BIOL 1020 Lab Assignment: Virtual Microscopy Start by re-saving this file as follows: lab_surname_virtualmicroscopy.rtf‚ substituting your own surname. Type your responses to the questions below where indicated. Remember to save your work frequently. Viewing Magnification‚ Field of View‚ and Specimen Size 1. On the UD Virtual Compound Microscope‚ examine the onion root tip slide at 400X viewing magnification. Ensure that the image is centred. What is the approximate size of an onion root
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Review Sheet 1 Results 1. Describe two variables that affect the rate of diffusion. Your answer: Two variables that affect the rate of diffusion are the MWCO membrane and the solute concentration. Increasing the membrane size and solute concentration will also increase the average diffusion rate. Decreasing the membrane size and solute concentration will reduce diffusion rates and can even prevent all diffusion. 2. Why do you think the urea was not able to diffuse through the 20 MWCO membrane
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Safety in a microbiology laboratory is important in the prevention of infection that might be caused by the microorganisms being studied. This laboratory does not require the use of virulent human pathogens. However‚ many types of microorganisms are potentially pathogenic. This means that‚ although they would not cause disease in a normal healthy host‚ they might possibly do so if a large enough quantity of the microbes came into contact with a compromised host‚ such as by wounds and cuts. In
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HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY The history of psychology as a scholarly study of the mind and behavior dates back to the Ancient Greeks. There is also evidence of psychological thought in ancient Egypt. Psychology was a branch of philosophy until the 1870s‚ when it developed as an independent scientific discipline in Germany and the United States. Psychology borders on various other fields including physiology‚ neuroscience‚ artificial intelligence‚ sociology‚ anthropology‚ as well as philosophy and other
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Clinical Psychology Gabriela Alvarez Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology is one of the most prominent specialty areas in psychology today. Clinical psychology focuses and strives to understand‚ assess and treat psychological and behavioral problems and disorders (Plante‚ 2010). According to Bedi (2012)‚ “Clinical psychology is a broad approach to human problems . . . with regard to numerous populations.” Furthermore‚ analyzing the methods in which the human psyche interacts with
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Environmental Psychology Tabatha Coots University of Phoenix Environmental Psychology PSY/460 April 21‚ 2014 Leah Reagan Environmental Psychology The clarification of environmental psychology is the study that emphases how the environmental can influence as well as have affect on his or her life and behaviors. The connection between an individual and the environment he or she resides in is reciprocal in the way it affects each other. The correlation between nature and human species has
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“Psychology is a valuable science a growing profession” Psychology is used in many different ways for many different reasons‚ it is becoming a bigger profession and a more valuable and reliable science. To see the importance of psychology we must first understand what it is. Psychology is the scientific study of how we fell‚ think and act. It uses scientific method to study the way people behave and their mental processes. Psychology is used to measure and study human behaviour in groups‚ relationships
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What is Psychology? Psychology is said to be the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The study of human behavior‚ development‚ and learning; and also seeks to understand and explain thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior. Today the question we are doing falls under the History of Psychology. It deals with the earlier schools (Structuralism and Functionalism) and compares them with the most recent schools of psychology (Gestalt psychology‚ Psychoanalysis and Cognitive
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Psychology can be defined as the scientific process by which behavior and mental processes are studied and categorized. The roots‚ of which date‚ back to classical Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle. The defining difference between the two schools of thought has become knows as “nature v. nurture.” Plato advocated nature‚ known as nativist view‚ which seeks to define one’s actions based on the assumption that we are endowed with certain‚ intrinsic modes of behavior. Alternately‚ Aristotle
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Physics Lab Report Physics Lab Report Title : Geometrical Optic Name : Muhammad Syakir Farhan b. Sebery Group : A Date : 20 June 2013 Matrix no : CPM 17/12C Lecturer’s name : Mr. Zikri Introduction An optical lens is made of transparent material such as glass or clear plastic. One or both surface usually has a spherical curve. There are two types of lenses‚ converging and diverging
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