b.A cookbook says roast beef is rare at 140°F, medium at 160°F, and well done at 170°F. An individual prefers beef cooked rare, and there is only a meat thermometer in °C. What temperature will the thermometer reach for the roast to be done the way the individual likes it? (2 points)
Normal body temperature is 98.6°F. A child
is not feeling well, and there is only a Celsius thermometer available. The
child’s temperature is taken and the thermometer reads 40°C.
.A nutritional experiment is conducted using
lab rats. One group (control group) is fed a normal diet, while the other group
(experimental group) is fed a diet high in protein. There were 30 rats total
used in the experiment. At the end of the experiment, the average mass (weight)
of a rat in the control group was 59.8 g while the average mass (weight) of a
rat in the experimental group was 0.0751 kg. What is the average difference in
mass between the two groups, expressed in grams? (4 points)
The weight of a small bag of sugar is 1.81
kg. Cakes are baked for a college scholarship fundraiser. It takes 100 grams of
sugar to make one small cake. How many whole cakes can be made from a single
bag of sugar? How much sugar will be left over? (4 points)
A lab exercise required 250 ml of water to
be poured from a two-liter container of distilled water. How many liters of
distilled water were left in the original container? (4 points)
Metric Measurements: Perform each of the
following conversions. (24 points)
a.Given that one inch = 2.54 cm. A biology
instructor is 5 feet 11 inches tall. Determine the instructor’s height in
inches and then convert it to centimeters. (4 points)
~~2.Briefly describe an example scenario when each of the following waste disposal containers would be used. Give specific examples of the waste involved: (4 points)
~~16.(Application) How might the information gained from this lab about photosynthesis and pigments be useful to you, or how can you apply this knowledge to your everyday life as a non-scientist? The application will be graded according to the rubric below. (20 points)