Jon

flat =About Me= I'm Jon. I'm a 9th grade student. Some of my hobbies are listening to music, riding my bike when it's nice out, playing old video games, and that's about it. I like music a lot, but not new music. I like Celtic-punk type music and classic rock. My favorite subject in school is probably history. I'm really shy, so I don't like getting in front of people and giving a speech or whatever I have to do. I really don't have a favorite sport, but if I had to choose one, it'd have to be soccer. I'm fairly good with technology, and help my dad whenever our PC doesn't want to work like it should. I like winter better than summer. I like coffee and tea. If I could go anywhere, it would have to be either Ireland or the U.K. I don't like popular things.

=Pin Oak= My tree that I selected is the Pin Oak. It's scientific name is "Quercus palustris." Another tree it's related to is the red oak. The Pin Oak is a deciduous tree. It is a simple leaf tree. It's leaves are a pointed margins or bristle tipped lobes. The Pin Oak's leaves are alternative on its petiole. The leaves are a simple pinnate. 3 distinguishing characteristics of the Pin Oak are that it has an unusual branching habit, the acorns are an important food for ducks, and it can tolerate moderate flooding and some wet conditions. A purpose for this tree is for street or landscaping decorations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pin_oak_quercus_palustris.jpg

=Chir Pine= My second tree I did was the Chir Pine tree. It's scientific name is Pinus roxburghii. A tree that is related to the Chir Pine is the Turkish Pine. The Chir Pine is a coniferous tree. The Chir Pine is a pine tree and it has 3 needles in a bundle. 3 distinguishing characteristics of the Chir Pine is that the pines that fall of it on the forest floor make it hard for other plants to grow beneath it, the cones on it are green at first, then turn a chestnut-brown about 24-months in the tree's life, and that the Chir Pines can grow up to 7,500 ft tall, or 2,300 meters near the lower altitudes of the Himalayas. One use for the Chir Pine is that the needles fall in abundance and the locals collect the needles to use as bedding for their cattle and livestock for the year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pinus_roxburghii_Ranikhet.jpg

=Biomolecules in Foods=

Hypothesis
I think that the potato have no fat or sugar. It will have protein and starch.

Potato
(Biuret) Protein- No (Iodine) Starch- Yes (Sudan IV) Fat- No (Benedict) Sugars- No

Analysis
> Another person in my group did milk. The milk tested positive for protein and fat. It tested negative for the starch and simple sugars. > > >
 * 1. The food I tested was a potato. The potato showed negative when I tested it for protein with the Biuret test. When I tested it for starch with the iodine, it showed positive for starch. There is no fat in a potato when I used the Sudan IV test. With the Benedict test, I saw that there are no sugars in a potato.
 * 2. I found that vegetables have no simple sugars and no protein, and that they have starch and fat. I found that fruits have no starch, fat, or protein, and that they have sugars. I found that egg whites have no sugars, starch, or fat, and that they have protein. I found that egg yolks have sugar, starch, fat, and protein. I found that meat has no sugar or starch, and that they have fat and protein. I found that dairy products have no sugars or starch, and that they have fat and protein.
 * 3. || Egg Whites || Egg Yolks || Fruit || Dairy/Milk || Meat || Vegetables ||
 * Sugar || No || Yes || Yes || No || No || No ||
 * Fat || No || Yes || No || Yes || Yes || Yes ||
 * Protein || Yes || Yes || No || Yes || Yes || No ||
 * Starch || No || Yes || No || No || No || Yes ||

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 * 4. I was surprised when the potato had no fat because almost all foods have fat. I think that it may not have fat because it is a vegetable. I expected to see fat because a lot of foods that we eat had fat, and I assumed that vegetables were the same, but there is no fat in vegetables.
 * 5. Meat has all the things it should have on the chart. Egg whites should have had sugar. Egg yolks should have not had starch. Apples should have had starch. Milk should have had sugar. Vegetables should have had sugar and protein.

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=Cheek Cells HW Questions= Did everyone in your group have about the same extraction results? No.

Why is this the case? Because everybody has different DNA and everybody swished the Gatorade differently.

How is the amount of DNA that you extracted affected by your day to day activities? Some people may have swallowed before, getting the count of DNA down. They also may have had more saliva than other people, so that would affect the results.

=DNA Replication Summary = Replication begins with the breaking of the hydrogen bonds between the bases. This process is called origin of replication. Then, the single binding proteins attaches to the DNA. The helicase unwinds the double stranded DNA. After that, they primase attaches. The Okazaki fragments make the 3’ end available to replicate. Finally, the DNA polymerase III attaches, and then replication begins.

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