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flat =About Me= Hello, my name is Logan. I like to play Golf, Volleyball, Basketball, and XBOX. My favorite color is blue and I like to tell jokes. I have two pets--a dog and a cat. My dog's name is Harley and my cat's name is Fluff. I am afraid of spiders, lady bugs, and caterpillars. I have two brothers named Heath and Cheyenne. When I grow up I want to be a sports analyst or a manager/adviser in a financial business. I like watching sports. My favorite teams are the Colts (NFL), Cavaliers (NBA), Cardinals (MLB), plus Duke and UCLA (NCAA Basketball). I would like to live near or inside the city of Cleveland when I grow up. I plan on attending college after I gradate from high school.

=Hawthorn Tree= The scientific name for the Hawthorn Tree is Crataegus monogyna/oxyacantha. This tree is related to the Midland Hawthorn Tree. A Hawthorn is a deciduous tree; therefore, it loses it leaves every year in Fall. The leaves are simple plus they alternate, which means there is a leaf on the right then one on the left and so on. The leaves are usually unlobed, but sometimes they have a finely toothed margin. You can tell a Hawthorn Tree from other trees because a Hawthorn has branches with long sharp thorns, a dense crown, and berries or sometimes flowers grow on the leaves. Also, it is about the size of a shrub or small tree, so it ranges from 5-14 meters tall. This tree is often used to make medicine, plus it is used in the gardening and agricultural field.

Picture- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Eenstijlige_meidoorn_%28Crataegus_monogyna_branch%29.jpg

Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus_monogyna http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Hawthorn/hawthorn.htm

=Eastern Redbud Tree= The scientific name for the Eastern Redbud Tree is Cercis Canadensis. This tree is related to many other trees such as the Mexcan Redbud, the Western Redbud, the Texas Redbud, and the Oklahoma Redbud. Since the tree is deciduous, it leaves fall off each year during Autumn. The leaves on these trees are compound plus they alternate, which means after there is a leave on the left, then there is a leave on the right. These leaves sometimes have a finely toothed margin, but in most cases, they are unlobed. The leaves are entire with a smoth to wavy margin. Some aspects that characterize the Eastern Redbud are red-brown bark with a scaly surface, heart-shaped leaves 2-5 inches long, plus rose-colored flowers that grow on the axils of the branch or along the branches. This tree provides food for wildlife and ornamental landscape trees. Picture- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Cercis_canadensis_%27Forest_Pansy%27_JPG1Fe.jpg

Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercis_canadensis http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/tree-key/simple-leaf-trees.htm http://lib.oh.us/tree/fact%20pages/redbud/redbud.html

=Biomolecules=


 * ANALYSIS:**

Benedict- turned red with an orange foam on the top Biuret- Negative Effect (nothing happened/stayed the same) Iodine- Negative Effect (nothing happened/stayed the same) Sudan Test- Negative Egg Yolk With: Benedict- turned light blue on the bottom and had a baby blue foam on top Biuret- turned into a purple color immediately Iodine- turned into an orange-yellow (like orange juice) color Sudan Test- Positive
 * ** Discuss the two foods you tested and the results from each of the 4 tests. **
 * 1) Apple With:

In the liver and ground beef, there was protein and fat, but no starches were present in the beef. The test for simple sugar in the banana, avocado and apple were positive, and the test for starches were positive in the apple and banana, but negative for the avocado. In most cases, proteins were present in white beans and potatoes while the results for the presence of proteins in other vegetables (peas, lettuce) differed. No starches or sugar were present in egg whites or milk, but they were sometimes present in the egg yolk. Also, fat was present in egg yolks and milk, but absent in egg whites. However, protein was present in egg yolks, egg whites, and milk.
 * ** Identify the biomolecules found in each of the foods/types of foods (look at all the results from the classes) **

In apples and bananas, I thought there would be more starches present than there would be absent because I always believed most fruits had some kind of natural starches to give it flavor. I also thought that proteins would be present more often than not in peas and lettuce because they’re both vegetables, so I just thought they would have protein since they are good for you. I was surprised by the fact that the avocado was present in fat as well as the banana in some tests just because they were both fruits. Another thing I found surprising was that starch was present in liver in a lot of tests and even ground beef in one test.
 * ** What biomolecules found in the foods were surprising to you? Why? **

