Biology Unit Test: Study Guide

Outcome 😃 😐 😢
Compare and contrast different types of microscopes: uses of
each, advantages of each, disadvantages of each
Outcome 1 (15% of biology)

Calculate magnification of a compound light microscope

Calculate FOV for a compound light microscope
Calculate the size of an object viewed with a compound light
microscope
Calculate the scale of a biological drawing
History of microscopy – timeline (not dates), names, important
contributions
History of cells and cell theory – timeline (not dates), names,
important contributions, experiments
Cell theory – three principles
Organelles – structure, function, and location of each
Nucleus, Rough endoplasmic reticulum, Ribosome, Smooth endoplasmic reticulum,
Golgi apparatus, Vesicle, Vacuole / Central vacuole, Lysosome, Cytoplasm,
Outcome 2 (50% of biology)

Mitochondria, Chloroplast, Cell membrane, Cell wall, Cilia / Flagella

Compare and contrast plant and animal cells

Fluid mosaic model of membrane
Structure of phospholipid bilayer
Passive transport
Concentration gradients, Simple diffusion, Facilitated diffusion, Osmosis, Hypertonic
/ Hypotonic / Isotonic
Active transport
Sodium/potassium pumps, endocytosis, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, exocytosis

Cell size & specialization

SA:V calculations

Levels of organization (atoms < molecules < organelles < cells <
Outcome 3 (35% of biology)

tissues < organs < organ systems < organisms)

Specialized cells in a leaf – structure, function
Cellular respiration and photosynthesis
Water transport in a plant
transpiration pull, root push, xylem, adhesion, cohesion

Sugar transport in a plant

xylem, phloem, source cell, sink cell,

Plant responses (tropisms)

phototropism, gravitropism, thigmotropism, mechanism, positive vs. negative