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=Protists Lab= 1. Is native to North America 2. Is used in Aquarium Life 3. It is also a perennial plant, which means it grows every year. http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/plant-identification/alphabetical-index/elodea/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elodea

1. The isotonic balance was disrupted. 2. The Eldoea is part of a hypertonic solution. 3. The Eldoea shrank a little due to the lack of water in the cell.

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1. Hydras are usually found attached to a submerged stick or leaf. 2. If you cut a hydra up, every piece of it will grow into a new hydra. No matter how many pieces you cut it up into it will still produce a new hydra. 3. Biologists are extremely interested in Hydras because they have amazing regenerative abilities and, do not appear to age or die of old age. [] []

5. Cilia are whip-like appendages and there are usually more than one, if there is a single one it would be flagella. In single cells they give them the ability to swim and in tissues they move liquids (usually water) over the cells. Even though they can be used for transportation cilia and flagella have another use, in humans we usually will have cilia in our throat tissue and they will move mucous down our throats. Cilia and flagella are made a microtubule and the tip is cilium. They are usually attached to a cell through the cell membrane. Cilia and flagella grow out of a basal body. There are a few differences between cilia and flagella. There is only one flagella on a cell and they are usually longer than a cilia. There are multiples of cilia on a cell they are normally shorter than flagella.

6. The eldoea and the eldoea in salt water are different because the eldoea in salt water is part of a hypertonic solution, so it is releasing water to the outside of the cell. The eldoea in salt water is plasmolyzed. The normal eldoea is in a isotonic solution and the water moves freely in and out because it is flaccid. These are the differences in the eldoea and the eldoea in salt water. =Biomolecules in Foods Lab=



2. The findings of no simple sugars in egg whites seems to be odd because it is a living thing and needs to have necessary resources to survive. Although it may be found in the yolk instead. It is surprising that in the cooked rice, proteins were not found even though rice has a small amount of proteins in them. Overall, none of the foods contained simple sugars. The cooked rice and steel cut oats contained starch. The gelatin and egg whites have proteins. The eggs whites had fats and oils.

3. The cooked rice is debatable seeing as The Creamy Oat Squad found that cooked rice did not have simple sugars, but the The Group of Samuel Proschea Gigliotti and The Flaming Weasels (us) found that cooked rice did not have simple sugars. Cooked rice most likely has carbohydrates, knowing that rice is a grain which is living and all living things have carbohydrates. Some groups thought that gelatin contained starch, but it does not because starch is the storage form of carbohydrates in plants and gelatin is not a plant or made out of plants. The gelatin and egg whites contained proteins because gelatin is bone marrow and eggs are baby birds it is true that these both contain proteins. The egg whites contained fats, but other groups found that steal cut oats had fats not the egg whites. A few other factors may have played a role in the collection of different data such as the way a person interprets the color, how well they followed the directions, and how long the foods and drinks had been sitting out may have been an important role.

=Enzymes Lab= The corn and peas did not have any reaction with the chemicals. The liver and beef would bubble more the hotter they were.

=Light Intensity Activity=

The best wavelength for getting the most ATP is the wavelength 425 with the light intensity of 200. The wave length 500 to 525 always has the same ATP. The light intensity 0 does not produce any ATP.

=Primary and Secondary Productivity=

The trends for net production changes based on the amount of water present. If the plants are on land and are regularly watered, they tend to produce more, like the tropical rain forest and the lawn in Washington D. C. The plants that are aquatic do not make that much net, so there may be an amount a certain amount of water a plant needs to create net. If a plant lives in the desert does not make that much net do to the low amount of water.

Why do the aquatic plants not produce as much? What is net production? What is the range on the amount water?

=DNA Extraction for Human Cheek Cells=




 * 1) What are the 5 elements that make up DNA? The five elements that make up DNA are carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen.
 * 2) What is the function of DNA from day to day? DNA is to replace its code from day to day.
 * 3) Describe how long strands of double-helical DNA fit into the nucleus of a single cheek cell. DNA can measure around a meter long. This problem is solved with histones. DNA wraps itself around histones making themselves really tiny. A group of histones make up a nucleostone. A group of nucleostones make up a chromatin. Chromatin is the one side on the 'x' on chromosomes.
 * 4) What was the purpose of using the detergent as a cell lysis solution? The lysis solution frees the DNA from our cells.
 * 5) Why does the DNA become visible once the alcohol is added? DNA is less soluble in alcohol than water so it is more visible in alcohol than water.
 * 6) If DNA is so thin, how is it that we are able to see it during this simple lab exercise? DNA is so thin that it is usually invisible, but when it is in a group of DNA is visible to the naked eye.
 * 7) Why is DNA referred to as your genetic fingerprint? DNA is referred to us as our genetic fingerprint because it is unique and no one else has the exact same code as us much like our own finger prints.
 * 8) Give some examples of how DNA is used everyday. DNA is used everyday to help people solve crimes or to identify parents.