Genetics vocabulary test corrections

Summary: These are the questions on today's quiz about genetics that I got wrong and these are my correction

Letter C

Answer Before - Word: Allele | Definition: Phenotype observed in heterozygous organisms X
Correct Answer - Word: Allele | Definition: One of two or more alternative forms of a gene ✓

Letter F

Answer Before - Word: Dominant trait | Definition: Phenotype masked in heterozygous organisms, that can only be observed in homozygous organisms. X

Correct Answer - Word: Dominant trait  | Definition: Phenotype observed in heterozygous organisms ✓

Letter G

Answer Before - Word: Recessive trait | Definition: One of two or more alternative forms of a gene X

Correct Answer - Word: Recessive trait | Definition: Phenotype masked in heterozygous organisms, that can only be observed in homozygous organisms. ✓

Reflection 

Why did I get these questions wrong?

I got these questions wrong, not because I didn't know the correct terms, but simply because I took to much time on the first few definitions, and messed up the last few that we had to do. I also forgot quite a bit of the terms, so I had to consistently look at my notes.

What will I do next time to make sure this doesn't happen again

Next time I will take the time to deeply study the terms and vocabulary, so that next time when we have to match up everything in a short amount of time like we had to today, I will know the meanings at the top of my head. This will allow me to complete the quiz without screwing up any of the terms.

This Year Annual Charity Fair - Project Blog Post

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Summary

During this project, I learned a lot. One thing that definitely stuck out to me in this project is learning how to use a pastry bag. I needed to learn how to use this because without knowing how to we wouldn't be able to design the middle of our cookies. I also learned how to make the pudding thick enough so that we can put it in between the cookies without it getting all over the place. We did this by adding less milk to the mix (so that it was thicker) and than into the freezer. This is what I learned over the course of this project

Backwards Looking - What process did you go through to produce this piece?

To create our cookies, we went through a relatively simple process. To create our whole project is another story, so i'm just going to say how we made our cookies. First, we had to create the Jello. We did this by putting the mix in the mixing bowl, and than pouring in the milk. After this, we mashed up some bananas and mixed it in. That's how we did our pudding, after this we went two ways, one way was pouring our pudding into containers, to sell as is, or we took two Nilla wafers, and used a pastry bag to put the pudding in-between the wafers. Essentially, that all it took. After this we were done creating our product. 

Inwards Looking - How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?

I feel as if our group did pretty well on this project. We produced a well done ignite presentation, as well as we were able to maintain clear ideas throughout the whole presentation. We also did pretty well on our products. However, some things that I thought we did OK on (not very good, or bad) is probably our  tri-fold. Our tri-fold looked overall a bit sloppy, and kind or messy in my opinion, but it wasn't overwhelmingly terrible. This what I enjoyed, and didn't enjoy about our project

Outward Looking - What grade would you give it? Why?

I would probably give this project an A-. I would say this because, for the most part, we did everything relatively well. Our presentation was pretty good. Our product was very tasty. And last but not least, our instructable was pretty good too. The only reason why I wouldn't give us an A is because, like I said before, our poster board had some faults. But they weren't overwhelming, as in they didn't distract you from the ideas our poster was conveying. This is the grade I would giver our project.

Forward Looking - As you look at this piece, what's one thing that you would like to try to improve upon?

I think that I could probably improve upon the tri-fold. As I mentioned before, the tri-fold was a bit sloppy, and overall could have probably improved. So next time I will know what I did wrong before, which was deciding to use tape instead of glue, as well as put un-dried photo paper onto the poster board,and improve upon it by not doing these things. I think that we also could have used a better background for our tri-fold, because in my opinion it was kinda gloomy for selling banana pudding as our product. These are the things I will improve upon for my next project.

Superhero Life Science: Making my own superhero! - Weekly Blog #9

picture taken of my superhero

  This week in science, I learned about different types of DNA and how we can link ourselves to it. In this group of study, we were launched our superhero life science project.I based my superhero off of the chameleon and his name is Karmeleon. I learned a lot about the chameleon. I learned that its tongue can go as fast as 60 mph when attempting to catch a bug, otherwise, they are pretty slow animals. I also learned that the chameleon is pretty smart and uses its camouflage only when necessary. All of this led me to making my drawing and final concept, where I would interpret the strengths of the chameleon into superpowers for my superhero. This is what we did in science this week.

