Emily

flat =About Me:= My name is Emily and I am a freshman. I play soccer and do track and field. I like to draw, paint, hang with friends, and go shopping in my spare time. I have a sister and a brother, and 1 dog, 3 cats, and 2 rabbits.

=Staghorn Sumac:= My tree that I researched is the Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina). It is related to other trees like the Smooth Sumac. It is a deciduous tree. The leaves have a pubescent, velvet-like surface and the leaves are 1-1 1/2 feet long. The leaves can be a medium green, orange, to red autumn color. The Staghorn Sumac's leave margins are serrated, pinnately compound, and are alternate. The fruits of the Staghorn Sumac are ground into a deep red or purple and are used as a spice in Middle Eastern cuisine to add a lemony taste to salads or meat. In North America the fruits are used to make a beverage called "sumac-ade." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staghorn_sumac

=American Beech:= My tree that I am researching is the American Beech (Fagus grandfolia). A tree that is related to is the Mexican Beech (Fagus mexicana). The American Beech is a deciduous tree. It's leaves are alternate, simple, and a sharp toothed margin. The tree is monoecious, meaning it has flowers of both sexes on it. American Beech is a shade tolerant species, favoring shade more than other trees. It is tall, with smooth, silver-gray bark. This tree is often an attraction for vandals who carve names, dates, gang symbols, etc into it. In Louisville, Kentucky an American Beech was found with a carving in it that was authenticated back to the 19th century.

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

=Biomolecules in Foods Analysis:= 1. For the lab I tested the bananas. We tested them using a benedict solution to verify if simple sugars were present, an iodine solution for starches, a biuret solution for proteins, and Sudan 1V for fats and oils. In the banana, the simple sugars, starches, and proteins were all present, while the fats and oils were not present. Another test we did was with the peas. The results we came up with for the peas is that the only thing present was starches, while the simple sugars, proteins, and fats and oils were all not present. 2. Eggs: in the egg yolks, the only thing that showed present was the proteins. In the egg whites, all of the biomolecules showed to be present, besides the simple sugars. Meats: most of the results for meat showed that fats and oils were present, and very little sugars were present. Vegetables: in the vegetables, sugars and fats were not common, and some proteins and starches were found Fruits: all of the fruits had simple sugars present and most had starches, but proteins were not common, and fats and oils were occasionally found. 3. Food: Protein: Starches: Fats: Sugars: vegetables yes & no yes no no fruit yes & no yes no yes meat yes yes & no yes no egg yolk yes yes yes no egg white yes no no no 4. One thing that surprised me was that some tests came out negative for proteins in bananas, because I have always been told that bananas were a good source of protein. Also, I was unaware that vegetables did not have simple sugars, I assumed that like, fruit, they would have been able to produce their own sugars. 5. One thing I researched to find out if were true or not was if vegetables contained proteins. Some groups' tests came out negative, but they do in fact contain proteins. Also, I researched if bananas had protein too because I always knew they did, but some tests came out negative. And the truth is, that yes they are a source of protein.

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