October Accelerated Biology Blog Post 2014-2015
Welcome Mr. Clark's Accelerated Biology students to our biology blog. This is a place where we can examine interesting goings on in biology that we might not have time to talk about in class. Sometimes I will share articles for you to read and comment on and sometimes you will be asked to contribute something. You will receive a participation grade for your contributions to the blog. Please be thoughtful with your posts. They need to be made one week from the day that Mr. Clark announces the assignment to receive credit for your post.
We are going to start with a simple activity called, "The ABC's of Biology". I will start by defining a biology term that starts with the letter "A", the next person will define a term that starts with the letter "B" and so forth. So here we go ....
"A" is for apoptosis, which is programmed cell death that occurs when enzymes are activated to break down the parts of a cell.
Have fun!
Mr. Clark
"B" is for bioremediation, which is the process of using naturally occurring organisms to break down toxic or unsafe substances into less hazardous substances that do not harm the biosphere.
ReplyDelete"C" is for Cochlea, a coiled tube in the inner ear of birds and mammals that contains the hearing organ, the organ Corti
ReplyDelete"D" is for Deanimization, the process of the chemical decomposition of compounds such as amino acid or alkaloid, where the compounds lose their amino groups and for ammonia.
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"E" is for Endocytosis, which is the uptake of large particles or fluids through the surface membrane of a cell.
ReplyDelete"F" is for Food Chain, the sequence of food transfer up the trophic levels.
ReplyDelete"G" is for Global Warming, the slow but steady rise in Earth's surface temperature, caused by an increase of concentrations of greenhouse gasses (such as Carbon Dioxide and Methane) in the atmosphere.
ReplyDelete"H" is for herbivore, an animal that only eats plants or algae.
ReplyDeleteI is for Insulin, a hormone involved in the control of blood glucose.
ReplyDelete"J" is for Juvenile, an animal who hasn't reached its adult form/sexual maturity.
ReplyDeleteK is for K-selection, life history traits of typically larger mammals which live at densities close to their carrying capacity, reproduce at an older age and have a small amount of well cared for offspring.
ReplyDelete"L" is for Law of Conservation of Energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but may be changed from one form to another.
ReplyDelete"M" is for Mitosis, which is a type of cell reproduction. As your cells die off, new ones are produced when one cell divides itself into two new daughter cells. Both have the same amount of chromosomes as the original parent cell. An example of this is your skin, which goes through mitosis to maintain its number of cells.
ReplyDelete"N" is for Natural Selection, an evolutionary trait in which organisms better adapted to survive are more likely to reproduce, leading to organisms better adapting to their environments.
ReplyDelete"O" is for organelle, a specialed part and "mini-organ" within a cell. They perform the necessary functions within cells such as energy production and utilization, controlling the cell, storing DNA, and material transport within the cell. Some examples of organelles are mitochondria, ribosomes, and the nucleus.
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ReplyDelete"P" is for parasitism, an interaction when a parasite or bacteria lives in or on a host and obtains nourishment from the host. An example is a tapeworm living in an organism.
Kat Kotarski
ReplyDeleteQ
Quinolones
A group of antibiotics that inhibit DNA gyrase. For example, nalidixic acid.
Jenn Choate
ReplyDeleteR is for, Respiration, the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism where oxygen is given to the tissues and cells and carbon dioxide and water are given off.
S is for, saprophyte, it's a plant, fungus, or microorganisms that feeds on the dead or decaying remains of once living matter
ReplyDeleteT is for taxonomy, it is the classification of a hierarchical system.
ReplyDeleteU is for unicellular: Adjective- having or consisting of one cell.
ReplyDeleteV is for Visceral Mass. The visceral mass is one of the main parts of the body of a mollusc and contains most of its internal organs.
ReplyDelete"W" is for western blot. Western blot is a technique used in molecular and cellular biology that identifies specific types of proteins from a mix of proteins that are taken from a cell.
ReplyDelete'X" is for the xylem sap. Xylem sap is inorganic nutrients that is carried in the xylem tissue and travels throughout the roots.
ReplyDelete"Y" is for yolk sac. A yolk sac is an extraembryonic membrane that develops from endoderm; produces the embryo's first blood cells and germ cells and gives rise to alantois.
ReplyDelete"Z" is for zygomorphic, relating to a flower that has bilateral symmetry.
ReplyDelete"A" is for albumin, a simple, water-soluble protein that contains sulfur and is found in some plants and most animals. Albumins dissolve in water and dilute salt solutions. Substances such as milk, blood, and egg whites that coagulate when heated contain this protein.
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ReplyDelete"B" is for B-cells, a type of lymphocyte that matures in the bone marrow and later produces antibodies; these are responsible for humoral immunity. Humoral immunity is the transformation of B-cells into plasma cells that produce and disperse antibodies to a specific antigen.
ReplyDeleteC is for carnivore- meat eating animals
ReplyDelete"D" is for decomposition,the process of breaking down organic material, such as dead plant or animal tissue, into smaller molecules.
ReplyDeleteE is for Exoskeleton- A hard, external skeleton that provides protection and support for animals.
ReplyDeleteF is for food chain - the transfer of food from one trophic level to the next.
ReplyDelete"G" is for genetic code, the set of rules by which information encoded in DNA or RNA sequences are translated into proteins by living cells.
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ReplyDeleteH is for habitat, the environment and location in which an organism lives and interacts with nature
ReplyDeleteI is for interspecific competition, when different species compete for the same resource in an ecosystem.
ReplyDeleteJ is for j-shaped curve of population growth, when a population increases quickly at the start, but then levels off. Rachel Marquis
ReplyDeleteK is for K-selection which is when there is fewer offspring that recieve longer parental care and have a longer life span.
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