INDEX TO EXAMS

• Lab Exams 1-2 • Lab Exams 3-4 • Lab Exams 5-6 • Lab Exams 7-8 • Lab Exams 9-10 • Lab Exams 11-12

AP Exam time is fast approaching! Try these teacher-tested, take-home tests to let your students determine their readiness for the upcoming exams. These are great for review after each lab or as a group as a final review.

Lab 1 (Diffusion and osmosis)

1. Some potato cores are placed into different molar solutions. Create a graph of the expected change in mass of the cores for the different concentrations.
   
   



2. List the 2 components affecting the water potential of a system.

A)

B)


3. Would a cell placed into a hypertonic solution shrink, swell, or stay the same?



4. Would a cell placed into a hypotonic solution shrink, swell, or stay the same?



5. Would a cell placed into an isotonic solution shrink, swell, or stay the same?



6. What is plasmolysis?
   
   

Lab 2 (Enzyme Catalysis)

1. What do enzymes do?



2. What was the substrate in this experiment? _________________



3. What was the purpose of the H₂SO₄ and how did it work?



4. Is the consumption of substrate linear? (yes or no)_______



5. In general, does raising the temperature of a solution cause the reaction rate to increase or decrease?_____________



6. Create a graph of the amount of product formed over time as a result of an enzymatic reaction.
   
   

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