Experimental by 'design'
Deep impact
Don't sweat the technique
On structure and function
Words you should know!
100
This graphical ornament explains the variation of the data around the sampling mean
What are standard deviation or standard error bars?
100
A common metric using family names to determine how impacted a lake might be
What is FBI or Family Biotic Index
100
The use of a biological organism to determine toxicity of an element or compound
What is a bioassay
100
This plant cell structure prevents cells from lysing when placed in a solution that is hypotonic relative to the cell contents
What is the cell wall
100
Pressure placed on semi-permeable membrane due to different solute concentrations between two adjacent solutions
What is osmotic pressure
200
This hypothesis states that all hypotheses are subject to be 'untrue', and thus we can never truly 'prove' anything to be true
What is the falsification hypothesis
200
Specialized agar used to isolate E. coli bacteria from infected waters
What is MacConkey Agar
200
A device that measures transpiration rates
What is a potometer
200
These cells regulating the opening and closing of the stomata
What are the guard cells
200
The most repeated number in a list of numeric values
What is the mode
300
This hypothesis is an indication that in a given experiment the 'treatment' had no effect on the response variable
What is the null hypothesis
300
Element of which diatoms are primarily composed
What is silica
300
The process of culturing bacteria or other living micro-organism at a specific temperature range
What is incubation
300
Calcium ions attach to this structure causing it to change shape and expose the myosin binding site
What is troponin
300
The 'C' in CAM plants
What is Carassulacean
400
This is the part of the experiment used to compare the 'treatment' groups to, to determine the size of the effect (if any)
What is the control group
400
Gram designation of E. coli
What is Gram negative
400
The process of producing ethanol and carbon dioxide in anaerobic conditions
What is fermentation
400
Part of the plant cell where secondary compounds are primary stored
What is the vacuole
400
The home country of your favorite TA
What is Trinidad and Tobago
500
Short paragraph at the beginning of a written manuscript summarizing the entire experiment, its results and implications
What is the abstract
500
Mode(s) of reproduction of diatoms
What is sexual and asexual
500
Process by which agar is 'infected' with an extremely small sample of bacteria for the future growth of a colony
What is innoculation
500
Competition that takes place within a species
What is Intra-specific competition
500
This is referred to as the basic unit of muscle
What is the sarcomere
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