Science: Basic Genetics Homework

What I learned from the website http://learn.genetics.utah.edu ,about heredity is that it is the passing of traits from the parents to the children. Your genes define your traits and so does your environment in which you grow up. For example, if your gene specifies to brown hair, exposure to sunlight and chemicals may change that. Also, that when the parents have children, they each contribute one complete set of chromosones to that specific child.
What I learned about traits is that it is a notable quality or feature in a person. We each have a different combinations of traits that make us unique. It's passed down from generations to generation and then we inherit it from our parents and pass it down to our own children. Lastly, I learned that there are three different kinds of trait that are all equally important. There are physical traits, which is your appearance. Behavioral traits, which displays how you act. And predispositional to medical conditions which is your overall health trait.

Science: Class Response

Consumers are organisms that feed on producers and the four types are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers. Herbivores are plant eaters and an example of one would be a rabbit because it only eats land plants. Carnivores eat other animals and a wolf is one because it eats deer and rabbit. Omnivores eat both plants and animals and an example would be humans because we eat animals as well as vegetables. And lastly, scavengers feed on the bodies of dead such as the hyenas and vultures.

I believe that all four of these consumers are equally important for many reasons. Without herbivores, we would have many grown plants. Without carnivores, the population of all animals would immensly increase. Without omnivores, it would be both. And without scavengers, there would be dead animals lying all over the place. So even if one of these consumers was missing, the affect on the community would be massive. That's why I think that all of these are extremely special.



http://www.astoventure.arc.nasa.gov/biology/consumers

Science: Current Events- The Role of the Greek Temple

Today, temples are for praying, celebrating religious holidays, and spiritual comfort. But in the time of the Greeks, it was the home for an indavidual God who protected the community. The needs of the gods were the most important because it was he who would control the forces of nature and turn it with or against the community. The God was presented by either a seated or standing statue in the middle of the temple. It was usually made out of wood in the earlier times, but later on, it was made of more permanent material such as stone or bronze. One of the finest of these statues is Zues of Olympia which was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. After feasts and activities at the temple, the citizen gathered to offer jewelery and fine garments to the God to pray for a successful year and good crops.

In a way, the Greeks use the temple like we do because we go there to pray for good education, money, health, ect. But the difference is that we don't serve the God to the extent that the Greeks did. But this just goes to show where we received this custom from and that this is only one of the customs. In conclusion, I truly believe that it is very fascinating comparing how similiar we are to the Greek.

http://www.odysseyadventure.ca/article/greektemple

Science: Current Events- Polar Bears Listed as Threatened

Polar bears, as predicted, were finally added to the list of endangered species in around 2007. These mammals live in cold places such as the Artic and Canada. For a living, they hunt seals and other marine mammals. They travel, mate on ice and even give birth on ice. But that is being changed because the sea ice is melting. The cause for this is that the temperature is getting warmer which we take responsibility for because of polution. Hunting polar bears by the native people will not be banned, but importing polar bear products in Canada will be. Some scientist are looking at the positive side which is, if the artic temperature returns to the negatives and the sea ice returns, then the polar bears will have a chance to survive.

I really do hope that the polar bears survive. Although they may not directly affect us, they're affecting the world which we live in. I think that if we slowly help by carpooling, recycling, stop dripping faucets, and other little thing, then we might really help the poor polar bears. Also, I believe that hunting polar bears by native people should be banned because then even more would survive. In all, I think that if we all step in, then polar bears will be taken out of the endangered species list.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Polar -bears-threatened

Literature: Bullying (Man's inhumanity to Man)

Society can't put an end to bullying because there is so much and it's so unpredictable that it's very difficult to control. For example, I was watching the news and heard that a 12 year old boy got burned by his own classmates just because he saw them steal something. That was a very wrong thing and proves how unpredictable it is. Also, in the book, Slake's Limbo, the main character is bullyed by being pushed and shoved just because he's homeless and has no status. In all, bullying is a very low act and leads to bad consequences.

Literature: Summer Reading Questions

What sort of person do you imagine the author of the novel to be?

I imagine the author of My Side of the Mountain to be a person who seeks adventure and is a nature and outdoors person. I believe the author can calmly adjust to the forest, just like the main character in the novel. Also, that he or she has once in their life wanted to, or actually did "run away."

Welcome Scientists

My favorite subject is science because we get to explore and deal with new things.

The best book I ever read was twilight.

My favorite food to buy in the cafetaria is the choco chip cookie.

On the weakend, when all my chores are done, I like to go bike riding with my friends.

If I won a free airline ticket to any place I wanted, I would go to Hawaii because of the great beaches and warm weather.

My favorite color is aqua blue.

If I had a pet, it would be a petite sized dog and I'd name it Fluffy.

This year, if I work hard enough, I hope to score straight A's in all my classes.