Biology Lab

how do you spell a scientific name correctly?

Italicize the genus and species and capitalize only the first letter of the genus

What do we use benedict’s test for?

to detect the presence of reducing sugars

The colors Blue and Red for Benedicts test mean

Red = High amount of reducing sugars Blue = No Sugars

Sucroses Color will stay what? in Benedicts Test

Blue

What is the IKI test for?

Detects the presence of starch

In the IKI test the colors Yellow and Blue indicate

Yellow / Amber / Brown = No starch presence

Blue/ Deep blue/ Black = Starch is present

The Biuret test detects

Proteins

The Biuret tests colors of Pale Blue and Violet/ Purple Indicate

Pale Blue is Negative Violet Purple Is Positive

What type of kingdom is yeast?

Kingdom Fungi

Is the hydra a plant or animal?

It is a animal a relative of a jellyfish belonging to the phylum cnidara

prokaryotic cells are always

single celled

Eukaryotic cells are

Single celled and multicellular

Prokaryotic cells have no

internal walls or compartments

Eukaryotic cells contain

a nucleus. all animals plants hydra fungi and protist

The order of taxonomic Hierarchy starting from broad to most specific is

Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

An acronym for the taxonomic hierarchy is

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