Eric+I.

flat =About Me= Hi, my name is Eric. I am a freshman in high school. I play running sports such as cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track. My hobbies include listening to music and running. I have a clownfish as a pet, his name is Clownbo. I enjoy music from Tyler the Creator, Hodgy Beats, Jay Z, Kanye West, and Meek Mill.

=Scots Pine= The tree that I have is the Scots Pine. The scientific name for this tree is the //Pinus sylvestris.// The Scots Pine is related to the Mountain Pine and the Swiss Pine. The Scots Pine is coniferous with 2 needles in a bundle. You can distinguish this tree by its multicolored bark and the way the bark feels. Some spots on the tree have a smooth bark and others have a rough bark. In Finland and Scandinavian countries, the Scots Pine was used to make tar. It is still remotely used today to make tar.



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

=Cedar= The tree that I have is the Cedar. The scientific name for my tree is //Cedrus.// Cedar is the genus of coniferous in the plant family Pinaceae. This tree is a Pine and has 15-45 needles in a bundle. The Cedar is native to the mountains of the Western Himilaya and the Mediterranean region. Cedars were once thought to have been related to firs, but that was later debunked. The wood from a Cedar is scented and different shades of tan. These trees and their oil are used as a moth repellant.



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

=Bio molecules in Foods= The food I tested was ground beef, which contained Protein and Fats/Oils. There were no simple sugars nor starch present in the beef. In the potato, there were starches and proteins present. There were no simple sugars nor fats/oils present in the potato.

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=Photosynthesis Infograph= =DNA Cheek Cell Homework= No, not everybody in the group had the same results. Ethan had a ton of DNA, while everybody else had a reasonable amount, but no where near as much as Ethan. This could have been because of our day-to-day activities such as what we ate, drank, and did during the day. If you do more work than somebody else, you will have more DNA in your saliva because you will be burning off calories. We all had different amounts because we could have swished the gatorade differently and it also depends on the intensity of how you swished it.

=DNA Replication Summary = =DNA Infograph=
 * First**, an enzyme called Helicase breaks the hydrogen bonds apart. These bonds hold the nitrogen bases together in a strand of DNA. **Second,** single stranded binding proteins grab on to the split strands and keep them from coming back together. **Third,** A molecule called Primase latches on to a strand and gives replication a starting point. The top strand of the split DNA is called the leading strand and the bottom strand of the split DNA is called the lagging strand. **Fourth**, an enzyme called Polymerase binds and replicates the DNA. As more bonds break, Primase and polymerase move up the strand and continue to create more DNA. Think of it as when you fold an eraser sideways, it splits and continues in a line. However, only fragments are made in a time period, the fragments are called Okazaki fragments. Then an enzyme called Ligase brings together the Okazaki fragments into a long continuous strand of DNA.

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