
SCIENTIFIC METHOD,
MICROSCOPE, & CHEMISTRY

The student will know the six steps in using the scientific method. When given an experimental situation the student will be able to identify each step from the following:
· Make observations
· Develop questions about observations
· Form hypothesis
· Set up experimental methods
· Collect data
· Conclusions
The student will understand the scientific method by defining and giving the importance of:
· Hypothesis
· support or reject the hypothesis
· control group
· experimental group
· appropriate conclusions
· sample size and replications
· statistics
The student will be able to identify and use
· Meter stick
· Beakers and graduated cylinders– giving specific volumes
· Balance
The student will be able to measure using the metric system.
· Length in mm and cm (using a metric ruler)
· Volume in liter and ml (using a graduated cylinder)
· Mass in grams (using a balance)
· Temperature in Celsius (using a thermometer)
· Density
The student will know the parts of the microscope from the microscopes used in lab. The student will know the function and how to use each part:
· Ocular lenses (eyepiece) (10X)
· Arm
· Nosepiece
· Rotating nosepiece
· Objective lenses – identify power of each
· Stage
· Stage (slide) clips
· Mechanical stage
· Fine adjustment
· Coarse adjustment
· Base
· Power switch
· Substage light
· Condenser
· Iris diaphragm lever

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The student will identify why a given slide is not viewable.
The student will identify the proper way to store a microscope.
The student will be able to define
· Magnification
· Resolution
The student will be able to
· Determine the Total Magnification
· Compare field of view with different objective lens
· Compare and recognize a Dissecting and Compound microscope
Chemistry
The student will recognize molecular structure (diagram or model) for the following organic compunds:
· Carbohydrate (Glucose and glucose chains)
· Protein (identify an amino acid or chain of amino acid)
· Lipid (identify a fatty acid attached to a glycerol)
· DNA (model)
The student will know which compounds :
· Are Reducing sugars
· Have peptide bonds
· Have nitrogenous bases
· Contains ribose or deoxyribose
· Include monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides (starch & cellulose)
The student will know the difference between a positive control and a negative control.
The student will know which compound is tested with each of the following reagents and will identify the color change with a positive test:
· Biuret
· Iodine
· Benedicts
· Sudan IV
· Dische dephenylamine
The student will understand the pH scale and will be able to use indicator paper to detemine the pH of given solutions. The student will define:
· Neutral pH
· Acid (Strong and weak)
· Base (Strong and weak)
· Buffer

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The student will be able to define
· Cytology
· organelles
The student will be able to define and give the specific examples observed in lab:
v Symbol indicates specific examples
ë indicates student needs to recognize slide under microscope
· Prokaryotic cell
· Cyanobacteria
v Oscillatoria and Gloeocapsa
· Bacteria
v Lactobacillus
· Eukaryotic cell
· Protist (unicellular)
v ë Amoeba
v ë paramecium
· Plant cells
v Elodea
v potato
v Onion
· Animal cells
v Human epithelial cell
The student will identify the parts of a plant cell from models or diagrams and give a general function:
· Plasma membrane
· Cell wall (contains cellulose)
· Central vacuole
· Cytoplasm
· Endoplasmic reticulum (SER and RER)
· ë Chloroplast
· Stroma
· Thylakoid
· Granum
· Plasmodesmata
· mitochondrion
· Nucleus & Nuclear membrane (envelope)
· Nucleolus
· Plastid
· Amyloplasts
The student will identify the parts of an animal cell from models or diagrams and give a general function. The symbol ë indicates item should be recognized from a slide in addition to model or photo
· Plasma membrane
· Cytoplasm
· Endoplasmic reticulum (rough and smooth) RER & SER
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Ribosome
· Mitochondria
· cristae
· Golgi apparatus
· Lysosome
· Centrioles
· ëCilia – from microscope slide of paramecium
· ëNucleus
· Nuclear membrane (envelope)
· Nucleolus
· Chromatin
The student will be able to compare the shapes of amoeba and paramecium.
The student will know the general procedure for preparing a wet mount and will know the stain used with each structure/cell:
· 0.1% neutral red stain for onion cell nucleus
· Janus Green B and 7% sucrose for mitochondria in onion
· Iodine stain for Amyloplasts (plastids that store starch) in potato
· Methylene blue for human epithelial (cheek) cells
The student will define:
· Brownian movement
· Diffusion
· Selective permeability
· Solution
· Solute
· Solvent
The student will describe what happens to a cell placed in the following solutions:
· Hypotonic
· Hypertonic
· Isotonic
The student will identify the stages of the cell cycle on the starfish mitosis slides or allium root slide and cell models (Be able to place models in the correct order):
· Cytokinesis
· Interphase
· ëMitosis: Prophase,Metaphase,Anaphase,Telophase
The student will define the role of each of the following in the cell cycle:
· centromere
· mitotic spindle
· cleavage furrow
· cell plate