Project Blog - Human Body 2.0 Board Game

Picture of my board game and all of its elements

Summary

In the process of making this project, I learned several things. This doesn't apply only to science, this also applies to software I had to learn better in order to do some of the things I wanted to do. Some of these things including adding images and text into the software. I had to learn how to do this because this isn't an option that comes with the software, but there is a work around. The only reason it doesn't have these basic features is because its originally an open source painting software, called paint tool sai. So, it didint come with options such as text boxes. As far as science goes, I learned quite a bit more about the human body, as well as the organs it contains. I learned about these things because in order for my game to make any sense, I had to research (and re-research) a lot of things. This includes organs and just random facts.

Backward Looking - What process did you go through to produce this piece?

I went through quite a long process to create the board game. First things first, I needed to plan out my game. This included how my game was going to function, and create basic rules. Once the basics were done, I moved onto create my questions. I tried my best, and eventually thought of 6 questions for each body system, ranging in difficulties. This was a lot harder, and a longer process than I expected it to be, especially since I wanted to create quality questions for my game. In this process, I used my drawing software to create question templates that looked like this.

After I was done with making my questions, I copied the text onto the template using google draw. Once all of this was complete, I moved onto making my actual board game and box. This didn't take very long, since I already had all of my stuff planned out. I drew out my game board, box, and of course, added the rules to the back of the box. A that, pretty much summarizes the whole process of making my board game. 

Inward Looking - What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished product?

What was probably the most satisfying in the end was how the fun factor of the game rolled out, and my questions. By the time mostly everyone has tried out my game, the majority said that it was overall a really fun game. All that was important to me is if they had fun and they learned something, and they did! That's probably what was especially satisfying for me. If I were to go and select something else, it would probably be the questions. I feel as if I categorized the questions well, and made them not to hard, but not too easy either. People also said that my cards were sturdy, thanks to the 2 layers of cardstock, and felt like actually cards you would find in a legitimate board game. These are probably the things in my board game that I was especially satisfied with their end product with.

Outward Looking - What do your classmates particularly notice about your piece when they look at it?

One thing that I faintly noticed, but my classmates especially noticed was how the overall board in my game was designed. They noticed that the board game, looked somewhat cramped. They noted that the spaces were a bit too close together for its own good, and things got a bit complicated. That was pretty much all they had to comment on, how I should probably have a bigger game board if im going to have that much material on it. 

Forward Looking  - What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?

I would probably change the overall physique of my board game. Especially my board and box. I feel as if I could have drawn characters, and all sort of other stuff, and have been able to print the out and put them on the box and the board itself. I overall think that I could've made it look alot cleaner, appealing, and less cramped. This is definitely what I would redo if I had a chance to redo the project. 

Human Body System Project: Making my Own Board Game! - Weekly Blog #8

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Summary

This week in science, I worked on my board game for my human body 2.0 project. I designed my cards that will be used in the board game, most of the questions in my board game, as well as the characters that the player will play as. I learned how to put text into my drawing software through mediums such as Google Docs, Word Documents, and more. I also learned about the different types of brush setting I can use in my drawing software. This week, I mainly focused on getting most of the questions done, such as laying them out for each of the body systems in difficulty (easy, medium, and hard). This is what I learned in science this week.

S&EP - Analyzing Data

I used data to analyze the performance of a design under a range of conditions. I changed the rectangle shape in my original design for my board game to an octagon because of the different body systems sections. I wanted to have each side dedicated to that specific body system. this is because each side of the board representing each body, and having the cards of fate (A card that you pick when you land on a square, to affect the outcome of the game) in between would serve as a much more unique design. This would also give a lot more dedication to each of the body systems, so they are divided equally. 

XCC - Systems and System Models

I like to think of my game as a system with all of its different components, and rules to the system. My system works on a 2 dice randomly giving numbers 2-12. Depending on what number you get determines how far you go on the board. You can only claim an organ if you belong to that body system, and whoever can create a whole body system first will win. Of course this system has its limitations. The cards of fate will mess around with the game, and throw obstacles, or help out the user. This is why my board game is like a system.

Is it Healthier to be an Omnivore or a Vegetarian? - Science WAC Essay

Introduction

Having an omnivore's diet is a lot more beneficial than pursuing a vegetarian diet. This is because of the several nutrients that are provided by meat, that you can't find in plants. This includes protein, Vitamin B12, and other crucial nutrients for your body. In an Omnivore's diet, the protein in meat is easily utilized in your body, giving you healthier bones, muscles, and brain. Overall, an Omnivore's diet is much more beneficial than a vegetarians diet. Here's why.

