Hunter+S

flat =About Me=

My name is Hunter and I am just starting my freshman year. Soccer is my favorite sport and I love to play it. In soccer I play forward and I love that position. I also love to hang out with friends, shop, and listen to music.

=Sycamore=

My tree is the Sycamore. The scientific name is //Platanus occidentalis//. Other trees related to the sycamore are other planetrees including the London Planetree, the Oriental Planetree, the California Sycamore, and the Arizona Sycamore. The Sycamore tree is a deciduous tree, which means its leaves fall off in the winter. The leaves of the Sycamore are simple opposite leaves with pointed lobes. There are many characteristics of the Sycamore tree. One distinguishing characteristic is the tree's trunk. The trunk is a mosaic of different shades of browns, tans, and greens. The Sycamore leaves also have three to five lobes. The twigs of the Sycamore are zigzag. There are many uses for the Sycamore tree that include furniture, flooring, butcher block, particle board, boxes, crates, and baskets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_occidentalis

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=Larch=

My tree is the larch. The Scientific name for the Larch is //Larix decidua//. The larch tree is a conifer tree but it loses its leaves in the winter. Since the larch is a conifer it is closely related to the firs, spruces, hemlocks, and pines. The needle like leaves of the larch grow in a whirl pattern which is different compared to other conifers. There are around 20-50 needles on each spur. The larch cones are green and 1-9 in. long. The needles are 2-3 in. long and in the autumn turn yellow. The larch wood is a strong wood that is mostly waterproof, and because of these qualities it is used for ship construction, telephone poles, mine timbers, and railroad ties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larch

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=Bio Molecules in Food= I tested avocado. I found out that avocado doesn’t have protein, carbohydrates, or starch. It does have fats and oils. I compared with someone that did a cannellini bean and they found out that it has starch, simple carbohydrates, and protein but it doesn’t have fat.

In the meat, such as liver and ground beef, they both have protein, fat, and sugar. About half of the results found there was starch. In lettuce there was no biomolecule found, but in peas there was simple sugars and fat. About half of the results said there was starch and protein. In an egg yolk there was protein and fat. About half found simple sugar and starch. In egg white all of the results said there was protein but there wasn’t starch, simple sugars, and fat. In a banana every found the presence of simple sugars. Half of the found there was starch, fat, and protein. The apple was the same as the banana except they found there was definitely no fat.

I found it surprised that everyone that tested lettuce found no bio molecules in it. I didn't think is was possible for a food to have no bio molecules in it. I did research and found that lettuce doesn’t have starch, fat, or protein. It does have a slight trace of sugar.

I did research on the avocado. I found that I should have found positive for protein but I was right when testing negative for starch. I also found out that an avocado has very little simple sugar.

X= contains that bio molecule Fraction= how many people found that bio molecule in their food
 * Table of Bio Molecules in Foods**
 * Food || Simple Sugar || Starch || Protein || Fat ||
 * Bean ||  || X || X || X ||
 * Liver || X || 5/8 || X || X ||
 * Egg white ||  ||   || X ||   ||
 * Egg yolk || 1/2 || 1/2 || X || X ||
 * Avocado || X || X || X ||  ||
 * Banana || X || 1/2 || 1/2 || 1/2 ||
 * Apple || X || 1/2 || X || 1/2 ||
 * Peas ||  || X ||   ||   ||
 * Potato ||  || X ||   || X ||
 * Milk ||  ||   || X || X ||
 * Ground Beef || X ||  || X || X ||
 * Lettuce ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

=Biomolecules=



References for pictures underneath the picture

=Food Issues=



References: [] [] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_rice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_rice

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=Photosynthesis Infographic=



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Leaf picture

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=Cheek Cell Lab Homework=

People would have different extraction results because everyone’s DNA is different. Some cells might have more DNA then others making their results better because there is more DNA to see. What food you ate can affect how much DNA you extracted. Also different people have a different amount of loose cells inside their cheeks that made it easier to collect DNA

=DNA Replication Summary =

DNA replication is the copying of DNA. It’s really simple. DNA looks like a zipper and in the first step of replication an enzyme called Helicase unzips the zipper by breaking the hydrogen bonds. An enzyme is like a battery because it is needed to start a reaction. In the second step of replication a binding protein comes to keep each side of the zipper from touching each other. When the zipper is starting to open the two ends not touching are called a replication fork. In the next step the enzyme primase bonds to the end of the unzipped zipper to create a new starting point. In the final step of DNA replication and enzyme called polymerse connects and replicates or copies the DNA. Also another thing you need to know about replication is that the bottom zipper is called a lagging strand because it goes slower then the other side of the zipper.

=DNA Infographic=

References for the DNA fact: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/faq/compgen.shtml

=Infectious Disease Infographic= Reference: [] [] [] [] [] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus_vaccine#Pre-vaccination_history]