Biology 1100 Study Guide for Lab Exam #2

For each lab, you are expected to have read the lab manual and know the procedures. You had answered the questions for each lab, and made any corrections during discussion at the end of the lab, so be familiar with those questions.

Some of the main concepts for each lab are listed below.

• Respiration: relationships between respiration and metabolism; role of CO₂, O₂, glucose, water, carbonic acid, energy molecules, pH indicator (Answer Key)
  
  
• DNA - The Master Molecule: DNA and RNA structure, DNA replication, transcription, translation, mutations (Answer Key)
  
  
• Human Genetics: alleles and inheritance, codominance and incomplete dominance, sex linkage, genotype and phenotype ratios (Answer Key)
  
  
• Cell Reproduction: animal and plant mitosis and meiosis, stages of mitosis, tetrads and genetic recombination; slide identification (Answer Key)
  
  
• Estimating Population Size: mark and recapture procedure, carrying capacity, estimating population size (Answer Key)
  
  
• Behavior of Plants and Animals: tropism, taxis, innate, reflex, and learned bahavior (Answer Key)