Reason #1

Meat provides several vitamins that are essential for you body. These vitamins include vitamin B12, B13,B6, iron, and many others. Vitamin B12 can only be found in a diet consisting of animal foods. This is supported in the article "Is It Healthier to Be a Vegetarian or an Omnivore?" by SENCER where they say "Without meat in the diet, humans cut out vitamin B12 and limit DHA/EPA (active forms of omega-3 fats), nutrients which promote health." This essentially proves my point of not getting enough of these vitamins. in another article called  "7 Reasons not to avoid meat" By Kris Gunnars he believes that we have evolved through history as being omnivores, and our digestive systems have developed to become used to this behavior. This was stated in the article when he said "Throughout evolution, humans and pre-humans have been eating meat. Our digestive systems are well equipped to make full use of the fats, proteins and nutrients found in animal foods." This concludes my first reason, of not getting enough of these nutrients in a vegetarian diet.

Reason #2

Another thing that an omnivore diet provides is creatine. This creatine provides energy for your cells, as well as it benefits your brain, and muscles. Again, said in the article "Is It Healthier to Be a Vegetarian or an Omnivore?" Authored by SENCER, they also explains that your muscles, brain, and bones are benefited from this creatine in you body, and largely benefit the organs, and/or body systems. This is further explained in the article, when they say " Meat products contain creatine and carnosine, which are beneficial to the brain and muscles." This conclude my second reason, of not getting enough support from creatine.

Reason #3

Adequate amounts of proteins and calories are essential in any diet, and an omnivore diet seams to be better in supplying you with these. Calories and proteins are high in this diet, providing your body with high quality proteins, as well as adequate amounts of calories. In Kris Gunnars article, he also supported this claim. This was said in the article in "A leading concern for those who prefer a vegetarian diet is making sure adequate nutrients are supplied, particularly calories and protein." Because meat consists of these high quality proteins, you are able to stimulate growth in your bones and muscles, as well as creatine does. These are the reasons why lack of calories and proteins in my 3rd reason.

Counter Arguments

Many may argue that a vegetarian diet is the healthier diet, because it reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases, as well as other disease linked with animal fats. In the article "Should People Become Vegetarian" By ProCon.org, they said "People found that eating red meat was associated with an increased risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease." This fact was also supported in the article made by SENCER, where they explain "studies have shown an increased incidence of chronic disease among those who eat meat." As the fact is presented in processed meat, there is no evidence for un-processed meats. This is yet again another fact presented by Kris Gunnars article, where he said "In the past few decades, meat has been blamed for all sorts of diseases. But we've been eating meat for a long time and blaming new health problems on old foods doesn't make much sense." He elaborates more on this towards the end of the article, where he explains " If you want to avoid chronic disease, then it makes sense to avoid processed meat as much as possible. But unprocessed meats seems to be fine." This is my counter arguement for the claim against cardiovascular disease.

Conclusion

To conclude this essay, you can clearly see that the omnivore diet is a lot more beneficial for you life. In this diet, you are provided with high quality vitamins, proteins, calories, and creatine. All of these are largely beneficial to your muscular, nervous, and skeletal system. So, you can conclude that the benefits of an omnivorous diet outweighs the vegetarian diet.

Immune System Blog Post: Human Body 2.0

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Basics of the Immune System

The immune system is your bodies defensive mechanism, if you will. Its function is to protect you from harmful, infectious viruses. The immune system is very crucial for your body, and without it, you would have tons of fatal diseases infecting you body. The immune systems primary organs are the thymus and bone marrow, and the secondary organs include the spleen, tonsils, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, adenoids, skin, and liver. Each of the organs serve each part of the body, and protect that part from infectious disease from spreading.

Interactions With Other Systems 

The immune system interacts very closely with the circulatory system. This is because the white blood cells need a path to run through. The immune system relies on the circulatory to carry around your white blood cells. These blood cells are crucial for fighting off the viruses and unwanted bacteria that enters your body. This is how the immune system interacts with other systems. 

Analogy

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I believe that the immune system acts like soldiers in your body. I think of this because they both do a type of fighting for something they belong to. Let me put this into perspective, the solider fight for their country that they belong to, and fight the apposing enemy. On the other side of the coin, the immune system belongs to the organism, and (fights off) the bacteria and viruses that try to enter you body.

Structure and Function Relations

The structure and function of the bone marrow in the immune system are very closely related. I think this because of the bone marrows sensitivity. Because of the bone marrows weak points, it has to be very productive in white cell production. This is it main function. The bone marrow can receive signals through the immune system, so it know how many white blood cells it needs to produce. This is how the structure of the immune system relates to its function.

