Lab Final Study Guide PDF

Lab Final Study Guide You will be tested on the following: The exam is a mixture of fill in the blank, some multiple choice and calculations. The 100 point test is split into 3 taxonomy parts, 1 calculation and statistics part, 1 lab information and data analysis part. TAXONOMY -- MICROBES (labs...

Lab Final Study Guide You will be tested on the following: The exam is a mixture of fill in the blank, some multiple choice and calculations. The 100 point test is split into 3 taxonomy parts, 1 calculation and statistics part, 1 lab information and data analysis part. TAXONOMY -- MICROBES (labs 2, 3, 4), PLANTS (lab 5), ANIMALS (labs 8, 10, 11) - Organisms from the semester from kingdom, superphylum, phylum, or class -- in the exam you will be given the species name and/or picture and you will need to be able to fill in the blank - Synapomorphies/Unique characteristics for all the organisms from this semester CALCULATIONS AND STATISTICS Calculation of descriptive statistics using excel (lab 1) Calculation of t-tests using excel (lab 1) Calculation of ANOVA using excel (lab 11) Identifying and understanding significance of p values (lab 1) Hypothesis testing using t-tests (labs 1 & 3) Hypothesis testing using ANOVA (lab 11) Factor conversion between mm and μm (labs 1 & 2) Factor conversion between mm^2^ and m^2^ (lab 7) Microscope field of view calculations and total magnification (lab 2) Calculation of Shannon Diversity Indices (formulas given) (lab 4) LAB INFORMATION Reading scientific literature (introduction only) (lab 1) Microscope parts (lab 2) Microscope etiquette usage (lab 2) Microorganisms shapes (labs 2 & 3) Staining (labs 2 & 3) Plant Cell and tissue types (lab 6) Floral, root and stem parts (lab 6) Identifying flower and leaf types (lab 6) Plant physiology involved in transpiration (lab 7) Animal tissue types, body plans, symmetry, segmentation and embryo development (lab 8) Animal reproductive systems (lab 9) Vertebrate circulatory and respiratory systems (lab 11) DATA ANALYSIS Interpreting Shannon Diversity Indices (lab 4) Interpreting transpiration graphs (lab 7) Understanding the flow of water in a plant (lab 7) Interpreting allometric graphs (lab 10)