BIO 101 LAB MIDTERM UNC
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Avogadro's number.
Answer: number of representative particles in a mole, 6.02 X 10^23
◍ what was catalyzed in the catalase lab.
Answer: hydrogen peroxide was catalyzed and it formed oxygen and water
◍ acids.
Answer: compounds that form hydrogen ions when dissolved in water
◍ Diatoms, which are found in the Supergroup Chromalveolata, contain what
glass-like substance?.
Answer: Silica
◍ Which of the following is not a form of passive transport?.
Answer: Pinocytosis
◍ lipids are.
Answer: hydrophobic
◍ Elodea, Volvox, Human Epithelium, Euglena, Paramecium, Amoeba.
Answer: CELLS WE SHOULD KNOW AND RECOGNIZE
◍ negative control.
Answer: Control group where conditions produce a negative outcome.
Negative control groups help identify outside influences which may be
present that were not accounted for when the procedure was created.
◍ magnification.
, Answer: An increase in the apparent size of an object
◍ what did we do in lab #9?.
Answer: We added solutions to sheep's blood to see if the blood would be
isotonic hypotonic or hypertonic.
◍ How does a phototroph feed itself?.
Answer: energy from light
◍ sprillia.
Answer: spiral shaped bacteria
◍ surface area is.
Answer: area of the cell that is in direct contact with its environment
◍ order of the solutions that you would use to Gram stain a bacteria..
Answer: Primary dye- crystal violetIodineDecolorizer- alcoholCounterstain-
safranin
◍ A red blood cell in an isotonic solution would.
Answer: not change
◍ what domains are prokaryotes.
Answer: Bacteria and Archaea
◍ independent variable.
Answer: variable that is manipulated (x-axis)
◍ during the catalase lab, the enzyme used was ___________..
Answer: catalase and it was extracted from the potato extract.
◍ Sudan IV Test.
Answer: tests for lipids
◍ hypertonic.
Answer: when comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater
concentration of solutes
◍ double covalent bond.
Answer: a bond in which two atoms share two pairs of electrons
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Avogadro's number.
Answer: number of representative particles in a mole, 6.02 X 10^23
◍ what was catalyzed in the catalase lab.
Answer: hydrogen peroxide was catalyzed and it formed oxygen and water
◍ acids.
Answer: compounds that form hydrogen ions when dissolved in water
◍ Diatoms, which are found in the Supergroup Chromalveolata, contain what
glass-like substance?.
Answer: Silica
◍ Which of the following is not a form of passive transport?.
Answer: Pinocytosis
◍ lipids are.
Answer: hydrophobic
◍ Elodea, Volvox, Human Epithelium, Euglena, Paramecium, Amoeba.
Answer: CELLS WE SHOULD KNOW AND RECOGNIZE
◍ negative control.
Answer: Control group where conditions produce a negative outcome.
Negative control groups help identify outside influences which may be
present that were not accounted for when the procedure was created.
◍ magnification.
, Answer: An increase in the apparent size of an object
◍ what did we do in lab #9?.
Answer: We added solutions to sheep's blood to see if the blood would be
isotonic hypotonic or hypertonic.
◍ How does a phototroph feed itself?.
Answer: energy from light
◍ sprillia.
Answer: spiral shaped bacteria
◍ surface area is.
Answer: area of the cell that is in direct contact with its environment
◍ order of the solutions that you would use to Gram stain a bacteria..
Answer: Primary dye- crystal violetIodineDecolorizer- alcoholCounterstain-
safranin
◍ A red blood cell in an isotonic solution would.
Answer: not change
◍ what domains are prokaryotes.
Answer: Bacteria and Archaea
◍ independent variable.
Answer: variable that is manipulated (x-axis)
◍ during the catalase lab, the enzyme used was ___________..
Answer: catalase and it was extracted from the potato extract.
◍ Sudan IV Test.
Answer: tests for lipids
◍ hypertonic.
Answer: when comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater
concentration of solutes
◍ double covalent bond.
Answer: a bond in which two atoms share two pairs of electrons
