Ian+M.

flat =About Me= My favorite sport to play is golf. I play on the school golf team and I'm second on varsity. I have two cats Ozzie and Till and my parents are Lu and Mike. Also my family owns a golf course. =Trees=

=Osage Orange= [|**bobosh_t**] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera
 * 1) Name - Hawthorn
 * 2) scientific name - //Crataegus// //Monogyna//
 * 3) Organism that infects tree - gypsy moths, cankerworms, and leafspots
 * 4) Provides habitat or food for - provides food and shelter for many birds and mammals
 * 5) Justify classification of tree to related trees - thorns on the branches, berries called haws, flower pedals of 5
 * 6) Commercial use of tree - wood is used for tool handles and fence posts because wood is said not to rot, aid to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and treatment to heart disease
 * 7) Twig characteristics - branches are long and thin armed with sharp thorns that grow up to about 1 inch
 * 8) Where tree is found in the world (native to pa?) - it is found throughout pa
 * 9) Draw or find a picture of a drawing of the leaf to show to the class.
 * 1) Name - Osage Orange
 * 2) scientific name - //Maclura Pomifera//
 * 3) Organism that infects tree - is free from insects and fungal diseases
 * 4) Provides habitat or food for - squirrels eat the seeds of the fruit and provides food for bigger animals too.
 * 5) Justify classification of tree to related trees - leaves are alternate and simple, wood is a bright orange yellow color and is very strong and flexible, fruit is pale green filled with milky latex based juice and seeds are oblong.
 * 6) Commercial use of tree - tree is used as a windbreak, its very dense wood is used for handles and fence posts, also the wood is used to make good bows.
 * 7) Twig characteristics - slender, zigzag, thorn wear leaf is torn off.
 * 8) Where tree is found in the world (native to pa?) - is not native to pa but is found throughout central united states.
 * 9) Draw or find a picture of a drawing of the leaf to show to the class.

=Create an Organism=

The Allikonkey is a new creature that is part alligator and part monkey. This creature is very aggressive and strong. Whatever you do, don’t go near it when you see it because when disturbed it becomes angry and will attack you. This animal usually lives near water with a lot of trees. But this creature will mostly be up in the trees with an occasional dip in the water.

=Catalase Graph and Analysis=



=Bio molecules Activity=





=Light Intensity= ATP made in one minute Percent

=Photosynthesis Webquest=

Ian Miller

1. What is photosynthesis? The process in plants in which energy is made

2. What types of organisms carry out photosynthesis? List 3 groups. Green plants, bacteria, and algae

3. What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis? What is the translation for the chemical equation? 6H2O+6CO2=C6H12O6+6O2

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? Sun Light

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

b. What specific cells are involved? Mesophyll Cells

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?

7. What is a stoma and of what value is the stoma to the plant in its efforts to carry out photosynthesis? A stoma is an opening that connects the inside to the outside and it brings all the Carbon Dioxide in that is needed and lets out the oxygen

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? Inside the chloroplasts are granum, thylakoids, and stroma. The granum are the stacks of thylakoids. In the thylakoid electrons are knocked lose from the photons and the stroma is where the enzymes take the carbon from the carbon dioxide and combine it with hydrogen and oxygen to make carbohydrate molecules.

9. What is the first part of photosynthesis called and where does it occur? Light dependent reaction and it occurs in the thylakoid

10. What exactly happens in the first part of photosynthesis? Energy is made into ATP and NADPH. A water molecule is split and releases oxygen

11. What is the second part of photosynthesis called and where does it happen? Light independent reaction and it occurs in the stroma

12. What happens in the second part of photosynthesis? Carbon dioxide is captured and modified with hydrogen that helps form carbs.

13. Are the two parts of photosynthesis connected? If so, explain the connection. Yes they are connected. The light dependent process makes the ATP and the NADPH in which the Dark Reaction uses

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

=Yeast Lab Analysis=

balloon after 10 mins

balloon after 20 mins 1.The longer you let the balloon set the bigger it will get also the lower concentration of sugar the balloon gets bigger 2.Independent variable is the sugar and the dependent variable is the sugar concentration 3. The yeast prefer just enough glucose. The sugar concentration changed the result because the lower the concentration the more carbon dioxide was produced 4.Less the amount of sugar concentration the bigger the balloon got 5.The type of respiration was anaerobic because it released carbon dioxide which made the balloon get bigger

diameter of balloon to sugar concentration and time


 * || 3% || 5% || 10% ||
 * 10 min. || 12 cm. || 14 cm. || 12.75 cm. ||
 * 20 min. || 17 cm. || 16 cm. || 14 cm. ||

=DNA Replication project=

DNA starts as a double helix

DNA Helicase uncoils the double helix Key: Squares-Deoxyribose sugar Circles-phosphates Line between the letters is the hydrogen bond

The hydrogen bonds between the bases are broken by DNA polymerase. Each side becomes a template The left side gets a new right side and the right side gets a new left side with new sugars, phosphates, and bases Two new copies of original DNA strand.

=Cell Portfolio=



=Genetic Variation=