2025/2026
Bio 101
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, The purpose of a microscope is? - ✔✔answer To distinguish fine detail which our eyes alone cannot
perceive
What type of microscope do we use in Bio101 lab? - ✔✔answer Compound microscope
What can we use a microscope to study? - ✔✔answer Cells
What is the highest magnification lense on the compound microscope used? - ✔✔answer 100x
Describe how to calculate the total magnification of a specimen. - ✔✔answer Take the power of the
objective and multiply by the power of the eyepiece (usually x10)
Be able to identify and list the function of the compound light microscope - ✔✔answer Be able to
identify and list the function of the compound light microscope
If the sample is too thick on a microscope slide, what will we see? - ✔✔answer Too thick to see cells?
What are the six steps of the scientific method? - ✔✔answer Observation, Form a Question, Hypothesis,
Conduct Experiment, Analyze Data, Draw Conclusion
What is the difference between a hypothesis and a prediction? - ✔✔answer Hypothesis is a testable,
informed guess
What is meant by a null hypothesis? - ✔✔answer Hypothesis that proposes no statistical significance
occurs
Independent variable - ✔✔answer A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another
Dependent variable - ✔✔answer A variable whose variation depends on that of another
Bio 101
Lab
Exam #1
Study
Guide
Questions and
answers 2025/2026
latest update
USER
STUVIA
, The purpose of a microscope is? - ✔✔answer To distinguish fine detail which our eyes alone cannot
perceive
What type of microscope do we use in Bio101 lab? - ✔✔answer Compound microscope
What can we use a microscope to study? - ✔✔answer Cells
What is the highest magnification lense on the compound microscope used? - ✔✔answer 100x
Describe how to calculate the total magnification of a specimen. - ✔✔answer Take the power of the
objective and multiply by the power of the eyepiece (usually x10)
Be able to identify and list the function of the compound light microscope - ✔✔answer Be able to
identify and list the function of the compound light microscope
If the sample is too thick on a microscope slide, what will we see? - ✔✔answer Too thick to see cells?
What are the six steps of the scientific method? - ✔✔answer Observation, Form a Question, Hypothesis,
Conduct Experiment, Analyze Data, Draw Conclusion
What is the difference between a hypothesis and a prediction? - ✔✔answer Hypothesis is a testable,
informed guess
What is meant by a null hypothesis? - ✔✔answer Hypothesis that proposes no statistical significance
occurs
Independent variable - ✔✔answer A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another
Dependent variable - ✔✔answer A variable whose variation depends on that of another
