Cory+H

toc =About Me=

im not a very athletic person. the main sport i play would have to be golf. i have 1 pet, its a cat and weighs about 20 pounds. i can get along with almost anyone as long as they dont do drugs or are off there rocker if you know what i mean. i have alot of random friends. they'll be driving down town and next thing i know im going to dubois or indiana with them. ill be the first to admit that i can be a little annoying sometimes. and a lot of people would agree (parents). if im not home you might find me with friends or at the down town chinese buffet.

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=Elm tree=


 * Information to find:**
 * 1) Name: **Elm tree**
 * 2) Scientific name: **__Ulmus americana__**
 * 3) Organism that infects tree: **The Scolytus elm-bark beetle makes a fungus that kills the tree.**
 * 4) Provides habitat or food for... (don't guess, research): **Everything from songbirds and mice to rabbits and deer use this tree for food. Also butterflies, bees and other insects use the tree for the flowers to help polinate them.**
 * 5) Justify classification of tree to related trees - create classification scheme as a class, identify related species
 * 6) Commercial use of tree: **This tree is used widely across the U.S for the boxes, furniture, and barrels. Also from the vase shape it grows into makes it the perfect shade tree.**
 * 7) Twig characteristics: **Are normally slender, zig zag, and sorta hairy.**
 * 8) Where tree is found in the world (native to pa?): **Found through out Pennsylvania in mainly moist areas.**
 * 9) Draw or find a picture of a drawing of the leaf to show to the class

Information from these sites: http://www.oplin.org/tree/name/commonname.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm#Pests_and_diseases [] [] [] American Elm - 100 Most Common North American Trees By [|Steve Nix], About.com

=Catalpa=


 * Information to find:**
 * 1) Name: **Catalpa**
 * 2) scientific name: **Catalpa Speciosa**
 * 3) Organism that infects tree:
 * 4) Provides habitat or food for: **Hummingbirds use tre for its flowers**
 * 5) Justify classification of tree to related trees - create classification scheme as a class, identify related species:
 * 6) Commercial use of tree: **The Catalpa has alot of medical uses like, an antidote to snake bites, laxative, and the tea made from its leaves is used to** **treat asthma and bronchitis.**
 * 7) Twig characteristics: **Stout yellow-brown and the buds are on the sides no the ends.**
 * 8) Where tree is found in the world (native to pa?): **Is normally found in southern states, but is widely plant across the east coast for its flowers and** **shade.**
 * 9) Draw or find a picture of a drawing of the leaf to show to the class.

Info from these sites: [] []- Foster S. & Duke. J. A**.** //A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America// []

=Genetics=

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=CREATE AN ORGANISM=



I have just discovered a new species and have named them the Elebra. This animal is a cross between the elephant and zebra. This species appears to have the body a stripped horse with the head of an elephant. For the people who like a scientific name for animals you may call it the Strippus trunkus. After observing this species I have learned that it is a generally easygoing animal that will avoid confrontation when able to. Unlike the origin animals it came from the zebra and elephant, which live in the African plains. This new species decided to migrate into the swamplands. Where it feeds on the algae and trees that reside in that area. This mammal is a magnificent find and I would hope to do more research on.

=Catalase=



After doing this analysis I have learned that different types of food have different reactions to the test. The food could even be part of the same substance like the egg yolk and the egg white both being part of an egg and yet they both have different results. The egg white proved to react more to the hydrogen peroxide than the egg yolk. I was really surprised that the avocado had such a reaction to the hydrogen peroxide; I thought that with it being a fruit that it would be one of the foods to have a lesser reaction. Looking at the different reactions between the different temperatures that the hotter the temperature the more the reaction for most of the foods and especially for the liver which had the highest reactions in all of the tests. What I figure is that the hotter the temp the more the catalase reacts to the hydrogen peroxide making water and oxygen faster than normal.

Why does liver have such a great reaction to the catalase test and the ground beef have lesser reaction?

The liver in life is meant to break down harmful substances. In this case hydrogen peroxide is a harmful substance and the liver is doing its job. The liver breaks the hydrogen peroxide down into water and oxygen if the liver did not do this then the person or animal would probably die from liver complications.

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=Biomolecules=

=__Onion__=





These are all apart of the onion Biomolecule test. I decided to take each group and put it in a pie chart, showing the percentage of people who said yes it reacted to the percent of people who said no it did not react to the test.

Questions: 1. Fats, Proteins, and Starch are present in the onion.

2. No the same reaction does not occur. For example when we were testing with the Iodine if there was starches in that substance it would have turned black or a blueish tone.

3. Not all bio molecules are in every food. There are some that don't have any of a certain kind, like with the onion for example. Upon testing no one had stated that it had protein.

