bio lab

Reactants of cellular respiration

Glucose and oxygen

Products of cellular respiration

Carbon dioxide and water

Organelle where cellular respiration occurs

Mitochondrion

Nickname for mitochondria

Powerhouse of the cell

Living vegetable used in respiration lab

Peas or beans

Chemical used to absorb carbon dioxide

Potassium hydroxide (KOH)

Two water bath temperatures used in respiration lab

Ice water and room temperature

Instrument used to measure oxygen consumption

Respirometer

What equilibrates before respirometers are submerged

Temperature

What equilibrates after respirometers are submerged

Pressure

Water bath with greater respiration

Room temperature

Respirometer setup with greatest respiration

Germinating peas or beans

What respiration releases from glucose bonds

Energy

Molecule that stores energy released during respiration

ATP

Basis of biological classification

Common characteristics or features

Classification levels from least to most inclusive

Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain

Mnemonic device

A learning technique that helps with memory retention and retrieval

Number of kinds of organisms in a single species

One

Binomial nomenclature

Two-word naming system for organisms

Scientist who developed binomial nomenclature

Carl Linnaeus

Two parts of a scientific name

Genus first, species second

Formatting of scientific names

Both words are italicized

Dichotomous identification key

Tool used to identify organisms and determine their scientific names

Meaning of dichotomous

Divided into two parts

Starting point when identifying a new organism using a dichotomous key

The first pair of characteristics