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Daily Journal Activities |
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September |
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PROMPT |
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10 Sep 09 |
What is the minimum sample size for IB lab?
What are "levels" of a MV?
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11 Sep 09 |
A biologist studied algae samples growing
under three levels of a MV compared to a
control group. Assuming a sample size of 5
and a total of two replicates, how many
algae samples were needed?
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15 Sep 09 |
What does the mean tell you about a data
set? The median? The range?
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16 Sep 09 |
What is measurement uncertainty?
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17 Sep 09 |
What is the measurement and uncertainty of
this liquid?
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18 Sep 09 |
What does a small standard deviation say
about a set of data?
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21 Sep 09 |
What can be concluded by reading this graph
(species richness vs. history)?
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24 Sep 09 |
What data analysis will you need to complete
for your bean lab data?
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25 Sep 09 |
List four different types of graphs (i.e.
bar graph...) |
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28 Sep 09 |
For each graph type, describe the type of
data that it can depict:
Pie
Bar
Line
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29 Sep 09 |
Explain what this graph shows:
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October |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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01 Oct 09 |
Complete these sentences:
1.The ________ is the smallest unit of life.
2.All living things are made of _________.
3.All _______ come from other ________.
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06 Oct 09 |
Tape in the diagram of the prokaryotic cell
shapes and label each example with the
correct name based on its shape.
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07 Oct 09 |
Draw examples of:
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Diplococcus
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Staphylococcus
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Streptobacillus
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Spirllum
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08 Oct 09 |
List three differences between prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells
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19 Oct 09 |
List 10 organisms with eukaryotic cells.
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21 Oct 09 |
From a diagram or
photograph of a cell, how can you tell if
the cell is from a plant or an animal? |
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22 Oct 09 |
What does the preface “endo” mean? What
does the preface “exo” mean?
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23 Oct 09 |
List at least 4 differences between
saturated and unsaturated fatty acids tails
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26 Oct 09 |
As a cell increases in
size, its amount of cytoplasm (volume)
__________ and its amount of cell membrane
(surface area) ______________. However the
amount of surface area compared to the
amount of volume does not
__________________.
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November |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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02 Nov 09 |
NEW QUARTER
Describe the structure of the atom.
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05 Nov 09 |
What does it mean to say a molecule is
polar? What causes water to be polar?
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06 Nov 09 |
Why is water polar?
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09 Nov 09 |
What is the monomer of a polysaccharide? In
what type of chemical reaction are monomers
joined together to form a polysaccharide.
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10 Nov 09 |
Draw the condensation reaction that creates
maltose.
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12 Nov 09 |
What the heck is a lipid?
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13 Nov 09
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Draw a fatty acid with four carbons and a
glycerol. Then, show how they would combine
through a condensation reaction
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17 Nov 09
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Why should we care about learning the
structure and function of DNA?
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18 Nov 09 |
Draw a DNA nucleotide.
Show the locations of carbons 1 and 3 of the
deoxyribose.
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30 Nov 09 |
What does it mean to "extract" DNA? |
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December |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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02 Dec 09 |
According to the IB
Organization, what is the minimum number of
levels of the MV you should include in a
lab? What is the minimum numbers of trials
for each level of the MV?
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08 Dec 09 |
How could your DNA extraction lab data be
processed? Presented?
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09 Dec 09 |
What must be done to DNA before it can be
run through an electrophoresis gel?
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10 Dec 09 |
What is a restriction enzyme? Where are
they naturally found? What do they do?
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14 Dec 09 |
What cause different bands of DNA on an
electrophoresis gel? What makes the DNA in
those bands different from each other?
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16 Dec 09 |
If I want to measure 53 uL of a liquid,
which of the following pipettes should I
use?
A.
0.5-10
B.
10-100
C.
2-20
D.
100-1000
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January |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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06 Jan 10 |
What are four reasons a cell might go
through mitosis?
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07 Jan 10 |
Describe what the cell asks itself at the G1
checkpoints in the cell cycle
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11 Jan 10 |
Compare the structure and function of polar
and kinetochore microtubules.
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13 Jan 10 |
Why do you think an onion root tip is often
used for viewing cells in mitosis?
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14 Jan 10 |
What are four of the rules for lab drawing?
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15 Jan 10 |
How can you tell the difference between a
cell in interphase and a cell in prophase
when viewing cells under the microscope. |
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26 Jan 10 |
NEW QUARTER
Why must a cell replicate its DNA?
When in the cell cycle does DNA replication
take place?
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27 Jan 10 |
What limitation does DNA polymerase III have
that causes replication to be different on
the leading and lagging strands?
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28 Jan 10 |
List the enzymes involved in DNA replication
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February |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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02 Feb 10 |
How to cancer cells behave at the cell cycle
checkpoints?
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03 Feb 10 |
List 5 sources of mutations that might cause
a cell to become cancerous.
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04 Feb 10 |
In what way is an onco-gene like a "sticky"
accelerator peddle in a Toyota car/truck?
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05 Feb 10 |
What are the four major type of biological
macromolecule? Why might we study DNA
before learning about proteins?
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08 Feb 10
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What is a gene? |
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09 Feb 10 |
List two roles of RNA polymerase during
transcription.
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10 Feb 10 |
During transcription, the RNA is made in a
____ to ____ direction.
During transcription, the DNA template
strand is read in a _____ to _____
direction.
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11 Feb 10 |
Why does the cell make RNA from DNA? What
is the second step of protein synthesis
(after transcription…)?
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12 Feb 10 |
In what type of cells does RNA processing
happen? Why does it happen?
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22 Feb 10 |
List three events that happen during RNA
processing.
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23 Feb 10 |
How does this image of a hand held language
converter relate to our class? To what
cellular structure is the device analogous?
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24 Feb 10 |
List the function of each of the following
during translation:
Ribosome
mRNA
tRNA
Amino acid
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25 Feb 10 |
What is missing from
this diagram? |
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26 Feb 10 |
What is the function of amino-acyl tRNA
synthase?
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March |
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DATE |
PROMPT |
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01 Mar 10 |
What is the monomer of a protein?
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02 Mar 10 |
Draw a generalized amino acid and label the
amine group, the carboxyl group and the
alpha carbon.
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03 Mar 10 |
Draw a generalized dipeptide. Label the
amino terminus, the carboxyl terminus and
the peptide bond.
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04 Mar 10 |
List the types of bonding found at each
level of protein structure.
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08 Mar 10 |
Describe what is
happening in this diagram: |
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09 Mar 10 |
What kind of bond will a positively and
negatively charged amino acid form when they
attract each other as a protein folds?
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