BIOL-1409 Laboratory Exam 1 Review

Unit 1:  Lab Safety

• There are no questions from this Lab on the Lab Exam.

Unit 2: Taxonomy

• Apply Linnaean’s classification system to analyze relatedness.
• Explain how advances in taxonomy such as phylogenetics have changed the way organisms are classified.
• Compare and contrast binomial nomenclature and common names.

Unit 3: Bacteria & Archaea

• Identify characteristics of prokaryotes including morphology and energy production.
• Distinguish between prokaryotes that are autotrophic, heterotrophic and chemotrophic.
• Distinguish between prokaryotes based on their morphology including cocci, bacilli, and spirilla.
• Describe the structure of bacterial DNA.

Unit 4: Protista

• Describe the diversity and complexity of organisms classified under Protista.
• Compare and contrast protist motility including pseudopodia, cilia, and flagella.
• Distinguish between protists that are autotrophic, heterotrophic, and mixotrophic.
• Distinguish between filamentous forming and colony associating protists.

Unit 5: Plant Circulation

• Compare and contrast the structure and function of xylem and phloem in plant circulation.
• Hypothesize what factors affect transpiration rate.
• Explain the role water plays in transpiration.
• Compare and contrast transpiration with non-vascular water consumption.

Unit 6: Plant Reproduction

• Compare and contrast vascular and non-vascular plant reproduction.
• Compare and contrast structure and function of bisexual and unisexual plants including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
• Identify plants as non-seed forming and seed forming.
• Explain alternation of generations during a plant’s life cycle.
• Apply double fertilization to angiosperms.

Unit 7: Fungi

• Distinguish characteristics between the four major phyla of the fungi kingdom.
• Connect decomposers and saprophytes including hyphae and mycelium.
• Hypothesize why fungi have different and complex reproduction techniques including spores and dikaryon.
• Describe the commercial uses of fungi.

Unit 8: Laboratory Exam 1