Alex Fu

BISC 120 Lab Midterm Review

Lab Topic 1 The Microscope
Compound vs. stereo microscope

working distance, diameter of field, and light intensity are reduced as

manigication increases
wet-mount slides vs. fixed slides
Lab Topic 2 Scientific Investigation
Hypotheses can be falsified but never proved true

 Scientific method dependent vs independent variables

Level of treatment, controls, replication
Lab Topic 3 Evolution
Hardy-Weinberg principle
o Conditions:
1. Large population
2. No gene flow
3. No mutations
4. Random mating
5. No natural selection
o Factors that disrupt hardy-weinberg are called evolutionary
agents
Molecular clock hypothesis
Lab Topic 4 Animal Behavior
Learned vs. innate behaviors
Proximate causes of behavior (immediate physiological events) and
ultimate causes (adaptive value and evolutionary origin)
Taxis movt. Directly toward or away from a stimulus
Kinesis undirected, or random movement
o Increase in activity is a positive response
Agonistic behavior
Brine shrimp, pill bugs (like dark, moist environments), Siamese
fighting fish
Lab Topic 5 Bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria
(blue/purple)

Gram-negative bacteria
(pink)

Enterococcus faecalis

E. coli

Staphylococcus aureus

Salmonella
typhimurium

Staphylococcus
pneumoniae
Spherical (coccus)

Rod-shaped (bacillus)

S. pneumoniae
E. faecalis
S. aureus

S. typhimurium

Spiral-shaped
(spirillum)

Gram-positive bacteria
(blue/purple)

Gram-negative bacteria
(pink)

Enterococcus faecalis

E. coli

Staphylococcus aureus

Salmonella
typhimurium

Staphylococcus
pneumoniae
Spherical (coccus)
Rod-shaped (bacillus)
Spiral-shaped (vibrio, spirillum, spirochaeta)