Population Density Lab NOTE: You will need a TI-83 or 84 graphing calculator for this lab. If you don’t own one, try to borrow one. If you cannot borrow one, there are free TI-83 calculator downloads online here: http://education.ti.com/en/us/software/details/en/480DF008128C49DDA5E882E76CE9C8B2/swti83plussdk Although density is usually an important population characteristic in ecological studies, […]

Exercise 1: Hanging-drop and wet-mount preparations 1. How does true motility differ from Brownian movement?2. What morphological structure is responsible for bacterial motility?3. Why is a wet preparation discarded in disinfectant solution or biohazard container?4. What is the value of a hanging-drop preparation?5. What is the value of a wet-mount […]

For the purposes of this question, you should assume that there are 4 weeks in a month. A 60 kg person plays soccer (friendly game) for an hour 6 days a week. What is the potential weight gain that could result just from stopping that activity for 10 months? Enter […]

1) All Protist were once classified in a single kingdom called Protist, but today this classification has been abandoned. Are Protist a monophyletic group? Explain. What do they have in common? 2) Protist exhibit remarkable diversity regarding cell structure, ways of obtaining food, oxygen requirement, movement etc. Choose two organisms […]