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=About Me= My name is Jacob. I am a very forgiving person that loves to play football or any type of sports. I have a girlfriend named Kristen. I plan to go to the NFL and the Olympics or be a gym teacher while I have a family. I hardly ever get in trouble, and when I do, its something important or an accident. Last year in 8th grade I bent down to pick up my binder and my first period book, while I was doing that I stuck my foot out behind me. A teacher walked behind me and tripped. I got three after school detentions for something I did on accident but I believe that was needed to make sure it didn't happen again.

=Witch Hazel= My tree was the Witch Hazel. It's scientific name is //Hamamelis Virginiana L.// The closest relative to this leaf is the Persian Ironwood. The tree is deciduous (Means it will shed its leaves before winter.). The leaves are dentate (Means having a toothed margin or tooth process.), simple, palmate (means it does not have baby leaves.), and it is alternate (means the pedioles on the branch are not straight across from one another). Does not have teeth along the blade of the leaf. The leaves are 4-6 in. long. Different colors on each side. A medical extract is distilled from the bark.

=Black Willow= My second tree was the Black Willow. It's scientific name is Salix nigra Marshall. The closest relative to this leaf is the Weeping Willow. The tree is deciduous. The leaves are dentate, simple, palmate, and is alternate. Does have teeth along the blade of the leaf. It's 5-15 cm long and 0.5-2 cm in width. Smooth, dark green one top and pale green on the bottom of the leaf. Contains medical compounds and the wood is used in wickerwork. =Biomolecules In Food Lab= Iodine test (Starch)- Negative Benedicts’s Test (Simple sugars)- No sugar Sudan IV test (Fats and Oils)- Negative Biuret Test (Protein)- Negative Iodine test (Starch)- Negative Benedicts's Test (Simple Sugars)- No sugar Sudan IV Test (Fats and Oils)- Positive Biuret Test (Protein)- Positive The two foods I tested were the ground beef and the lettuce. The ground beef was tested to have fats and oils, and protein. It was also tested for starch and simple sugars, but was negative on each of them. The lettuce was tested for fats and oils, protein, starch, and simple sugars also, but was negative on all of them. There were no simple sugars in the ground beef which surprised me because beef is a meat. Also what surprised me was that there was no starch in the ground beef.
 * Hypothesis:** I believe that the lettuce will contain starch, and simple sugars.
 * Lettuce:**
 * Ground Beef:**
 * Analysis:**

=Photosynthesis Webquest= 1. What is photosynthesis? Photosynthesis is a process that makes carbon dioxide into organic substances.

2. What types of organisms carry out photosynthesis? List 3 groups. Flowers, shrubs, and trees.

3. What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis? What is the translation for the chemical equation? 6CO2+6H2O+sunlight-->C6H12O6+6O2, it is translated as carbon dioxide + water + sunlight --> glucose, and 2 oxygen atoms.

4. Look at your equation in number 3 and answer the following questions: a. What are the raw materials or reactants needed to carry out photosynthesis? carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight b. What are the products of photosynthesis? glucose and oxygen c. What energy source is needed in the reaction? sunlight

5. Consider a plant as the photosynthetic organism. a. In what part of the plant does photosynthesis occur? leaf b. What specific cells are involved? chlorophyll c. What specific organelle is involved? chloroplasts

6. How does the plant get the raw materials needed for photosynthesis to the plant part where photosynthesis occurs? Goes through the stomata.

7. What is a stoma and of what value is the stoma to the plant in its efforts to carry out photosynthesis? The stomata is the under layer of the leaf that allows materials in and out such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. The stomata helps carry out photosynthesis because it allows the glucose and oxygen to the xylem to be moved around the plant.

8. Explore the organelle that is responsible for the process of photosynthesis. What are found inside the organelle and how do these parts aid in the process of photosynthesis? The chloroplasts contain the thylakoid, and the lamella, they aid in the process because this is where the first stage of photosynthesis occurs.

9. What is the first part of photosynthesis called and where does it occur? The Light Reaction, it happens in the thylakoid.

10. What exactly happens in the first part of photosynthesis? The energy of the sunlight is transferred to the chloroplasts which absorb it.

11. What is the second part of photosynthesis called and where does it happen? The Dark Reaction, it happens in the chloroplasts.

12. What happens in the second part of photosynthesis? The chloroplast has absorbed the sunlight and starts to break down materials into carbohydrates.

13. Are the two parts of photosynthesis connected? If so, explain the connection. They are connected because in a normal weather environment they are one reaction, but in a drier climate they are two reactions, otherwise the plant would die.

14. Does the chemical equation that you listed in number 3 tell the entire story of the process of photosynthesis? Why or why not? It does not tell the entire process because the equation doesn't say it needs ATP when it really needs ATP and an electron carrier called NADPH.

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