Name a type of simple stain. 

(01.01 MC) In order to understand the impact of climate change, a scientist collected measurements of average yearly sea surface temperatures from 1880 to 2012. His data is graphed below. How has average ocean temperature changed in the period from 1980 to 2010? (3 points) © 2016 NOAA

After inoculating a petri dish, why should you incubate it inverted?

(02.06 LC) What process in the hydrological cycle occurs when water vapor in the air changes to liquid water? (3 points)

(02.01 LC) The following picture shows the three primary types of plate boundaries. Which boundary is being shown in label D? (3 points) © 2016 US Department of the Interior; US Geological Survey

If the field diameter is 5mm and there are 5 cells across the diameter of the field of view, how big is each individual cell? 

After the addition of each stain/chemical used in the gram-stain, what color would a gram-positive bacterium be? 

(01.01 MC) A marine scientist collected data regarding the height of the tide at Clearwater Beach over the course of a week. The data is shown below. Tidal Height Vs. Time during January 17-24 at Clearwater Beach, FL Day Low Tide High Tide 18-Jan 1:10 AM 6:39 PM 19-Jan 2:11 AM 7:40 PM 20-Jan 3:10 AM 8:37 PM 21-Jan 4:01 AM 9:28 PM 22-Jan 4:44 AM 10:14 PM 23-Jan 5:24 AM 10:55 PM 24-Jan 6:01 AM 11:33 PM She concludes the tide will always be highest at night. Is she correct? (3 points)

In the acid-fast stain technique, what is the primary stain and what is the counterstain? 

Label the following items on the microscope: ocular lens, objective lens, condenser, course adjustment, fine adjustment, light source and mechanical stage. Note: You will have extra letters.  Microscope.jpg