Sources - http://www.healthhype.com, Brainpop - Immune system, www.biology4kids.com

Nervous System Blog Post: Human Body 2.0

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Basics of the Nervous System

The nervous system is the channel of nerves in your body. There are nerves all over your body and stimulate the senses in each of your body parts. The main function of the nervous system is for your brain to have a pathways to tell all of your body parts, and muscles, what to do. The only actual organ of your nervous system is the brain, and maybe the spinal cord, however, there are several other parts in the nervous system. These include nerves, nervous tissues, meninges, and the different type of sense organs, which stimulate all 5 of your senses. These senses include sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Let me try to give a rundown of all the rest of the functions. The meninges function is to protect the central nervous system. The nerves and nervous tissue are the signal transmitters between the brain and the event your body is experiencing. The brains function is to, in short, tell your body what to do. And finally your spinal cords function is to carry information up and down your spine. As a matter a fact, without your spinal cord, you physically, couldn't survive. You cant move any part of your body and your organs wouldn't be able to function. See the importance now?

Interactions With Other Systems

The nervous system works closely with literally every system in a organism. It controls your organs both unconsciously, and consciously. Let my try to give as many relations as I can. In your muscular and skeletal system, you brain tells your muscles and your bones to move in certain directions. In your digestive and urinary system, even though you don't notice it, it all happens unconsciously. Your organs are told what to through your nervous system. The only thing you have control over is when you need to pee, or take a dump. same goes for your respiratory system, you control when you want to breath, and your nervous system takes care of actually preforming it. This is how you nervous system interacts with other systems.

Analogy

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I think that the nervous system, can be compared to a type of controller. I think of this because all the different buttons on the controller, can represent the different thing your brain tells your  body to do. When you press a button on the controller, the thing (character, cursor, navigator) reacts to it. This is exactly like in the nervous system. When your brain (the button being pressed) sends signals through your nerves (the wire) to tell the part of your body to do (character, navigator). This is why I think the the nervous system can be compared to an N64, I mean *clears throat*, (insert name here) controller.

Structure and Function Relations

The structure and function of the nervous system are pretty closely related. I think this because in a nerve, there are several different parts that help it transmits signals to your body. A nerve is mainly made of axons. These axons allow information to be sent up and down the nerve. Because a nerve is made of axons (structure) It can transmit signals to your brain (function). I'm sorry, I really couldn't think of anything better for this one. I know i'm getting a low score for structure and function. Oh well at least I tried.

Here are my Sources: www.boundless.com, www.biology4kids.com, wikipedia, Brainpop - Nervous system

Urinary System Blog Post: Human Body 2.0

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Basics of the Urinary System

The urinary system is a very important system in our body. This system's main job  is to filter liquids taken into our body, and separate the nutrients, from the waste product. The urinary system filters the liquid in the kidneys, and gets rid of the waste product by exiting the bladder. This system is comprised of a few key organs. The names of these organs are the kidneys, ureters, urethra, and of course, the bladder. Let me talk about the functions of these organs. Like I said before, the function of the kidneys is to filter the liquids from the waste and nutrients. It absorbs the nutrients and the circulatory system takes the nutrients to other parts of the body, this is because the circulatory system passes through both kidneys. In this process, urine is produced to balance the amount of salts produced in your body. Bladders function is to obviously, hold the water. The ureters carry the urine from your kidney to you bladder, and the urethra is to carry urine out of the body.

Interactions with other systems

Like I said before, the urinary system works very closely with the circulatory system. This is because there are parts of the circulatory system that go through the kidney to get the nutrients, so that it can be given to the cells in your body. But what you probably did suspect, is how well the digestive system works with the urinary system. Once all the food is broken down, and goes down to the small and large intestines for the nutrients to be absorbed from the food, and access liquid, such as from the water you drink, filters into your kidneys. Than the process of the urinary system starts. Both of these system work very closely together and rely on each other to get rid of the waste that isn't needed in you body.

