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BIO 124 Biology Practicals Ii

NCE1 levelSciences40 topics

BIO 124 covers 40 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Observation of slides of Amoeba with false feet (Pseudopodia), food vacuoles
  2. Make temporary slides of specimen collected from a slow flowing stream
  3. Observe permanent slide of Euglena and study the physical appearance
  4. PARAMECIUM
  5. Observe the slide of Paramecium to identify the structure (shape, cilia,
  6. Endoderm separated by mesoglea
  7. Observe L/S of the body wall.
  8. PLANARIA
  9. T.S. slide of Planaria to show the three layers or body walls – (ectoderm
  10. Observe slide to Taenia showing suckers and segmentation
  11. LUMBRICUS (EARTHWORM)
  12. Collect living earthworms and study the physical appearance
  13. Observe the T.S. of earthworm
  14. Collect and observe the general appearance of snail.
  15. CRUSTACEA
  16. Collect and study the structure of crayfish or any other suitable crustacean
  17. MYRIAPODA
  18. Study the physical appearance of centipedes and millipedes (note many
  19. Draw and label (use preserved specimen or freshly killed) specimen in
  20. ARACHNIDA
  21. Study the physical appearance of Spider: Note two body divisions, four
  22. INSECTA:
  23. Study the appearance of cockroach – a representative of insect
  24. Note three body divisions, three pairs of jointed legs, two pairs of wings
  25. Note position of wings on thorax (meso and meta thorax)
  26. Note segmented abdomen and spiracles on abdominal segments
  27. Study mouth parts of these insects:
  28. Dipteria: (Housefly, Mosquitoes)
  29. Hymenoptera: (bees, ants)
  30. Lepidoptera: (butterfly and moth)
  31. DIVERSITY OF SPERMATOPHYTES
  32. External morphology of typical Gymnosperm and Angiosperm
  33. Preparations of Keys for identifying Angiosperms
  34. Flowers and inflorescence
  35. Study placentation of seed in fruits, types of fruits and adaptation for
  36. ECHINODERMATA – Collect and study general external features of star fish
  37. Habitat studies: on suitable aquatic and terrestrial environments
  38. Mini project on specific habitat study
  39. Measurement of physical factors e.g. Temperature, Ligh t intensity,
  40. Edaphic factors – soil porosity, water holding capacity, soil texture, PH

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Observation of slides of Amoeba with false feet (Pseudopodia), food vacuoles

This topic focuses on identifying Amoeba on a prepared slide and correctly observing two key structures: pseudopodia, often called false feet, and food vacuoles. For practical examinations, students must know what these structures look like, their functions, and how they relate to movement and feeding in Amoeba.

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