www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=184
A few interesting facts I learned about this article is that chimps and humans start out with almost the same chromosomes. Also, until I read this article I did not know that chimps and humans also have the same number of genes. The fact that their genomes that code for genes only differ by 1.2% blows my mind. I have always known that chimps are mammals so it shouldn't have surprised me but somehow it did. The thing that didn't surprise me but I did not know was that humans and chimps are 98.8% the same! So basically we are like chimps. That's pretty cool. I also did not know that the way our human bodies and chimps bodies produce protein are only 3% different. These facts tell me that chimps are very much like humans. This tells me that my 46 chromosomes and chimps 48 chromosomes are very alike only differed by 1.2% Plus, I did not know that one of the human chromosomes is really made up of 2 of the chimp chromosomes (or vice versa). I have learned so many facts that just amazes my mind.
Therefore, I have learned many facts from this interesting article by Flo Pauli. All the mind blowing facts that I have learned about how humans have 46 chromosome and chimps have 48 chromosome and if chimps have more or less genes than us are listed above. This article taught me new facts about chromosome and genes especially between chimps and humans.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Wooden Bowls- Lit.
The lesson this story teaches is that you should treat others the way you want to be treated. I say this because in the story it tells us that the son and daughter-in-law put the grandfather to the side when it was dinner time, the grandson saw and watched quietly, after he was in the process of making wooden bowls for his parents, when the parents found out what he was making it changed their point of view towards their grandfather. They saw that they don't want to be treated like that when they grow old and become weak. So they changed and treated the grandfather they would want to be treated. They treated him like a human he was. This story relates to C.A.R.E.S by empathy. I say this because at first they weren't feeling empathy for the grandfather when they put him at a different table. They started to feel empathy for the grandfather after the son told them what he was doing, they felt upset. Therefore, the lesson this story teaches is that you should treat others the way you want to be treated. This relates to C.A.R.E.S by empathy, the reasons are listed above.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Having fun with Gregor Mendel
Can two parent plants with green peas have offspring with yellow peas?
When I tried the experiment the two green pea plant parent did not make a yellow pea plant children. The reason why I say this is because when I experiments with two green pea plant parents the outcome was not with a yellow child. The yellow trait was not in the family. Therefore, two green pea plant parents cannot have yellow offspring. My experiment is my support for my answer.
Can two parent plants with yellow peas have offspring with green peas?
When I tried this experiment the outcome was that there was one green pea child. The child was wrinkly when the other children and parents were not. Therefore, two yellow parent pea plants can have a green pea. My experiment is my support for my answer to your question.
When I tried the experiment the two green pea plant parent did not make a yellow pea plant children. The reason why I say this is because when I experiments with two green pea plant parents the outcome was not with a yellow child. The yellow trait was not in the family. Therefore, two green pea plant parents cannot have yellow offspring. My experiment is my support for my answer.
Can two parent plants with yellow peas have offspring with green peas?
When I tried this experiment the outcome was that there was one green pea child. The child was wrinkly when the other children and parents were not. Therefore, two yellow parent pea plants can have a green pea. My experiment is my support for my answer to your question.
Basic Genetics-Homework
Two thing I learned about heredity in the article you gave us is that children look like their parents because in the process of making the baby the dad and mom give one set of their chromosomes. We have 2 pairs of chromosomes, we get them from our parents, therefore they look like their parents in different ways. I also learned that since the parents give the chromosomes randomly each child has different sets. Its makes the child unique.
Two things I learned about traits in the article you gave us is that we are unique in our own ways because of our traits, traits are passed down from generations. Some examples are physical traits like hair and eye color. I also learned that the trait can be changed for example if you stay out to long then your hair color can change or when your behavior changes in the environment you are in. Heredity and your traits are what makes you unique in your own way.
Two things I learned about traits in the article you gave us is that we are unique in our own ways because of our traits, traits are passed down from generations. Some examples are physical traits like hair and eye color. I also learned that the trait can be changed for example if you stay out to long then your hair color can change or when your behavior changes in the environment you are in. Heredity and your traits are what makes you unique in your own way.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Class Response for Science
http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/elk.htm
The topic is about Yellowstone National Park. We learned about the food web and all the animals in that park. This one in particular is about the elks and the introduction of wolves. Something that I have learned in class is that there are many elks living in Yellowstone National Park, before when the wolves were taken away the population of the elks was raised. Later on the wolves came back. "More than 30,000 elk from 7-8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter are in the park". In the article one of the topic is Other Influences on Yellowstone's Elk Populations, it says, "Computer modeling of population dynamics on the northern winter range predicts that 75 wolves would kill 1,000 elk per winter, but that elk would be able to maintain their populations under this level of predation, and with only a slight decrease in hunter harvest." I say this statement is true, because wolves eat elks and since there is more population of elks, the wolves main food would be elks, I also think that elks would be able to maintain there population because it all matters on their food and the hunting people do. The food web is the main reason for all the animals there. Every animal counts on the food web, so its a good thing the wolves came back even though they aren't safe, they make the food web complete. In the article is says that the wolves eat the moose, bison, deer, and even one pronghorn antelope in the national park. Therefore, in class we learned about the food web and Yellowstone National Park and how the wolves were back in Yellowstone and how the population of elks was raised. We have learned a lot about Yellowstone and the animal life there, there are many facts and some are listed above.
