BW Abitur Biology Bilingual EN case studies
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The Baden-Württemberg Abitur in Biology (bilingual, English) is the school-leaving examination in biology taken at Gymnasien in Baden-Württemberg by candidates in a bilingual German–English stream. It is a school qualification for university entrance, not a professional certification, and it is administered by the schools and the Kultusministerium Baden-Württemberg; this page is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with any examination authority. Candidates sit a written examination with task sheets provided in both German and English versions of the same tasks, and may write their answers in either language. The fourth-subject oral examination (mündliche Prüfung) is also possible. The BW Abitur Biology Bilingual EN case studies are 5 cases and about 4,615 words.
1Everted gut sacs: why an ATPase inhibitor blocks glucose absorption
Practical 4: glucose uptake in the jejunum. Students use everted sacs of rat jejunum (each 3 cm long, about 0.20 g wet mass) filled with 1 mL of buffer and bathed in 25 mL of oxygenated buffer at 37 °C.
857 words, about 4 min2Respirometer with germinating seeds: malonate, RQ and a dead-seed control
Respirometry with germinating seeds. A student uses a closed manometric respirometer at 20 °C.
886 words, about 4 min3Cystic fibrosis risk after a “negative” carrier panel
A family with cystic fibrosis. Jonas (29) and Mira (28) attend genetic counselling before a planned pregnancy.
903 words, about 5 min4Fatigable ptosis, a 3 Hz decrement and a drug interaction
A 58-year-old teacher with fatigable weakness. For six weeks she has had double vision appearing in the late afternoon, drooping eyelids and difficulty chewing meat; rest improves her strength.
916 words, about 5 min5Ciprofloxacin resistance along a river: selection, dilution or fitness cost?
Resistance downstream of a wastewater plant. A river (mean flow 2.3 m³/s, 14 °C) receives the treated effluent of a municipal plant serving 180,000 people.
1,053 words, about 5 min