Bio Lab Quiz 1

pH and microscope

What are the bases?

A T C G

What are protons also known as?

Hydrogen ions

How are protons charged?

positive

How are electrons charged?

negative

Donating a proton is similar to…

Accepting an electron

Accepting a proton or giving up an electron makes it…

more positively charged

Strong Acids

Some substances are so aggressive about donating their protons that all of the molecules in a sample will dump a proton

Strong Bases

So ready to accept a proton

Molecular ATM and can be acid or base

water

When acid and base go in water their effects can cancel out

Neutralization

pH

measure of concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution

pH scale

0-14, less than 7 acidic, more than 7 basic

Buffers

substances that help regulate pH by accepting or donating hydrogen ions in solution

Microorganisms or Microbes

living things that can only be seen under a microscope

Paramecium

unicellular eukaryotic cells in aquatic environments

Hydra

aquatic animals that produce through asexual production

Privet Leaf

a type of flowering plant

Spirogyra (Chloroplasts)

a type of multicellular algae with strand like structure

chloroplasts are in a helix/spiral

Rhizopus (Sporangia)

multicellular fungi with strand like strucutre

reproduce by forming spores inside spherical structures known as sporangia