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=Members= Jared Burkett toc Dylan Stanford = = = = =DNA Cheek Lab=


 * Discussion Questions**
 * 1) What are the 5 elements that make up DNA?
 * 2) What is the function of DNA from day to day?
 * 3) Describe how long strands of double-helical DNA fit into the nucleus of a single cheek cell.
 * 4) What was the purpose of using the cell lysis solution?
 * 5) Why does the DNA become visible once the alcohol is added?
 * 6) If DNA is so thin, how is it that we are able to see it during this simple lab exercise?
 * 7) Why is DNA referred to as your genetic fingerprint?
 * 8) Give some examples of how DNA is used everyday.


 * Answers**
 * 1) The five elements are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus.
 * 2) The function of DNA is that it is our blueprint, and genetic instructions for how we live from day to day.
 * 3) They way they fit in the cheek cell is by rapping around histones, which make it small enough for the cell.
 * 4) The purpose of lysis solution is it disrupts the cell membrane and nuclear envelope causing the cell to burst and release DNA.
 * 5) The DNA became visible because the alcohol precipitates in the solution.
 * 6) We are able to see DNA, when it is so thin because when we added the cell lysis solution, which broke down the cell separating out the DNA.
 * 7) It is known as your genetic fingerprint because everyone has a different arrangement of DNA.
 * 8) DNA can be used in everyday life in the form of crime investigating, health care, and to produce new varieties of pets.

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=Diaper Dissection Lab=

We cut the diaper in two halves. Then, we cut a square out of one of the halves of diaper. Then, we took apart each part of the diaper square. Then we began to test each part to see how much water each part would hold.

I predicted that the top layer would be used so the babies skin wouldn’t rube, the middle layer would absorb the water, and the bottom is water proof.

There are many reasons why diapers are bad for landfills. Some of them are that they take a very long time to decompose, and they also take up a lot of room in the land fill. Also some of the diapers contain dioxide, and are bad for the environment, and the landfill.

After adding water the top layer of the diaper really didn’t do to much to keep the water out. But the second layer absorbed most of the water, and began to swell as the water was added. The third layer held about a third of the second layer, and was a pretty good barrier at the bottom of the diaper.