MIT Biology Department 7.012: Introductory Biology -Fall 2004 Instructors: Professor Eric Lander, Professor Robert A Weinberg, Dr. Claudette Gardel 7.012 Problem set 1 Please print out this problem set and record your answers on the printed copy. Answers to this problem set are to be turned in at the box by 4: 10 Wednesday, September10. Problem sets will not be accepted late. Solutions will be posted on the web September ll 2003 Question 1 Bob, a student taking 7.012, looks at a long-standing puddle outside his dorm window Curious as to what was growing in the cloudy water, he takes a sample to his TA, brad Student. He wanted to know whether the organisms in the sample were prokaryotic or eukaryotic a)Give an example of a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic organism Prokaryotic: Eukaryotic b)Using a light microscope, how could he tell the difference between a prokaryotic organism and a eukaryotic one? c)What additional differences exist between prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms? 7012Fall20037.012 Fall 2003 1 7.012 Problem Set 1 Question 1 Bob, a student taking 7.012, looks at a long-standing puddle outside his dorm window. Curious as to what was growing in the cloudy water, he takes a sample to his TA, Brad Student. He wanted to know whether the organisms in the sample were prokaryotic or eukaryotic. a) Give an example of a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic organism. Prokaryotic: Eukaryotic: b) Using a light microscope, how could he tell the difference between a prokaryotic organism and a eukaryotic one? c) What additional differences exist between prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms? Please print out this problem set and record your answers on the printed copy. Answers to this problem set are to be turned in at the box by 4:10 Wednesday, September10. Problem sets will not be accepted late. Solutions will be posted on the web September 11, 2003. MIT Biology Department 7.012: Introductory Biology - Fall 2004 Instructors: Professor Eric Lander, Professor Robert A. Weinberg, Dr. Claudette Gardel