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ENZYMES, PHOTOSYNYTHESIS, AND RESPIRATION
The student will describe how an enzyme works and be able to describe and label
· active site of an enzyme
· substrate
· enzyme-substrate complex
· product
The student will understand how each of the following may affect enzyme activity:
· energy of activation
· effect of concentration of substrate
· effect of pH
· effect of temperature
· denaturation
The student will describe the reaction and how each enzyme was used in lab exercises:
· rennin
· catalase
· pectinase
The student will define
· photosynthesis
· equation= 6CO2 + 6H2O light & chorophyll C6H12O6 + 6O2
know each component of the equation for photosynthesis
The student will know the major contributions in
· light-dependent reactions
splits water to release oxygen, electrons, protons
· light-independent reactions
fixes carbon dioxide to sugar
The student will understand paper chromatography technique
· separates pigments
· identify the pigments
· yellow – xanthophylls
· yellow-orange – carotenes
· blue-green – chlorophyll a
· yellow green – chlorophyll b
· identify the plant source used in lab
· identify the solvent
· What determines how the pigments separate?
The student will explain how you could detemine if starch is being produced by leaves by describing the steps in the leaf experiment:
· Purpose of boiling in water
· Purpose of boiling in alcohol
· Iodine staining

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The student will explain cellular respiration by describing
· Aerobic
· Anaerobic
· ATP
· Glycolysis
· Citric acid cycle (Kreb’s cycle)
· Electron transport chain
· Aerobic Respiration Equation = C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP + heat
· Anaerobic Respiration in Plants and some microbes (fermentation)
· C6H12O6 2 Ethanol+ 2 CO2 + ATP + heat
· Anaerobic Respiration in Animals and some microbes (fermentation)
C6H12O6 2Lactic acid + ATP + heat
The student will understand how a respirometer was used to measure cellular respiration and describe how each were used or measured in the experiment:
· Yeast
· Sugars
· Carbon dioxide

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MEIOSIS, GENETICS,
THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
The student will define
· Meiosis
· Homologous chromosomes
· Diploid
· Haploid
· Gametes
· Sperm
· Egg or ovum
· Gonads
· Testes
· ovaries
The student will describe the major events in meiosis:
· Meiosis I
· Prophase I – homologous chromosomes pair, crossing over, diploid cell
· Metaphase I- spindles attach and chromosomes alligned
· Anaphase I – separate homologous chromosomes
· Telophase I – haploid cell, events as in mitosis
· Meiosis II
· Prophase II – spindle forms
· Metaphase II – sister chromatids allign
· Anaphase II- sister chromatids separate
· Telophase II- haploid cell, events as in mitosis
The student will describe the difference between mitosis and meiosis by determining if the following are in mitosis, meiosis, or both
· production of diploid cells
· production of haploid cells
· crossing-over
· DNA replication
· Homologous chromosomes pair
· Sister chromatids attached with centromere
· cytokinesis
The student will describe gametogenesis using the following terms :
· Spermatogenesis
· In seminiferous tubules of testes
· Spermatogonium is stem cell (diploid)
· to primary spermatocytes (diploid) Start Meiosis I, crossing over occurs here
· to secondary spermatocytes (haploid), end of Meiosis I with 2 cells each startins meiosis II
· to spermatids(haploid) – end of meiosis II
· Oogenesis
· In follicles of ovary
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Matured follicle is Graafian follicle and contains 1 secondary oocyte and 1 polar body
· Oogonium is stem cell (diploid)
· to primary oocyte (diploid) Start Meiosis I, crossing over occurs here
· to 1 secondary oocyte and first polar body (haploid), end of Meiosis I with 2 cells each start meiosis II
· to 1 ovum and 1 polar body (haploid) (also first polar body divides to 2 polar bodies) – end of meiosis II with 1 ovum and 3 polar bodies
· Gametogenesis in plants
· Flowering plants
· Anthers – pollen to produce male gametes
· Ovary – resulting spores produce ovule that produce female gametes
The student will describe fertilization using the following terms :
· Large ovum is cell to be fertilized by sperm
· 2 haploids join for new diploid cell = zygote
The student will define the following terms in genetics:
· Gregor Mendel
· Gene
· Alleles
· Genotype
· Phenoty[e
· Homozygous dominant
· Homozygous recessive
· Heterozygous
· F1 generation
· Monohybrid cross
· Dihybrid cross
· Incomplete dominance
· Lethal inheritance
The student will be able to work genetics problems using the Punnett Square.
The student will be able to determine the possible genotype of parents if given the offspring phenotype using
· albinism
· color of corn grains
· height of plants
· blood types using the ABO system
Be able to give the phenotype and genotype for the following human traits:
· widow’s peak
· bent pinky
· albinism
· pigmented iris
· attached earlobes
· hitchhiker’s thum
· interlacing fingers
· PTC tasting
· Middigital hair

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The student will be able to read a pedigree chart to determine the inheritance of a genetic disorder within a family and know the symbol for:
· Normal female and male
· Affected femal and male
· Reproductive partners
· Siblings
The student will understand the following terms related to the Human Genome Project::
· Genome
· Genetic map
· Loci
The student will turn in the answers to the following questions pertaining to the Human Genome Project as a take home question portion (25 points) of lab quiz #4:
· List the 6 goals of the project
· Name the 3 nonhuman organisms being studied
· How much did the US spend on this project in 1988 and in 2001?
· List 6 major categories of benefits from the project.
· What does ELSI stand for?
· List the 9 concerns arising from the new genetics that the project will study?
Turn in for 10 points on lab quiz #4:
· A genetic disorder
· Give the chromosome involved
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