Florida Biology EOC case studies
Florida Biology EOC · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Biology 1 End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment is one of Florida's statewide EOC assessments: computer-based, criterion-referenced tests that measure Florida's academic standards for specific courses, as outlined in their course descriptions. In practice, that means the Biology 1 EOC is built to measure the Biology 1 course standards rather than to rank students against one another, and it is delivered on computer rather than on paper. The Florida Biology EOC case studies are 5 cases and about 2,669 words.
1Compound M and the Muscle Cells: ATP Without Oxygen Failure
A research team grows human skeletal-muscle cells in sealed culture flasks filled with medium containing 25 mM glucose and equilibrated with room air. Each flask has a dissolved-oxygen sensor and a pH electrode.
580 words, about 3 min2Potato Cores, Sucrose, Salt, and Boiling Water
Students cut 24 potato cylinders of equal length and mass (2.0 g each) and blot them dry. Six cylinders go into each of four beakers containing 0.0 M, 0.2 M, 0.4 M, and 0.6 M sucrose solution.
520 words, about 3 min3Two Pond Cells and a Misplaced Kingdom
An intern at a water-treatment plant filters 500 mL of pond water and finds two kinds of cells. Organism A is 40 µm across, moves with two flagella, contains green chloroplasts, and has a rigid cell wall made of cellulose.
509 words, about 3 min4Weevils, Pyrethroid, and a Misread Hardy–Weinberg Result
A population of 2,000 rice weevils lives in a grain storage building. Resistance to a pyrethroid insecticide is controlled by one gene with two alleles, R and r.
540 words, about 3 min5Lake Seminole: Nutrients, Diel Oxygen, and Three Bad Fixes
Lake Seminole has been monitored monthly since 2018. In 2018, mean Secchi depth was 3.1 m, chlorophyll a was 7 µg/L, and dissolved oxygen was 7.5 mg/L at dawn.
520 words, about 3 min