Analogy

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I believe that the urinary system can be compared to a water filter. I think of this because the filter part of the water filter is like your kidneys. In your kidneys, it take out the nutrients from the liquids you consumed, and take out the waste product through peeing. This is flip flopped for the water filter because it takes out the bad stuff in the water and produces the good stuff. even though it is the other way around, both of the are a type of filtrtation system for liquids. This is why I think that the urinary system can be compared to a water filter

Structure and Function Relations

The structure of the urinary, is pretty relevant to the function. Because the bladder is expandable, it can hold quite a bit of urine. This is because its made out of a internal sphincter muscle that allows the urinary system to expand and contract. This allows urine to be stored at a reasonable amount. Once 200 ml of urine or so are stored in your bladder, the autonomic nerve is stimulated telling your brain that you gotta go pee. So in short, the structure of the bladder, being expandable, serves its function of being able to store urine effectively.

Sources: Brainpop - Urinary System, http://www.womens-health-advice.com/urinary-system, www.biology4kids.com

Muscular System Blog Post: Human Body 2.0

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Basics of the Muscular System

The muscular system, is a very important system in a human. It provides movement through your body, and pretty much, is how you push and pull things effectively. There are several types of muscles. These types include skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. The cardiac muscles are in charge of pumping blood through your body, and the skeletal muscles contract and relax along your bones, making it so you can do many different movements by supplying strength throughout your bones, such as moving your legs, arms, torso and neck. These are also called voluntary muscles, because these are the only parts of your body you have control over. These are the different types of muscles or organs in the muscular system, as well as the function of the system

Interaction with other systems
The muscular system works closely with the nervous system. This is because your muscles receive messages from your brain, which travel down to your muscles to perform actions. This system is called the autonomic nervous system. Even though this true, sometimes you don't even have to think before you do a movement. These types of movements are are known as reflexes. An example of the is if a ball is coming towards you, and you hear it coming, you will mostly probably automatically move out of the way. some people have a lot better reflexes than others, and that is because their muscles have more experience with that type of stuff, so their muscles were trained to act on their own.

Analogy

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I believe that the muscular system can be compared to a light switch. It might not make much sense right now, but let me explain. See, the muscular systems voluntary and involuntary muscles can be compared to the on, and off functions of a light switch. The involuntary will always be "off" as far as your nervous system can see it. This is the exact opposite for the voluntary muscles. For the voluntary muscles the nervous thinks the switch is always flipped on. Also, the light or action responding to the switch, is as if you were to preform that action. This is why I think that the muscular system can be compared to a light switch. Wait a second, I just thought of something. Don't you think that a remote control is more like an analogy type of thing for the muscular system. Oh wait never mind that wouldn't make much sense. Actually I can use that for the nervous system! Huh weird.

Structure and Function Relations

The structure and function of the muscular system, I believe, are very closely related. I think of this because for some parts of the digestive system, are aligned with involuntary muscles. These muscles help push food along the digestive system. See the structure of the muscle, being a smooth muscle, supports the function. I'm really sorry I couldn't think of anything better, but this is how the structure of the muscular system supports the function.

Sources: Brainpop - Muscles, Biology4kids, kidshealth.org

Skeletal System Blog Post: Human Body 2.0

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Basics

The skeletal system is very important to your body. It supports pretty much everything in your body and without them, you would just be a blob of muscle and skin. it also helps you move around The skeletal system is made of joints and bones. A joint is where two or more bones meet, and supports movement. Some of these joints include the pivot, hinge, ball and socket, and gliding joints.

System It Works With

The skeletal system works closely with all the systems, but mainly protects your muscular system. This is because without your bones, your body would be able to have shape and move. The bones work with muscle by allowing muscle to move along the skeleton, allowing you to do things that require muscles such as lifting, pulling, or over all picking up items. The stronger your muscles, the more you could pick up and the more you could push and pull.

Analogy

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I think that the skeletal system can be compared to a drawer. I think this because without a drawer, its items would just be scattered all over the place, without having a place to be, just like it is with the skeletal system, it keeps all the systems in place. However, because the drawer gives it a place to stay, the items can be accessed and serve a purpose. The drawer also helps gives mobility, allowing to to draw out and in, just like the skeletal system giving mobility in your body. The drawer also serves as a divider among the utensils, just as it is shown in the picture. This could be compared to each system having a spot in the organism. The drawers also protect the items, just like the bones protecting the muscular system. Overall, the point is, without the drawer, utensils wouldn't have a place to be, as well as the systems in an organism would have a place to be without the bones to hold them in place. This is why I think the skeletal system could be compared to a drawer.

Structure and Function Relations

The structure and function of the skeletal are closely related. This is because the structure of your bones, being hollow, allow you to move around with being dragged down to the ground. These hollow bones are very beneficial if you are doing a lot of movement. Even though these bone are hollow, they are still strong. This is because they have several layers to protect themselves.

