Ask an geneticist science

When I was done looking at the three links, I learned that chimps and humans started out with exactly the same chromosomes 5 million years ago. I also learned that male chromosomes are XY and female is XX. The facts that I discovered is that the chimps and humans are 98.8% same as us and 1.2% different! Also that if we had one pair of chromosomes we would only have 4 combinations of sex cells. This is what I learned from the 3 links.

basic genetics

When I looked at " what is a heredity?" I learned that there were 23 chromosomes in a human body. I also learned that heredity is what you inherit from your parents. Genes encodes instructions that make our traits. When I looked at " What is a trait" I learned that there are two different types of traits physical and behavioral traits. Behavioral trait is the characteristics of how people act. Physical trait is the person's physical appearance.

Class response

Owl Pellets

When we were dissecting owl pellets I noticed there were bunch of hairs and bones inside the pellets. When we started to separate the bones and the hairs into two piles. After that we started putting the bones into a diagram. We were done we learned that some of the bones were missing because sometimes they were crushed into little pieces. I learned that owl and other birds have to regurgitate in order to eat again. Another interesting fact I learned is that owl regurgitate 1 time every day. Other than that I learned that owl pellets are ecosystems because they create hiding spots and food for moths and beetles. This is what I learned about owl pellets

http://www.edu.pe.ca/oleary/onlineprojects/grassrootsprojects/Owl%20Dissection/pellets.htm

http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/owlpellet.html

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Superearth found near us
This article talks about how a super-earth( exoplanet) was found nearby and estimated to contain 75% of water. The super-earth is about 10 times the size of earth and is 40 light years away. This planet was found because of a project of finding exoplanets that are close to the characteristics of earth. If it is close to the characteristics it is called the goldilocks zone. I think this is not useful because even though we could live there we could not go there in a instant because it is 40 light years. It would take 40 years even though if we travel light speed. So far they have found 413 exoplanets that are in the goldilocks zone. Most of the planets are very hot and are 200 times hotter than our planet. Also this exoplanet has a atmosphere that is similar to our atmosphere. In addition it is the first planet that is close enough to study its atmosphere. This planet may contain plants and organisms because it has the right temperature and contains 75% of water.

current events science

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This current events is talking about that they would put a space hotel in 2012. They want to put a hotel up in space because some people want to live space for a few days. 3 nights in the space hotel would cost about $4.4 million per room. Currently 43 people already booked the hotel. I think it is a waste of money because if they didn't have enough money then the people who bought the room lost $4.4 million. In addition If had 4.4 million dollars I would rather buy a big house instead of a small room in space.
The people that rented this space hotel would get 3 days at a Velcro suit in a inflatable space hotel. I don't think it is worth it because living in space in a cramped room is uncomfortable and I might have motion sickness.

Thought for the Weekend reading

Who tastes dog food when it has a 'new & improved' flavor?

Dogs tastes dog food when it has a new and improved flavor.

Bullying (Man's inhumanity to Man)

Our society cannot put this bullying to an end because teacher and parents are not always looking at what students are doing. This relates to the book The Wave because when Laurie and Amy were in the room without any teacher, Amy was smoking. Also Robert was got bullied by people in social studies class.