Name the Equipment
Balance It Out
It's In My Genes
Plan It! Report It!
Stuck In the Cell
100
What is a graduated cylinder?
100
The term for the process that keeps the body’s internal environment stable despite external changes.
What is homeostasis?
100
These two base pairs always match up in a DNA molecule.
What is adenine and thymine?
What is cytosine and guanine?
100
You’re measuring the temperature change in a reaction. Name one piece of equipment you would use and explain why.
What is a thermometer because it measures temperature?
100
This part of a eukaryotic cell contains genetic material and controls the cell's activities.
What is a nucleus?
200
What is a bunsen burner?
200
This part of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
200
These are different forms of the same gene and can be dominant or recessive.
What are alleles?
200
In an experiment measuring the effect of light on plant growth, name the independent and dependent variables, and give one way to control another variable.
What is
Independent = light intensity
Dependent = plant growth
Control = same type of plant or same amount of water
200
This cell has no nucleus and is shaped like a disc to carry oxygen efficiently through the blood.
What is a red blood cell?
300
What is a pipette dispensing 1000ul/ 1ml.
300
Explain how an endocrine signal decreases blood glucose.
What is the pancreas secreting insulin then insulin will induce the liver to store glucose in the form of glycogen.
300
A child inherits one dominant and one recessive allele. What is the genotype called, and what does it mean for their appearance?
What is heterozygous; the dominant trait is usually expressed in the phenotype?
300
Name three features that should be included in a well-constructed data table.
What are table headings, units, ascending order of independent variables?
300
This plant organ carries water and mineral salts from the roots to the rest of the plant.
What is the xylem?
400
A lab equipment that allows you to incubate liquids at various temperatures.
What is a water bath?
400
Give one major difference in speed, method of communication, and duration of response between the nervous and endocrine systems.
Nervous = fast, uses electrical impulses, response is short-lived;
Endocrine = slower, uses hormones in the blood, response is longer-lasting
400
Two heterozygous tall pea plants (Tt) are crossed. What is the phenotypic ratio of tall to short offspring? Use a genetic diagram to support your answer.
What is 3 tall : 1 short?
400
A student finds one result that doesn’t match the pattern on their graph. What is this called, and how should they deal with it when calculating an average?
What is an anomalous result, and it should be excluded from the average?
400
What process is driven by the loss of water vapour from the leaves of a plant?
What is transpiration?
500
This experiment will require the use of a petri dish, incubator, sterile swab and microscope.
What is a bacterial growth lab?
500
Describe two ways the body responds to a drop in temperature.
What is the body will shiver and vasorestrict in the extremeties to increase core body temperature?
500
A mutation changes one base in a DNA sequence. Name three possible effects this could have on an organism. (Provide examples with your answer)
What is harmful change (cancer), beneficial change (disease resistance) and no effect (change eye color)?
500
After an investigation, a student concludes that temperature affects enzyme activity. What two things should they do to evaluate their conclusion and method?
What is:
Check if the data supports the hypothesis, and
Suggest improvements to the method or how to extend the investigation?
500
In multicellular organisms, what is the correct order of organisation, starting from cells?
What is cells → tissues → organs → organ systems?