BSC 111 Lab Exam-1

Evolution

Change in characteristics over a period of time.

How does natural selection contribute to evolution?

Organisms more adapted to the environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success.

Necessary components of natural selection

Struggle for existence, variation, and inheritance.

Positive selection

An allele favored by natural selection

Negative selection

Removal of an allele NOT favored by natural selection

Taxonomic levels (most to least inclusive)

Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species

“Did King Philip Come Over For Good Soup?”

Binomial Nomenclature

Divided by genus and then species.

Genus must be capitalized. Species is lowercase. Latin root words and is either underlined or italicized.

Three domains of life and their characteristics

-Bacteria: Peptidoglycan cell wall, prokaryotic, single-celled
-Archaea: Prokaryotic, single-celled,
-Eukarya: Eukaryotic, multicellular,

Evolutionary changes demonstrated by the organisms within the Volvocine line

Increases in complexity of colonies, increased contact between cells of colonies

Differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Prokaryotes: No true nucleus, unicellular, asexual reproduction, no membrane bound organelles

Eukaryotes: True nucleus, multicellular, sexual (and asexual) reproduction, membrane bound organelles

Most prokaryotes are not _, and many engage in _ relationships with other organisms

pathogenic, mutualistic

Extremophile

Organisms that live in extreme conditions

Autotroph

Organism able to form their own food for energy from carbon. Undergoes photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

Heterotroph

Eats other organisms for energy.

Binary Fission

Asexual reproduction by separation of the body.

Anaerobic

Doesn’t need oxygen.

Three common shapes of bacteria

Oil immersion technique- why is it used?

To increase the resolving power/magnification of the microscope by immersing both the lens and specimen in the oil.

Difference between a wet mount slide and a prepared slide

Wet mount: Live specimen with a drop of water. Not permanent.

Prepared slide: Already has been made and is preserved using chemicals. Permanent.

Gram stain (interpret)

Purple = Gram positive (thick peptidoglycan)

Pink/red = Gram negative (thin peptidoglycan)

Nitrogen fixing bacteria and their importance to plants

Transforms atmospheric nitrogen into fixed nitrogen. Has a symbiotic relationship with plants by living in root nodules and providing nitrogen to plant. Plant supplies carbon to bacteria.

What are cyanobacteria

Bacteria capable of oxygenic photosynthesis. Releases oxygen and uses water.

What does Oscillatoria look like?

What does Nostoc look like?

What does Gloeoclaspa look like?

How does a bacterial sensitivity plate work?

Shows the growth versus no growth of an organism.

What can be learned from measuring zone of inhibition?

Determines the organism’s ability to grow and survive with certain nutrients.

Why are protists no longer classified as a kingdom

Protists themselves don’t have much in common with each other.

Protists are all _, but they posses a great diversity of other _

Eukaryotes, characteristics

How protists gain nutrition

Algae: by photosynthesis

Protozoa: by phagocytosis

How some protists defend themselves

Fast movement, release of toxins, presence of cellulose or silica walls, etc.

Algae are distinguished by their cellular organization

-Unicellular

-Filamentous

-Colonial

Three most common methods of movement among single-celled protists

-Cilia (little hairs)

-Flagella

-Pseudopodia

Photosynthetic algae

Green algae (Volvox), diatoms (silica cell walls), dinoflagellates (Peridinium/red tides), euglenoids (Euglena)

Green Algae under microscope

Volvox (circles within a circle), chlamyodomona (circle), spirogyra (spirals within a line)

Diatom under microscope

Little jewels!

Peridinium under microscope

Euglena under microscope

Heterotrophic prozoa

-Amoebas: amoeba (false arms)

-Flagellates: Trypanosoma (parasitic)

-Ciliates: Paramecium (capable of conjugation and binary fission)

-Plasmodium (cause of malaria- moves by cilia)

Amoeba under microscope

Trypanosoma under microscope

Paramecium under microscope

Plasmodium under microscope

General characteristics of fungi

Eukaryotes, reproduce by spores, heterotrophic

Ecological and economic role of fungi

Ecological: can be a decomposer
Economic: Includes the production of cheese, beer, mushroom

Generalized life cycle of fungi

Absorptive heterotrophs

Feeds externally by digesting organic matter and then absorbing the nutrients

Saprotrophs

Eats decaying matter

Parts of a fungi

Hyphae: Branching filaments
Mycelium: Consists of hyphae
Chitin: Exoskeleton or inner skeleton of most fungi
Sporangia: Makes and stores spores
Spores: Reproductive

Phylum Zygomycota (sexual vs asexual)

What mycorrhizae are

Symbiotic relationship between fungus and plant.

Fungus attaches to the root of plants and become an extension of the plant’s root system. The fungi gets nutrients from the plant while the plant gains more nutrients.

What lichen is

Symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae.

The fungus attaches to the log or rock, and absorbs nutrients while the algae uses the nutrients absorbed to photosynthesize.

Three shapes of lichens

Identify the conidiophores produced by Penicillium

Identify the budding cells in Saccharomyces

Recognize the structures involved in sexual reproduction in Peziza

the eight ascospores in the ascus in the ascocarp

Recognize the structures in sexual reproduction in Coprinus

the four
basidiospores produces in the basidium within the gills of the basidiocarp

Symbiotic relationships

Diagram of a mushroom (part 2)

Basidiocarp: Fruiting body in which sexually produced spores are formed on the surface of.