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flat =About me= Hi. I'm a freshman in high school. I plan on attending college after high school at either Pitt or Penn State to major in sports medicine but I'm still debating. I'm a sprinter in track but run cross country too. My cross country team has a big impact on my life. I like making people laugh considering I'd much rather see people happy than sad. My biggest pet peeve is disorganized people. I for one like being neat and organized so everything has its own place. I have four sisters. Two are twins, ones a diabetic and one has been in the army for almost 7 years now. I look up to my grandparents more than anyone. This is a little about myself. Enjoy!

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=Butternut= I researched the Butternut tree which is also known as the white walnut. It's scientific name is //Juglans cinerea L//. It's related to a variety of different trees such as the Basswood, Black Cherry, Beech, Black Walnut, Elm, Hemlock, Oak, and many more. This is a deciduous tree with a small toothed margin. It's compound (pinnate) and has alternative leaves. The leaves of the Butternut are a dark yellow-green on top and hairy below with a sticky stem. It produces fruit with a hairy sticky husk with a rough and pointed nutshell and is a small to medium sized tree. It's wood is used chiefly for furniture, instrument cases, and boxes. The nuts serve as an important wildlife food.

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

=Norway Maple= The second tree I researched was the Norway Maple. It's scientific name is //Acer platanoides//. Some common trees that it is related to are the Sugar Maple, Field Maple, Capadocian Maple, Labels Maple and Shandong Maple. This is a deciduous tree. It has a lobed margin with opposite leaves. It's simple and palmate. The bark of the Norway Maple is grey brown and shallowly grooved unlike many other maples. The leaf petiole secretes a milky juice when broken. It also has flattened, disc shaped seeds and leaves that also contain milky sap. This tree produces fruit and it's wood is mainly used for furniture and wood turning.

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

=Biomolecules in Food Lab= >
 * I tested apples for fats, protein/oils, starch and simple sugars. I came to a conclusion that fats, protein/oils, and starches were absent. Simple sugars were the only thing present found in apples. Another food that was tested in my group was egg yolk. Egg yolk contained fats, proteins and oils. Two things that egg yolk did not contain though were simple sugars and starches.
 * After looking over results from all groups I noticed a pattern. Most meats had fats and proteins present in them. Most did not contain simple sugars but some did contain starch. In vegetables, simple sugars and fats were mainly absent. There were various different results for the tests of proteins and starches though. Simple sugars were present in all fruits. Some fruits contain fats and starches while others do not. Proteins were mainly absent in fruits though. In the egg yolk everything was absent except simple sugars. The egg white didn’t contain anything but protein.
 * In the chart above it shows how many groups tested positive and negative for each food
 * I was surprised to see that potatoes had protein in them. I always thought that they were just a starchy vegetable. I was also surprised to see that beans had starch in them. I had always thought they were just high in protein. I never noticed they were starchy. I had expected to see protein in spinach but after seeing all the results from not only our group but everyone else’s groups as well it shows that there isn’t. I had expected to see it because I always heard that spinach was a great source of protein.
 * I searched nutritional facts on milk and it said that it does contain some sugars. But when you look over everyone’s results no groups tested positive for sugars. I also researched peas and found that they contain sugar as well even though the results have proven that they are negative.

=Biomolecules Infographic=

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=Food Issues Infographic=

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=Photosynthesis Vocab Infographic=

Sources: http://www.clker.com/clipart-green-leaf-5.html

=Cheek Cells Homework= No, everyone in my group did not have the same extraction results. This is the case because one person could have scraped their teeth against their cheek resulting in more cheek cells, which would lead to the collecting of more DNA. The amount of DNA is affected by your day to day activities because DNA is in your saliva. If you don’t eat than you produce less saliva which as a result doesn’t produce as much DNA as if you would have ate something.

=DNA Replication Summary = In DNA there are four base pairs, Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, and Cytosine. Adenine and Thymine always pair together and are known as purines. Thymine and Cytosine always pair together and there known as pyrimidines. DNA has a leading strand and a lagging strand. The first step for DNA replication in the leading strand is for the hydrogen bonds that hold the base pairs together to break using an enzyme called helicase. Next, in order for the strands to stay broken apart, single stranded binding proteins must attach to each strand. The third step is for an enzyme called Primase to attach to the strand to give the beginning of DNA replication a starting point. The last step is for the enzyme Polymerase to bind and begin to replicate the DNA. DNA also has to replicate in the lagging strand. In the lagging strand it follows the same first four steps as the leading strand goes through. The lagging strands way of replicating is a little different though. On the lagging strand are fragments of DNA called Okazaki fragments. The lagging strand needs Okazaki fragments in order to replicate because the DNA strand is not open yet. Finally, the enzyme ligase binds those fragments together. The lagging strand replicates in the opposite direction as the leading strand.

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=Infectious Disease Infographic=

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