The topic is about Yellowstone National Park. We learned about the food web and all the animals in that park. This one in particular is about the elks and the introduction of wolves. Something that I have learned in class is that there are many elks living in Yellowstone National Park, before when the wolves were taken away the population of the elks was raised. Later on the wolves came back. "More than 30,000 elk from 7-8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter are in the park". In the article one of the topic is Other Influences on Yellowstone's Elk Populations, it says, "Computer modeling of population dynamics on the northern winter range predicts that 75 wolves would kill 1,000 elk per winter, but that elk would be able to maintain their populations under this level of predation, and with only a slight decrease in hunter harvest." I say this statement is true, because wolves eat elks and since there is more population of elks, the wolves main food would be elks, I also think that elks would be able to maintain there population because it all matters on their food and the hunting people do. The food web is the main reason for all the animals there. Every animal counts on the food web, so its a good thing the wolves came back even though they aren't safe, they make the food web complete. In the article is says that the wolves eat the moose, bison, deer, and even one pronghorn antelope in the national park. Therefore, in class we learned about the food web and Yellowstone National Park and how the wolves were back in Yellowstone and how the population of elks was raised. We have learned a lot about Yellowstone and the animal life there, there are many facts and some are listed above.
Second Current Event for Science
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1125/3
This article is called Why Suffocating Is Scary it is by Greg Miller. This article was posted on November 25, 2009. This article says if you breathe to much carbon dioxide then you can suffocate. I agree with this article, the reason why I say this is because neuroscientist John Wemmie and colleagues at the University of Iowa experimented on mice and they found a protein in particular abundance in the amygdala, the brain's fear center. This showed mice lacking gene for this protein. When the colleagues injected carbon dioxide in the mice froze up, which is not a good thing. They also discovered that breathing more carbon dioxide can make the tissue more acidic. Which is very dangerous.That is the reason why I believe that this article is true. I agree that if you breathe to much carbon dioxide then you can suffocate and eventually die, I have the colleagues of the University of Iowa to support me. I will defiantly try not to smell carbon dioxide because I don't want to die.
This article is called Why Suffocating Is Scary it is by Greg Miller. This article was posted on November 25, 2009. This article says if you breathe to much carbon dioxide then you can suffocate. I agree with this article, the reason why I say this is because neuroscientist John Wemmie and colleagues at the University of Iowa experimented on mice and they found a protein in particular abundance in the amygdala, the brain's fear center. This showed mice lacking gene for this protein. When the colleagues injected carbon dioxide in the mice froze up, which is not a good thing. They also discovered that breathing more carbon dioxide can make the tissue more acidic. Which is very dangerous.That is the reason why I believe that this article is true. I agree that if you breathe to much carbon dioxide then you can suffocate and eventually die, I have the colleagues of the University of Iowa to support me. I will defiantly try not to smell carbon dioxide because I don't want to die.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
First Current Event for Science
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1105/2The article is called Don't Hush That Baby, Its Learning. This article is by Helen Fields. This article is about how newborn baby's cry they are really learning their language. Kathleen Wermke thinks that the cry melody is really the beginning of language development. Kathleen and colleagues experimented on 30 German and 30 French babies. They analyzed the melody whether the cries rise from lower pitches to higher pitches or from higher pitch to lower pitches. Their results were that the French babies cries were rising melody when the German babies cries were falling melody. The reason why this happened was because of their language and how its spoken. Wermke says,"Why should a baby wait for 4, 5, 6 months before starting this language development?" Janet Werker a developmental psychologist was shocked at this result. "[newborns] can hear the difference between things, they have a preference for their mother's voice, but to show that it's actually affecting their cry production is pretty stunning." Says Janet. I believe that newborns do start learning their language when they cry. I say this because Kathleen did a experiment and it proves that her theory was correct. She didn't just experiment on 1 German and 1 French baby, but she experimented on 30 German and 30 French babies. Therefore, when a newborn baby cries it's not only because they want milk or their dippers changed, they're really learning their language.
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