Zach

flat =About Me:= I play baseball, run track and cross country, and love to hunt. Am terrible with computers though. Hope to pass this class with an okay grade. Plan on going to college to get a degree in something, then get a good paying job. Have a younger brother and an older sister, my sister has 2 kids that i LOVE to pick on.

=Red Maple:= The scientific name for the Red Maple is Acer Rubrum. It is also related to the White Maple, and Sugar Maple. It is Deciduous, simple, opposite leaves, and has a serrated margin. Leaves are dull green and turn red, orange, and yellow in the fall, are coarsly toothed, and 3-5 shallow lobes. The Red Maple is used as an ornamental tree, and can be used to make maple syrup.

Sources: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/acer/rubrum.htm http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/red_maple/redmaple.htm http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=red+maple+leaf

=Box Elder:= The Box Elder's scientific name is Acer Negundo. It is related to most of the Maple family, such as the Red Maple and White Maple. It is Deciduous, Compound, opposite leaves with 5 leaflets that are coarsely and irregularly toothed, each i 2"-4" long and 2"-3" wide. Is sometimes confused with poison oak, and the leaves are shiny green, turn a deep red in the fall. The Box Elder is technically considered a Maple tree and is called many other names such as the Box Maple. The Box Elder is soft, and not strong, so it is used for paper pulp, and barrel making. Its seeds stay on the tree throughout winter and is a good food source for birds. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_negundo http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/kids/tree_box.htm http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACNE2 http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/forest/htmls/trees/A-negundo.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acer_negundo_JPG1b.jpg =Biomolecules=
 * 1) These are the test results from the 5 foods that my group tested.
 * **For the peas we first tested for simple sugars, using the Benedict’s test, which was negative. Then we tested for starch using iodine, which was positive. We then tested for protein, using the Biuret test, which was also positive. Lastly, we used the Sudan 4 test, looking to see if fats and oils were present, but the test was negative. So for the pea there was only starch and proteins present. For the egg whites we tested everything in the same order as the peas, and found that it was negative for simple sugars, negative for starch, positive for proteins, and negative for fats and oils. We also tested banana, beans and spinach. The banana tested positive for simple sugars and proteins, but negative for fats and starch. While the bean tested positive for fats and starch, but negative for simple sugars and proteins. And the spinach, to my surprise tested negative for all.**

> || Peas || Negative || Positive || Positive || Negative || > || Beans || Negative || Positive || Negative || Positive || > || Banana || Positive || Negative || Positives || Negative || > || Spinach || Negative || Negative || Negative || Negative || > > =Biomolecule Infographic=
 * 1) These are the foods that were tested and what bio-molecules were in each.
 * **Simple Sugars**
 * **The fruits that were tested in the lab usually tested positive for simple sugars.**
 * **Simple sugars were not present in the vegetables except for in the peas once or twice.**
 * **The meats, egg, and milk also had the absence of simple sugars.**
 * **Starches**
 * **For the banana the tests were 3 absent to 3 present. 5/8 tests say that starch was not in the apple. In 7 out of 9 tests starch was present in an avocado.**
 * **Starch was present in almost all of the tests for all vegetables.**
 * **Starch was mostly present in liver, but not in ground beef. As for the egg and milk, starch was only found in the egg yolk, and rarely in the milk and egg white.**
 * **Proteins**
 * **Proteins were absent in both the apple in avocado, but present in the banana.**
 * **Protein was almost always found in the bean and potato, but only about 50% in the peas, and never in the lettuce.**
 * **Protein was mostly present in the meats, egg yolk & white, and milk.**
 * **Fats**
 * **Fats are rarely found in the fruits although it is present a lot in the avocado.**
 * **In all the vegetables, beans were the only ones to contain fats.**
 * **Fats are found in both meats, in milk, and the eggs.**
 * 1) This is a chart showing a comparison of the biomolecules in the different foods that we tested.
 * || Simple Sugar || Starch || Protein || Fats ||
 * 1) Which biomolecules were interesting to me.
 * **I had expected spinach to possibly have starch or protein, since parents say that you HAVE to eat it. I also expected the banana to contain starch, I just always thought that starch was a big part of a banana. For instance, if you ever had a banana that was not ready yet, and it was really hard and bitter, I thought that it had something to do with there being too much starch. Beans not having protein also surprised me. I was always under the understanding that they were a good source of protein.**
 * 1) Research:
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 * This says that yes there really are some starches in a banana.
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 * This says that spinach has fats and protein.

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