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Jake YAN - Ib - Biology - Key - Practicals - Revision - Task
Jake YAN - Ib - Biology - Key - Practicals - Revision - Task
Jake YAN - Ib - Biology - Key - Practicals - Revision - Task
Exercises
There are 7 key practicals you must know for IB Biology:
A potato was cut into equal length cores, the mass was recorded and then they were
placed in a range of salt solutions for 20 minutes before their mass was once again
recorded and the % change in mass calculated.
The result for a concentration of 0.2M was that the potato started off at 8.10g and changed to
8.48g
Q. Plot the following data on this graph and use it to estimate the osmolarity of the potato.
Q: Work out the Rf values for the three spot pigments on this diagram:
How would you use these values to identify the pigments present?
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Monitoring of ventilation in humans at rest and
after mild
and vigorous exercise.
Q: What would be the independent variable in this
experiment?
Draw a potometer
1.
2.
3.
Q: Sketch a graph and annotate it to explain the results you would expect from this
experiment.