought the mass of the dialysis tubing to be after submerging them for 30 mins and we knew that diffuse occurs from highest concentration to lowest concentration. Since the dialysis tubings are filled with different substances than what they are being put into then they should all gain
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Environmental Systems Bio-cylinder Lab Report Planning: The question that we‚ as a class‚ were trying to answer was: How long can the organisms survive within a sample-closed ecosystem? To answer this three separate classes had the opportunity to create their own bio-cylinders‚ place a specified number of organisms‚ seal it‚ and observe the cylinder for however long the organisms were able to survive. Each class made small modifications to the number of fish and snails that placed within the
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