=Webquest=

Cory Haag Pd 5

A. [|http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/Animations/rates of reaction.html] Heat affects the rate of reaction by making everything faster. Adding heat makes the hydrochloric acid move faster. everything moving has kinetic energy
 * 1) Explain how heat affects the rate of reaction.

Surface area speeds the rate of reaction up. With the marble chips being placed at a greater distance from each other it makes it easyer for the acid to move. With the concentration increased the speed doesn’t change just the number of things moving does and this increases the number of times an acid molecule comes in contact with a marble chip. more molecules
 * 1) Explain how surface area affects the rate of reaction.
 * 1) Explain how concentration affects the rate of reaction.

B. Go to the following site: [] Enzymes are proteins. The enzyme determines what its function is, because each enzyme only has one function or reaction that it can help. subsrate lock and key Denaturing is when high temperatures or extreme ph level that would affect the shape of the enzyme. Without an enzyme the molecules have not collided in the correct angle to form a bond. With an enzyme the molecules fit against the enzyme to form a bond through the enzyme.
 * 1) What types of molecules make up enzymes?
 * 1) What determines the function of an enzyme?
 * 1) What is denaturing?
 * 1) Describe how a reaction takes place without an enzyme and then with an enzyme.
 * 1) Explain how you think an enzyme might speed up a reaction.

picky about what they react to because
 * 1) Explain why you think enzymes are so particular about reactions.

The shape is important because it determines how it works. it determines what molecules react with it. like a puzzle. After one bond is formed then the molecules shift along the enzyme and a new subunit can be attached. because they are catalists and they cant be destroyed. Heating the enzyme changes its shape and makes it almost impossible for the molecule to fit in it.
 * 1) How is the shape of an enzyme important?
 * 1) Explain how you know an enzyme is reusable.
 * 1) How does heating an enzyme affect its function?
 * 1) Does heating an enzyme always have the same effect when the catalyst needs to act on a substance? Explain.

C. Go to: [] [] Condensation reaction is responsible for building large molecules. This means the production of a polymer and a molecule of water. Hydrolysis reaction is responsible for breaking down large molecules. This means the production of monomers. add water all biomolecules does this
 * 1) Explain the difference between hydrolysis and condensation (dehydration).
 * 1) Which molecules from our labs undergo these reactions?

D. [] Amino acids are the building blocks for proteins. Dehydration synthesis a bond forms between the amino group of one amino acid and the carboxyl group of another. Proteins contain an amino group (-NH2), a carboxyl group (-COOH), and a side group.
 * 1) What are proteins made of?
 * 1) What chemical process creates the proteins?
 * 1) Describe how proteins are made in detail. Sketch a picture.

E. [] In the stomach, carbohydrate digestion continues until the environment becomes tooacidic. Carbohydrates are broken down to glucosein the small intestine and then absorbedinto the bloodstream.
 * 1) Describe step by step how your body breaks down carbohydrates. Make sure to specify the function of each organ during the steps.

F. []
 * 1) How is fat digested? How is this different from carbohydrates? Be sure to discuss the organs, substances, and enzyme responsible.

G. [] H. []
 * 1) How do heart attacks occur?

Describe in your own words using any of the images from the above link and draw a picture that describes proteins (do not copy and paste from images):
 * 1) Primary structure
 * 2) Secondary structure
 * 3) Tertiary structure

=Light Intensity=

ATP made in one minute Percent

=photo web quest=

1. What is photosynthesis? The conversion of light energy into chemical energy by living organisms.

2. What types of organisms carry out photosynthesis? List 3 groups. Plants, bacteria and protistans

3. What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis? What is the translation for the chemical equation? C6H12O6+6O2=6CO2+6H20+Energy glucose + oxygen=carbon dioxide + water + energy

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? Water and carbon dioxide

b. What are the products of photosynthesis? Glucose and oxygen

c. What energy source is needed in the reaction? Sunlight is the only main energy source needed.

5. Consider a plant as the photosynthetic organism. a. In what part of the plant does photosynthesis occur? The leaves

b. What specific cells are involved? Mesophyll, epidermal and stomata cells c. What specific organelle is involved? Chloroplast

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

The plant can get the raw materials that are needed for photosynthesis to the leaves by absorbing carbon dioxide. It is absorbed through the leaves and water that is taken in through its root system

7. What is a stoma and of what value is the stoma to the plant in its efforts to carry out photosynthesis?

The stoma is a gel-like matrix. The plant values the stoma because it surrounds the thylakoid. The thylakoid is the inner membrane of the chloroplast which is the specific organelle involved in photosynthesis.

