Biomedical Sciences PLTW EOC Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

Biomedical Sciences PLTW EOC Exam
Questions with Complete Solutions
Biomedical Sciences - ANSWER-The application of the principles of the natural
sciences, especially biology and physiology, to clinical medicine.

Processing a Crime Scene - ANSWER-5 parts include photography, sketch, interview,
collect evidence, and examine/analyze evidence.

Forensic Entemology - ANSWER-The use of insects and bugs to determine when a
person died

Livor Mortis - ANSWER-The discoloration of the skin due to the pooling of blood in the
dependent parts of the body following death.

Rigor Mortis - ANSWER-The body becomes rigid after death due muscles tensing up
from the lack of ATP, which typically causes them to relax

Algor Mortis - ANSWER-The temperature lost in a dead body

What is Glaister Equation used for? - ANSWER-The equation used to determine time of
death.

What is Glaister Equation? - ANSWER-

Control Group - ANSWER-The group in an experiment where the independent variable
being tested is not applied so that it may serve as a standard for comparison against the
experimental group where the independent variable is applied.

Dependent Variable - ANSWER-The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which
the research is interested

Experiment - ANSWER-A research study conducted to determine the effect that one
variable has upon another variable

Forensic Science - ANSWER-The application of scientific knowledge to questions of
civil and criminal law

Hypothesis - ANSWER-Clear prediction of the anticipated results of an experiment

Independent Variable - ANSWER-The variable that is varied or manipulated by the
researcher

, 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.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - ANSWER-Specialized clothing or equipment,
worn by an employee for protection against infectious materials (as defined by OSHA)

Positive Control - ANSWER-Group expected to have a positive result, allowing the
researcher to show that the experimental setup was capable of being produced

Adenine - ANSWER-A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in
DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a purine base. Bonds with Thymine.

Chromsome - ANSWER-Any of the usually linear bodies in the cell nucleus that contain
the genetic material.

Cytosine - ANSWER-A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in
DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base. Bonds with Guanine.

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) - ANSWER-A double-stranded, helical nucleic acid
molecule capable of replicating and determining the inherited structure of a cell's
proteins.

Gel Electrophoresis - ANSWER-The separation of nucleic acids or proteins, on the
basis of their size and electrical charge, by measuring their rate of movement through
an electrical field in a gel

Gene - ANSWER-A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific
nucleotide sequence in DNA (or RNA, in some viruses

Guanine - ANSWER-A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in
DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a purine base. Bonds with Cytosine

Helix - ANSWER-Something spiral in form

Model - ANSWER-A simplified version of something complex used, for example, to
analyze and solve problems or make predictions

Nucleotide - ANSWER-A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar
covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.

Restriction Enzyme - ANSWER-A degradative enzyme that recognizes specific
nucleotide sequences and cuts up DNA

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs) - ANSWER-Differences in DNA
sequence on homologous chromosomes that can result in different patterns of