Funky+Squirrels

toc = = =**The Team!**= == =Ashley W Ciera B Alexis Y Lauren W =

Our Theme Song
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=Characteristics of Woody Stems= 1. Count the sections between bud-scale scars and determine the age of your twig. 9 years old 2. Has growth in length occurred the same rate each year? No 3. Why? because the rings are closer to the top meaning the weather was different over the years. 4. Examine your twig and determine how many leaf scars are located at a node. There are two leaf scars located at a node. 5. Classify the leaf arrangement as opposite, alternate, or whorled. Opposite 6. Examine the twig and determine the number of nodes produced for each growing season There were 2 nodes produced per season. 7. Is the same number of nodes produced each growing season? Yes. 8. Do all the leaf scars have the same number of bundle scars and is the arrangement the same? All leaf scars don't have the same number of bundle scars but the arrangement is the same. 9. Describe the form and location of the lenticels. The form of the lenticel would be a raised dot and the location has no visible pattern. 10. What is the function of the lenticels? The lenticel acts as a pore. It lets water vapor and carbon dioxide in and releases oxygen.

=Part II: Dissect a bud=

11. Where are the largest scales? The largest scales are on the outside of the bud. 12. Why are the largest scales located there? The larger scales are located there to protect the bud and as the bud grows the scales have to expand in size. 13. How are the scales arranged around the bud? The scales are arranged on top of each other in a pattern similar to the way you would lay brick. This means they overlap and they overlapped each other a lot. 14. Is there any relationship between the arrangement of the bud scales and the arrangement of the leaf scars? Yes there is a relationship between them because each nodes alternates as do the scales



=Disasters By Decade= By: swivel user: theonedave Date: May 26, 09 [=MaxFunction]]]]

The data may have been collected because someone realized that the more civilization advanced the more disasters occurred. A possible conclusion this was noticed is because as technology advanced the disaster rates increased. This could be because there are now new ways to destroy our fellow countries that wipe out more people. Ever since 1980 the disaster rates have gone up by about a thousand every decade in comparison to the very few difference in disaster rates the previous years. Another reason is because of global warming. This could be causing more natural disasters such as tsunami.

We believe this because each of these reasons show a positive correlation. This means as time has passed the disasters went up along with global warming, and advances in technology

The questions now are: .
 * 1) What disasters did this person record?
 * 2) Where was the info. taken from?
 * 3) Were wars considered a disaster?

=Skittles Lab= ==

=Characteristics Of Life=

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Question and Answer
Q: What do you think is happening? A: We think the molasses in flack C is feeding the yeast which it then gives off carbon dioxide, which is traveling through the tube into the test tube that contains the Bromothymol blue. When the carbon dioxide reacts with the water it creates carbonic acid which then turns the Bromothymol blue yellow because the Bromothymol blue is an indicator. We also think that the yeast is not giving off carbon dioxide in the other 2 flasks because it doesnt have any molasses to feed off of.

=Candy Classification=

Starburst-Stellaria explodus Hershey Kiss-Chocolatus cyssan Gummy Bear- Ursa gummius Salt Water Taffy- Saltus taffinia Dum-Dum- Moronus moronus Tootsie Roll-Tutus rollus Jolly Rancher-Joyous rancheria Fire Ball-Spherus combustus Jaw Breaker-Spherus combustus Butter Scotch- Ranunculus scotchus Peppermint- Mintus stripus

=Dichotomous Key:=

Dichotomous key-Family: Leaves 1a. Deciduous……………………………………….. 2 1b. Coniferous……..………………………....….... 3

2a. Leaf’s margin is lobed………………… 4 2b. Leaf’s margin is non-lobed…………. 5

3a. Needles are single bunches……...... Norway Spruce //(Picea abies)// 3b. Needles are in multiple bunches… 6

4a. Margins are Pointed lobed…………. 7 4b. Margins are Rounded lobed….. White oak //(Quercus alba)//

5a. Margins are serrated…………………. 8 5b. Margins are not serrated………….... 9

6a. Two needles per bunch……………… Scotts Pine //(Pinus sylvestris)// 6b. Five needles per bunch……………... White Pine //(Pinus strobus)//

7a. The tree produces a lot of sap…... 10 7b. The tree doesn’t produce sap........ 11

8a. The margin is double serrated….. 12 8b. The margin is Non double serrated..13

9a. The margins are dentate………….. 14 9b. The margins are non dentate…... 15

10a. The leaf has five leafs……………. Sugar Maple //(Acer saccharum)// 10b. The leaf has three leafs…………. Red maple //(Acer rubrum)//

11a. The leaf margin is double serrated… Pin oak //(Quercus palustris)// 11b. The leaf margin is serrated……….. Red oak //(Quercuz rubra)//

12a. The leaf has an even base………… Paper birch //(Betula papyrifera)// 12b. The leaf has a lopsided base…….. Elm //(Ulmus)//

13a. The tree produces fruit…………… 16 13b. The tree doesn’t produce fruit … Quaking Aspen //(Populus tremuloides)//

14a. The margins are rounded……….. Which Hazel //(Hamamelia)// 14b. The margins are pointed………… Big tooth Aspen //(Populus grandiddetata)//

15a. The leaf is compound…………….. 17 15b. The leaf is simple…………………… Live oak //(Quercus)//

16a. Cherries………………………………… Cherry tree //(Prunus)// 16b. Do not produce cherries………… 18

17a. Odd number of leaflets…………... Black locust //(Robinia pseudoacacia)// 17b. Even number of leaflets…………. Honey locust //(Gledistsia triacanthos)//

18a. Produces apples…………………… Crabapple //(Malus)// 18b. Produces berries………………….. 19

19a. Bark have thorns………………… Hawthorn //(Crataegus monogyna)// 19b. Bark doesn’t have thorns…….. Staghorn sumac //(Rhus typhina)//

=//Monocots and Dicots//= Dicot stem-Vascular bundles are arranged in a ring. Dicot stem Monocot Stem- Vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem.
 * || Monocots || Dicots ||
 * leaf || parallel veins || branched veins ||
 * stem || vascular bundles scattered || vascular bundles in a ring ||
 * flower || petals in multiples of three || petals in multiples of four or five ||
 * root || fibrus roots || taproots ||
 * seed || single cotyledon || two cotyledons ||

=Our Trees=

Quaking Aspen- dicot http://globalbiology.wikispaces.com/Lauren+W

WIllow-dicot

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Staghorn Sumac-dicot http://globalbiology.wikispaces.com/Alexis+Y

Osage Orange-dicot Picture by: flickr user- starc283

Red Maple-dicot http://globalbiology.wikispaces.com/Ashley+W#toc2

American Beech-dicot photo by DrNature from flickr.com

Cherry Tree-dicot

http://globalbiology.wikispaces.com/Ciera+B

Silver Maple-dicot picture by: flickr user: [|joelgillespie1957'] [|s]

=Experimental Data= Lima bean and Rye seeds Alfalfa seed

=Herbaceous Plants:= a plant that has leaves and stems and have no persistent woody stem above ground example of a monocot: Hemp plant, grass example of a dicot: Carrot, shrubs

=Woody Plants:= a plant that uses wood as a structural tissue example of a monocot: Palm Tree, Coniferous Trees example of a dicot: Redwood Tree, Black Cherry Tree

=Food and Fiber System= The food and fiber system is how plant are grown and how we use them Rice-- food, domestic animal food, rice paper. Ramie-- industrial sewing thread, fish netting, filter cloths.