Sources - Brainpop: Skeleton, Brainpop: Joints, www.biology4kids.com

Circulatory System Blog Post: Human Body 2.0

The Basics the Circulatory System 

The circulatory system is a very unique, and vital system to our body. The circulatory system, also known as the cardiovascular system, carries blood through your body. The circulatory system is in charge of supplying your cells with energy and the nutrients they need, through the power of blood vessels. The noble organ of the circulatory system is the heart. That is because the heart is extremely important in the circulatory, heck, even out of your whole body! Without your heart, blood wouldn't be able to pump through your body. Some other parts in this system are the different types of blood vessels. These include the arteries, veins, and capillaries. Blood vessels are the parts of your body that carry your blood so that each part of your cells get the nutrients they need.

Analogy 

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I beleive that the circulatory system can be compared to the gasoline pipes in a car. The gasoline being blood, and the pipes it runs through, being the blood vessles.

Interaction With Other Systems

Your circulatory system pretty much work with every organ in your body. this is because your organs need their specific nutrients in order to function. I suppose the closest system it works with it probably the respiratory system. This is because every time you breath, you breath in O2, or oxygen. You circulatory system carries that oxygen through to ensure that all of your cells are supplied with oxygen. After this process is done, your circulatory system carries out the CO2 out of your body. This is how the circulatory system works with other systems.

Structure and Function Relations

The structure and the function of the circulatory work well together. This is shown in the heart, where your blood is pumped. This is because your heart has 4 chambers. This structure serves its function by allowing your blood to travel in several directions through your blood vessels. Without even one of these 4 chambers, we wouldn't be able to supply a big part of our body with the blood they need. The bottom line is, because there are several chambers in your heart (structure), blood can be supplied through your body (function)

Sources - www.biology4kids.com, brainpop - circulatory system, www.kidshealth.com

Respiratory System Blog Post: Human Body 2.0

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Basics of the Respiratory System

The respiratory system is a very crucial system to our body. This systems job is to get oxygen flowing into your lungs, and out you nose, or mouth. Oxygen is important for your body because it supply's the nutrients that your cells need. The organs in the respiratory system include the lungs, nose, mouth, trachea, bronchi, larynx, and pharynx. The function of the nose an mouth are the entrance for the air to flow, as simple as that. The function of the lungs is to hold the oxygen you take in, and take the carbon dioxide produced in your body out. The function of the trachea is to create an airway, so air can circulate in and out of the lungs. Your bronchi are used to carry the oxygen from the trachea to your lungs. Your larynx is, put simply, your voice box. And Finally your pharynx is the carrier of air inhaled through your mouth. That a rundown of all the basics.

Interaction with Other Systems

The respiratory system works very closely with the circulatory system, as well as it goes visa-versa. Here's why. Your circulatory system carries oxygen through your body to provide nutrients for your cells. Your respiratory system is the one that supply's the oxygen. Why don't we dig a little deeper? Your lungs are very closely connected with the circulatory system. Actually your heart is dead in the center in-between both lungs. This allows the oxygen produced in the lungs, able to enter your bloodstream, and flow through your body.

Analogy

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I believe that a bike pump can be closely compared to the respiratory system. I think this because both of their functions are very similar. I think of this because when you pull the handle up of the pump, it takes in air, to be stored in the center pump for however long its needed. This is very similar to oxygen entering your lungs. After the pump preforms this action, when you push down the handle, the air is pushed into the object you are trying to inflate. This is as if your were exhaling and letting out carbon dioxide. This is why I think a pump is like the respiratory system

Structure and Function

The structure of your lungs being expandable, greatly benefits its function. This is because, if your lungs weren't able to expand as far as they can now, they would barely be able to hold any air. This is because your lungs expansion (structure) allows air to be stored in your lungs (function). As you can clearly see, these two greatly support each other and are crucial for a well functioning respiratory system.

Sources - http://www.innerbody.com/anatomy/respiratory, www.biology4kids.com, Brainpop - Respiratory system

Cellular Reproduction and Human Body Studies: Weekly Blog #7

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Summary

This week, we further studied cell reproduction, as well as division of labor amongst cells. Division of labor is when a group of cell preform a function, and ensure that the organism is effectively preforming the job and smooth running. Division of labor is divided into separate parts of the body. Some examples of this could be shown as multiple tissues that work together to create an organ, or multiple organs that work together to create the systems of the organism. This is what we studied in science this

S&EP - Asking Questions and Defining Problems

I established what is already known about the cell reproduction and how cells work together to create a working organism. I did this by studying the cell division of labor and concluded that there are several vital systems that our body need to operate. these systems include the digestive system, nervous system, and skeletal system just to name a few. This is how I asked questions and defined problems in science this week.

