Lab Safety & Practice
Sickle Cell
Genes and Proteins
Unit Conversions & Percent Error
Lab Methods
100

This personal protective equipment protects your eyes from chemicals.

Goggles

100

This kind of mutation causes sickle cell (the type of mutation)

Point / Substitution

100

Proteins are made here.

Ribosomes

100

This many milliliters is in 1 liter.

1000

100

This micropipette would provide the MOST accurate measurement of 18 microliters.

p20

200

Mistakes in a lab notebook should be corrected by drawing a _____ line through the error.

single

200

A mutation in what amino acid causes sickle cell?

Glutamine

200

This amino acid is a result of GCU.

Alanine

200

This many microliters are in 1 milliliter.

1000 µL

200

This piece of equipment is used to measure volume in mL (milliliters).

Serological Pipettes

300

Controls are used in experiments to ensure that results are ______.

valid

300

Glutamine changes to what amino acid, causing sickle cell?

Valine

300

A protein is made up of this kind of chain.

Polypeptide

300

0.5 liters equals this many milliliters.

500 mL

300
This is true of DNA bands that appear at the same distance from the wells on a gel.

They're similar in size.

400

This item provides a permanent scientific record.

A lab notebook.

400

Sickle cell is related to this gene.

Hemoglobin

400

This idea describes the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to Protein.

The Central Dogma

400

0.002 liters equals this many microliters.

2,000 µL

400

We did this activity to show how microbial communities grow on surfaces.

Biofilm Assay
500

Good laboratory practice is meant to ensure what four things? Need to say all 4.

Accuracy, Reproducibility, Safety, Integrity of Data

500

What is the primary difference between Valine and Glutamine?


Glutamine is ______ while Valine is _______.

Glutamine is hydrophilic while Valine is hydrophobic.

500

This trait of amino acids directly impacts how the protein folds / its shape.

Whether the amino acid is hydrophobic or hydrophilic.

500

500 microliters is expected to weigh this many grams.

0.5g

500

This lab technique is used for amplifying DNA.

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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