Biology Lab Practical 1

Front 1

How to write a scientific name

Back 1

1. Genus (designates the group the organism belongs to and is Capitalized)
2. Specific Epithet (kind of organism within a genus. It is lowercase)
3. should be written in italics or underlined
4. If used more than once first write out full name then can abbreviate by first letter of genus followed by species
ex. H. sapiens

Front 2

Five kingdoms

Back 2

1. monera (backteria and blue/green algae)
2. protista (protozoas, slime molds, etc)
3. fungi (fungi/mushrooms)
4. animalies (multicelled animals)
5. plantae (multicelled plants)

Front 3

Domains

Back 3

1. Bacteria (monera only)
2. Archae (monera only)
3. Eukarya (all kingdoms except monera)

Front 4

basic units in metric system

Back 4

1. meter (linear measurement)
2. liter (volume measurement)
3. gram (weight measurement)

Front 5

Prefixes

Back 5

1. kilo - k (X 1000 or 10^3)
2. hecto - h (X 100 or 10^2)
3. deca - dk (X 10 or 10^1)
4. BASE (1 or 10^0)
5. deci - d (/10 or 10^-1)
6. centi - c (/100 or 10^-2)
7. milli - m (/1000 or 10^-3)
8. micro - u (/1,000,000 or 10^-6)

Front 6

water boils
human body temp
water freezes
room temp

Back 6

boil - 100° C (212°F)
body temp - 37°C (98.6°F)
freeze - 0°C (32°F)
room temp - 23°C

Front 7

Light in a microscope

Back 7

low power usually requires much less light than high power objective.

Front 8

Parts and functions of a microscope

Back 8

1. eye piece - magnifying lens u look into (ocular)
2. objective lenses - interchangeable magnifying lenses
3. revolving nose piece - mounting for objective lens
4. condenser lens & diaphram - focuses light onto the slide, controls light intensity
5. mechanical stage adjusters - move the slide on the stage
6. coarse focus - to focus quickly, never used w/ high power
7. fine focus - to make small adjustments in focus

Front 9

test for simple sugars

Back 9

Benedict's test

Front 10

test for starch

Back 10

IKI test

Front 11

test for proteins

Back 11

Biuret Test