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 organelle that is responsible fro photosynthesis is the chloroplast. Inside the chloroplast is the stoma. The stoma is packed with stacks of thylakoids, this is where the light reaction of photosynthesis begins. The organelle aids in the process of photosynthesis because this is where the energy carriers are produced.

9. What is the first part of photosynthesis called and where does it occur?

The first part of photosynthesis is called the light reaction. The dark reaction cames later. The light reaction occurs I the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast.

10. What exactly happens in the first part of photosynthesis?

In the first part of photosynthesis, the water molecules are split in the reaction and oxygen gas is then released as a result. The energy is then carried in the form of what is called ATP and NADPH are produced. The ATP and NADPH are sent over and into the Calvin Cycle to fuel the reactions there

11. What is the second part of photosynthesis called and where does it happen?

The second part of photosynthesis is called the Calvin Cycle. This occurs in the stoma of the chloroplast.

12. What happens in the second part of photosynthesis? In the second part of photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide and energy derived from the energy carriers to create more complex carbohydrates. In order to make a whole glucose molecule exists, the cycle need to run two times.

13. Are the two parts of photosynthesis connected? If so, explain the connection.

Yes, both parts help the plant to crate the needed energy. In the first part, the ATP and NADPH are similar because they are both the energy carriers. They are used in the second part to help make glucose and sugars. The ATP and NADPH are made in the beginning of photosynthesis then used in the second part to help make the sugars that the plant needs for photosynthesis.

14. Does the chemical equation that you listed in number 3 tell the entire story of the process of photosynthesis? Why or why not?

I do not think the chemical equation that is listed in number three can’t tell the entire story of photosynthesis. I only think the equation can only answer some of the questions like what photosynthesis uses, however it can’t tell you the entire process because there is more facts that you need to understand than just one equation.

=Cellular resperation=

=Yeast Lab= //1.// The more sugar, the more gas produced. Yeast can become most active at 5 % sugar solution.

// 2. //The independent variable the gases produced. And the dependent variables were the sugar water and the yeast. 3. Yeast prefer warm, moist environments. The more sugar that was present gave the yeast more energy to produced more gas.

4. The higher percent of sugar present created a higher circumference. But to much sugar over ride the yeast.

5. Anaerobic because yeast does not require oxygen.

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=DNA REPLICATION=

Key: Heilcase- balck Base A- blue Base T- orange Base C- red Base G- brown

In DNA replication there is a single strand of DNA. Next the strand is unwound from DNA helicase and the bonds are broke and separated because of DNA polymerase. Then after DNA polymerse the loose nitrogen bases sort of float in and match up with the other nitrogen bases (A-T AND C-G). Last when they are wound back together you end up with two DNA strands that look exactly like the one you started with.

=cell portfolio=



=Genetic Disease=

Cory Haag Pd 5

1. What causes this condition? (There are two ways to look at this one - In terms of DNA, what causes the irregularity, and also, what can trigger this genetic change?) SLOS is a metabolic disorder caused by a mutation in the DHCR7 gene on chromosome 11. This gene codes for an enzyme that is involved in the production of cholesterol. People who have SLOS are unable to make enough cholesterol to support normal growth and development.

2. How is it diagnosed? An ultrasound can reveal the hallmark physical deformities before a baby is born. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling can also determine whether the baby will be born with SLOS. After birth, a blood test can determine whether someone has the disorder. The test looks for low levels of cholesterol, as well as higher-than-normal levels of a precursor of cholesterol.

3. Who gets this disorder? Discuss percentages, subgroups of people, etc. Is the disorder genetic in nature or is it caused by something environmental? SLOS is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. Because it is recessive, a child will not have the symptoms of the disorder unless both parents pass on a defective copy of the DHCR7 gene. This can only happen if both parents are carriers. A carrier is a person who has one good copy and one mutated copy of the DHCR7 gene, but does not experience any symptoms of the disorder. If both parents are carriers, each of their children will have a 25 percent chance of inheriting the disorder.

4. What are the symptoms of this disorder? Common physical signs of SLOS are a cleft palate, malformed genitals in males, and polydactyly which means extra fingers or toes. Other symptoms that may be present at birth include: microcephaly which means a small head, webbing between the second and third toes, drooping eyelids, heart defects, hearing or sight loss, and difficulties feeding.

5.Summarize other information that is important. Cholesterol is an essential component of the cell membrane and tissues of the brain. A person who can't make enough cholesterol will therefore experience poor growth, developmental delays, and mental retardation. There is no real treatment for SLOS, but cholesterol supplements can improve children's growth and development. Surgery may be necessary to correct some of the physical deformities (cleft palate, heart defects) associated with the disorder.

6. What level is your disorder? SLOS is a level one disease.