XCC - Systems and System models

This relates to the topic we studied this week because we talked about how all the systems work together to create an organism. This system is composed of the digestive system, nervous system, and skeletal system just to name a few. These systems work together to create a smooth functioning organism.

Digestive System: Human Body 2.0 Blog Post

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The Basics About the Digestive System

The digestive systems function is to break down the food as you eat so your body can use the food for its nutrients. The digestive systems organs include the pancreas, liver, small intestine, large intestine, gallbladder, esophagus, salivary glands (In the mouth), and rectum 

The Digestive system work with the urinary system. They work together because when the digestive system takes in a liquid, it absorbs the nutrients that are in the liquid and then leaves the rest the the urinary system. This system is used to drain out the access liquid your body doesn't need. is the one that drains it out 

Analogy

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I believe that the Digestive system can be compared to a cement mixer. I think this because when the digestive system is digesting food, it breaks it down and turns it into chyme (similar to the mixed cement) the chyme than goes through a process to be solidified (like the cement being solidified) to be turned into poop (the cement block) This is why I think the Digestive system is like a cement mixer.

Structure and Function of the Digestive System

The structure of the large intestine affects its function because of its size. the large intestine is wide, but has a passage for the thin and watery chyme to go through. This function is supported by the structure because if it wasn't wide, the chyme wouldn't be able to circulate through the large intestine, thus making the large intestine an important organ. This is how the structure and function support each other.

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The Wonderful Study Of Diffusion and Mitosis: Weekly Blog #6

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Summary

This week in science class, we studied about mitosis as well as finished up our diffusion studies. Diffusion is the travel of particles from an area of high concentration, to an area of low concentration. Osmosis is similar to diffusion accept for a solution, such as water. Traveling through a membrane from an area of high concentration of, lets just say salt, to an area with a lower concentration of salt. The other subject we studied about this week was mitosis. Mitosis is a cycle in which cells are duplicated, or multiplied. Starting at the inter phase and ending in the cytokines (where the cell is fully duplicated) mitosis is a relatively slow process, or fast process if you are developing cancer cells.

S&EP - Communicating Information

I used scientific text to find important. information, evidence and ideas. I read about mitosis in our text books, as well as on the gizmos. This led me to understand the process of the process of mitosis, and how cells are replicated. In the gizmo, it was showing a time lapsed process of mitosis, and further improved my understanding of the subject.

XCC - Stability and Change

There is a great example of stability and change in the process of mitosis. When the new cells are formed, there is a great change in the chromosomes of the cell. Even though the DNA is the same, there is still a difference in how the cell was developed. The cells must stabilize the amount of cells formed in order to be replicated`

In Depth: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration: Weekly Blog #5

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Summary

This week in science, we studied photosynthesis further in depth. We also studied cellular respiration, and how it works with photosynthesis. We breath in oxygen (O2) and than exhale carbon dioxide ( CO2). Besides the carbon dioxide we exhale, we also exhale water vapor. The plants in photosynthesis take in water for the ground, as well as from the air. They than use the water (H20), carbon dioxide (CO2) as well as light energy to create 2 products.  These products are know as glucose (C6 H12 O6) and oxygen (O2). In Cellular Respiration, its almost like the situation gets flip flopped. The mitochondria uses the Glucose and Oxygen produced in the photosynthesis to create pyruvic acids. the pyruvic acids than go to the mitochondria to create water and carbon dioxide.

S&EP - Using Mathematics

I used mathematics and statistics to analyze data when I balanced out the equations of photosynthesis. In order to make sense of any equation, both sides must be balanced. For an example water (H2O) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) added to light energy, cant turn in to Oxygen (O2) and Glucose (C6 H12 O6) without putting the amount it needs of atoms to balance it out. The balanced out equation should look like so. 6 H2O + 6 CO2 + Light energy = 6 O2 + C6 H12 O6. When we were balancing out the equation, we had to use mathematical elements in order to make it work.