In ground beef and liver, sugars and starches were absent for most tests, while fat and protein were present in every test. In the banana and apple, sugars were present in every test, but the tests in starches showed that there was positive and negative tests. Fat was not present in any of the apples test, but a few test showed fat in the banana. The presence of protein was also displayed in around half of tests for apples and bananas. Sugars were absent in the potatoes and peas, but starches were present and fat was absent. Also, protein was present in potatoes, but there was absence and presence of protein in peas. In the lettuce and white bean, sugars were absent in both, but starches were present in white beans while absent in lettuce. Fat was absent in lettuce and present in white beans for most tests and protein was present in white beans, but absent in the lettuce. In the egg white and milk, sugar was absent in both, starches were absent in both, but fat was present in milk and absent in egg whites. Protein was also present in both. In the egg yolk and avocado, sugars were present is most tests of the avocado and sugars were present in only some test of the egg yolk. Starches were present in the avocado and present in most test of the egg yolk. Fat was present in both, but protein was present in the egg yolk, but absent in almost all tests for the avocado.
 * **Compare the biomolecules found in the different foods. You can make a chart or graph to show your data OR discuss the data in some way in your paragraph.**

Based on some research on the nutritional information about these foods, I believe milk should have tested positive for sugar because it is a source of lactose, which is sugar. [] I also believe that all of the tests for starches most fruits like apples should have been positive every time because the research I found shows this. []
 * ** Research the nutritional information about some of the foods. Based upon your research, which tests should have been positive instead of negative. **

= Biomolecules Infographic =

=Food Issues Infographic=

=Photosynthesis Vocabulary Infographic= http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/03/photosynthesis2-537x429.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Plagiomnium_affine_laminazellen.jpeg http://magnetscience.inspiringteachers.com/photosyn_websites/Group%202/light_dark_reactions.gif http://faculty.scf.edu/rizkf//OCE1001/OCEnotes/shark2.jpg http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs41/f/2009/004/a/e/Stomata_under_SEM_by_onychophoran.jpg http://www.eoearth.org/files/121601_121700/121668/Irrigation-photosynthesis.gif [|http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~gkaiser/biotutorials/photosyn/images/u4fg44.jpg]

=Cheek Cell Lab Homework= Did everyone in your group have about the same extraction results? Why is this the case? How is the amount of DNA that you extracted affected by your day to day activities?

No, everyone in my group did not have the extraction results. This is the case because a small amount of DNA was extracted from me and my partner's experiment resulted with no DNA extraction at all. The amount of DNA extracted would be affected by day to day activities. These activities might include chewing gum, drinking, brushing your teeth, and eating healthy or unhealthy foods. Other things that may effect the extraction of DNA are that some people may have scraped their cheek with their teeth and got more cells than group members, and if you have braces, it would also have an effect.

=DNA Replication Summary = Leading Strand The process of replication requires DNA. In the first step, an enzyme called Helicase breaks the hydrogen bonds and splits the double-stranded DNA into two different strands. The next step involves the single-strand binding proteins attaching to each strand, which keeps the two strands of DNA from coming back together again. After this, the Primase also attaches to the DNA and gives a starting point, which is always at the 3’ end. Finally, the Polymerase is attached. This is the last step needed to start replication in the leading strand.

Lagging Strand In the lagging strand, DNA is replicated in short Okazaki fragments after the Polymerase attaches. Once these fragments are replicated, Ligase fills in each gap between them. When these steps are completed, DNA replication is over.

=DNA Infographic= Pictures: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Benzopyrene_DNA_adduct_1JDG.png http://www.flickr.com/photos/widdowquinn/5261695050/sizes/z/in/photostream/ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Three.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/DNA_polymerase.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/GC_base_pair_jypx3.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/AT_base_pair_jypx3.png http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickr_bioblogia/4734367653/sizes/z/in/photostream/

=Diseases of the Cell Infographic=

Pictures: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Haiti_map.png http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgorlando/4198873539/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/70127669@N03/6370700781/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Cholera_bacteria_SEM.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/28390932@N07/3331380505/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/andresrueda/2983149263/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/swamibu/383585026/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Facts and Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholera/DS00579 http://www.medicinenet.com/cholera/article.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001348/