Assignment: Plagiarism, Scientific Method and Microscopy

Assignment: Plagiarism, Scientific Method and Microscopy

Assignment: Plagiarism, Scientific Method and Microscopy

Exams may include short answer, essay, true/false, matching and multiple-choice questions. You have 70 minutes to finish it. The exam start at 12:30pm March.2 ( New York Time) So you must have available time at 12:30pm.

study guide:

Plagiarism, Scientific Method, and Microscopy

Know key concepts related to plagiarism including: What is plagiarism? What is an internal citation? What is a works cited page? What is “common knowledge”? What is a “unique phrase”?

Know the steps of the scientific method

Be able to define and create a hypothesis

Know the difference between a theory and a hypothesis

• Make sure you are able to identify the parts of the compound and dissecting scopes.
• Be able to calculate magnification.
• Understand the ecological role that cyanobacteria play. For example, be able to explain the symbiotic relationships they can form and their role as nitrogen cyclers, including the specialized cells that they possess to perform nitrogen fixation
• Know the gram staining process, the chemicals used, and the differences between gram-positive and gram negative bacteria
• Understand what makes prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells different
• Know what bacterial cell wall composition

Prokaryotes

Phylogeny and Evolution

Know what a phylogenetic tree is and how to distinguish monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic trees

Understand the concepts of natural selection and genetic drift

• Understand the differences between convergent and divergent evolution.
• You should also be able to identify how these organisms feed, move (if motile), and key characteristics
  • Example: Euglena sp. Euglenas are both autotrophic and heterotrophic move using their flagellum unique characteristic would be the stigma a colored eyespot near the base of the flagellum.
• Identify: if the plant is a vascular vs. nonvascular, what is the dominate stage, seed or non-seed bearing.
• Know the specialized adaptations that make it possible for plant life to exist in the terrestrial environment

Protists

Be able to identify and define the key unifying characteristics of the supergroups covered in lab.

• Understand the ecological role that protists play. For example, the role that diatoms play as carbon cyclers or the role seaweeds plays as key primary producers in marine habitats.
• Be able to identify the organisms seen in lab by their genus and know what phylum/supergroup and domainthey belong to. Know the terms in bold within this section
  • Example: Volvox sp. Genus: Volvox Supergroup: Archaeplastida Domain: Eukarya

Seedless and Seed Plants

Make sure you know the difference between the sporophyte and gametophyte generations in mosses, know the dominant generations of nonvascular and vascular seedless plants, and whether they are haploid or diploid

Understand and be able to label the basic model of alternation of generations

Be able to identify and name asexual and sexual reproductive structures of plants

Understand the process by which plants produce energy

oBe able to identify the structures used in this process

oBe able to explain the function of the structures used in this process