XCC - Patterns

There is a very clear pattern in photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Like I explained in the summary, photosynthesis and cellular respiration work very closely together. In photo synthesis, the product is glucose and oxygen. In cellular respiration, the aerobic respiration in the cytoplasm. In the aerobic respiration, it takes the oxygen and glucose and converts in to pyruvic acids. Then, in the anaerobic respiration, the pyruvic goes into the mitochondria and produces water and oxygen. These are the patterns found in photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Organic Compounds and Photosynthesis! Weekly Blog #4

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Summary

This week in science, we studied organic compounds (or macromolecules) and photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is a process that plants go through to create oxygen for us to survive.We also studied organic compounds, something completely new that i've never heard of before. An organic compound is a compound made of carbon that can take many forms, The different types of organic compounds are lipids, proteins, carbohydrates/carbs, and nucleic acids.

S&EP - Communicating Information

I used scientific text to find important. information, evidence and ideas. I did a photosynthesis simulation on gizmos. This led me to understand that the color of the wavelengths can determine how well the photosynthesis process goes. This concluded to the results that the color green will reflect off of the plant, but the colors blue and orange get absorbed. We studied this as a class, and in the end I concluded the the most oxygen is produced from these colors

XCC - Patterns

I noticed a very repetitive pattern in one of the subjects we are studying, and that is the pattern of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process that plant go through to create oxygen for us to survive. than we turn the oxygen into carbon dioxide, for the plants to make more oxygen. This becomes a cycle and pattern for the world to operate. 

Cell Wars Is at an End - Project Blog

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One of my memes that I made to defend the Ribosome (I couldn't get a screenshot of my Tackk)

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Summary

During this project, I learned a lot, mainly about the ribosome, and what it does to help the other organelles. In this project I studied about how the ribosomes function, and what their structure is like. I also learned about the Golgi body and the endoplasmic-reticulum. We had to know about these two because they help the ribosome with making proteins. For an example, the ribosomes produce the proteins, than the endoplasmic-reticulum sends it to the Golgi Body to package it. This is the brief summary of the ribosomes job, and our Cell Wars project.

Backwards Looking

I knew quite a bit about the subject of this project before we started. I think I remember studying cells in either 4th grade or 5th grade, but I definitely did at one point. There were a few things presented that I recognized from the past. For an example, the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, and cytoplasm definitely rang a bell. I definitely remembered taking some type of test about the functions and names of each of the organelles. This is how much I knew about the subject before hand.

Inwards Looking

Something I was especially proud about in this project was the video. I poured almost all of my effort into that video, and it really stuck out. Everybody overall enjoyed it and thought it was great. Most of all, the people said that they learned something as well as they enjoyed it. This is because we also put all of the information we got from our research into the video as well.

Outwards Looking

I would most probably give this project an overall A. I say this because my video was definitely much above the standards or the expectations. The posters had a lot of thought put into them. They were also very unique and creative concepts. The only thing that barely met the expectations were the smears. I say this because the maximum was either 7 or 5, and the minimum was 2. I made 2. Even so, the smears I made couldn't even qualify as smears. One of them was calling an organelle a plastic bag for god sakes! Anyways, im not very good at those things so that's why the smears barely made it.

Forwards Looking

Something I could definitely improve upon is the smears. When I was doing my smears I didn't put nearly as much effort as I did on the posters, needless to say the video. I barely cut it, making only 2 smears. The smears overall weren't at my best efforts, because im not really into doing stuff like that to others. I also didnt really wanted to start any "beef" between other organelles. That is what i would improve upon if I could do the project over again.

The Cell land Election is Still on! Weekly Blog #3

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This week in science, we accomplished several tasks for our cell wars project. The posters were due, so I applied the knowledge I knew about the ribosomes there. I made a poster about how they make your hair grow. I also made another promotional poster. This week, on top of the posters, I also did research on the ribosomes weakness. I read that the ribosomes can cause cancer if they are weakened or if they malfunction. This is due to proteins unable to perform their actions. This is why you experience hair loss and weakness during cancer.

S&EP - Arguing From Evidence

I used evidence to defend my explanation. I did this when people were trying to smear us on Ribosomes causing cancer. I answered, they only cause cancer if the are weakened or if they malfunction. This causes hair loss and overall weakness in your body. I used my credible sources to provide evidence. This is how I came back to the people trying to smear us.

XCC - Cause & Affect

This week, I learned several things about the ribosomes. There was one cause and effect pattern that I learned about over the course of the week, and that is the affect of proteins in your body. The proteins that are produced by the Ribosomes cause your bones and muscles to operate. However, if this so happens to malfunction or be weakened, than it starts to take affect on your body. it cause your bones and muscles to weaken as well as hair loss due to the lack of proteins being transmitted through your body.