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flat = = =About Me=

My name is Courtney. Im a freshman at Punxsutawney High School. I love to play sports, but softball is my favorite. I play short stop in softball.

=Butternut (White Nut)=

The scientific name for the Butternut tree is //Juglans cinerea.// Its related to the black walnut tree and such. Its deciduous, in which its margin is serrated, then compound in which, pinnate and then alternate leaves. The butternut tree or white walnut is know as one of the hardiest nut trees, its has a distinctive ridged and furrowed bark, and also the sweet nuts that this tree produces are also used for baking. The uses of this tree could be that the aboriginal people used the nut oil for hair dressing, cooing, leather-making, and polishing tools and ornaments. Also thistree can be used for furniture, and food for people and animals.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Juglans_cinerea.jpg

=Sweet Birch=

My second tree is the Sweet Birch Tree, its scientific name is called the Betula lenta. It's related to all the birches, but its related to the beech/oak tree families. Its deciduous, in which its unevenly saw-toothed, alternate, and simple. This tree is commonly referred to as the black birch or cherry birch or any other type of birch, and this tree was also at one time the source of oil of wintergreen, also the tree is known to reach over 250 years of age. Some uses of this tree were the production of oil of wintergreen in the past, then it can be used for its sap, in which isn't like regular syrup after boiled but it's like molasses.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Betula_lenta_subsps_lenta_01-10-2005_14.53.56.JPG

=Biomolecules Food Analysis=

I tested chicken liver in this lab. In this lab I tested for carbohydrates, proteins and fats and oils. In the carbohydrates though, you tested for simple sugars and starches in the liver. For simple sugar, I got that it was not present. For starch I got that it was present. It turned black. For the proteins, I got that it was present. For fats and oils, I got that it was present. Another food that got tested was an apple. For simple sugar, I got that it was present. For starch, I got that it was present. For proteins, I got that it was absent. For fats and oils, I got that it was absent.

+ = present or present was the most in group - = absent or absent was the most in group - + = both absent & present is equal
 * **Food** || **Simple Sugar** || **Starch** || **Protein** || **Fats & Oils** ||
 * Liver || + || + || + || + ||
 * Peas || - || + || - || - ||
 * Ground Beef || - || - || + || + ||
 * Egg Whites || - || - || + || - ||
 * Banana || + || - || + - || +- ||
 * Cannelini Bean || - || + || + || + ||
 * Milk || - || - || + || + ||
 * Lettuce || - || - || - || - ||
 * Potato || - || + || + || - ||
 * Avocado || + || + || + || - ||
 * Apple || + || - || - || - ||
 * Egg Yolk || - + || + || + || + ||

It surprised me that there was some simple sugar in liver because you wouldn’t think that a meat like that would have some sort of sugar. I also would have expected to see proteins in peas and apples because that’s fruit and a vegetable and there very healthy for you.

Nutritional information about the liver would be it actually is high in many vitamins and has low calories. Its actually really good for you and has a lot of minerals in it.

=Food Issue Infographic= Resources Cited- Pictures from: Clip Art Gallary Information- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_contaminant http://www.diet.com/g/food-contamination

=Biomolecule Infographic= Resources Cited- Pictures from- Clip Art Gallary; http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=62921884 Information- Notes

=Photosynthesis Infographic=

=DNA Homework Question= Everyone in my group did not have the same extraction results. This is the case for not the same results, because everyone is different. They might have taken more DNA out of there mouth, by swishing the gatorade against there teeth or cheeks more resulting in more DNA then the other. The amount of DNA that you extract is affected by you day to day activities because since DNA is located in your saliva, different people take in different things. This being said, some people may eat more than other or other people may not have ate before taking this test so the saliva will be different. So, this is why every person will have a different result.

=Summary of Replication = Before you start the replication of DNA, you have hydrogen bonds, which are made up of bases. The bases are Adenine and Guanine, which are always paired together, and Thymine and Cytosine, which are always paired together. Adenine and Guanine are purines, and Thymine and Cytosine are pyrimidines. DNA also has two strands, which are the leading strand and lagging strand. Finally beginning with replication, you have four different steps. The first step, when helicase, which is and the enzyme that will break apart the hydrogen bonds. In which helicase will bind and break apart DNA. Second, in order for replication to form you have two strands in which the sing stranded binding proteins keep strong f rom coming together. Third, since the primase is and enzyme that glues a starting point, it will bind and then form the starting point in the DNA strand. Fourth, the polymerase binds and will replicate the DNA. After this, you have a whole new piece of DNA.

=DNA Infographic=

=Genetic Disease Infographic=

Resources: /www.diabetes.org http://www.emedicinehealth.com/diabetes/page3_em.htm#Diabetes%20Symptoms Picture Sources: Courtney's Picture Files