BLOG #14: Which specimen that we have dissected so far seems most like humans? Why?

The specimen that we have dissected so far that seems most like humans is the crayfish. A crayfish has antenna and antennules that is like humans' hair. A crayfish has walking legs like humans' but the crayfish has more legs than human. The crayfish swimmerets, sternum, uropod, and telson are like humans' feet and arms because humans uses their feet and arms to swim in water. The most obvious thing that a crayfish has that is like the human are the mouth and eyes. The crayfish abdomen are like humans' body or legs.

Blog #7:Compare and contrast two biomes describe them in detail include pictures of plants and animals you are liklely to see.

One biome is the freshwater biome. Freshwater is defined as having a low salt concentration — usually less than 1%. Plants and animals in freshwater regions are adjusted to the low salt content and would not be able to survive in areas of high salt concentration (i.e., ocean). These ponds and lakes range in size from just a few square meters to thousands of square kilometers.

BLOG #13:What was most interesting about this week's dissections?

The most interesting thing about this week's dissection was learning the internal and external anatomy of each different organisms. Learning the internal anatomy of different organisms had taught me many new things such as the life of each organisms and what they eat. It has also taught how small and big each organisms brain's are and many other things inside the organisms. The external anatomy of each organisms had also taught me many new things too. For example, you can find the age of a clam by counting the dark lines on the external of the clam.  Another thing is I learned is how detailed each organism actually is. For example, the fish scales were very detailed. It had a lot more lines then you can see without a microscope.

BLOG #12: What surprised you from the worm's dissection?

There were several things that surpised me from the worm's dissection. One thing was that I did not expect the worm was going to be that long. I though that the worm was going to be like an inch long. Another thing I was surprised was the worm's head which including the brain, was pretty interesting to see. Another thing is I did not expect the dirt in the worm to still be inside it. I thought it was diggested already. All the parts in the worms head was very interesting to see. Overall the worm dissection was pretty interesting to do because I got to discover the parts of a worm.

Blog #8:Your choice talk about something you learned or ask a question about something that is confusing.

The one thing that confused me was the Skulls.  The experiment/activity that we did when we had to measure them.  It was confusing on how to measure them and if we did know how to measure them we didn't know what to do next.  I didn't know what part of the skull to measure since it would probably give different measurements.  That was one of the experiments/activity's that were confusing to me.

Blog #9:Define the different forms of community interaction: competition, commensalism, mutualism, predation, parasitism Give an example and a picture for each.

Competition is when organisms of the same or different species attempt to use an ecological resource the same place. An example of competition are the resources such as food, space, water, and etc. Commensalism is the relationship in which one species benefits, while the other is neither harmed nor benefited. An example of commensalism is when commensal species usually employs host species as  a home and/or transportation. Mutualism is an interaction that benefits both participants.  An example of mutualism is coevolution. Predation is an interaction in which one organism captures and feed on another organism. An example of predation is when interaction clearly positive for the preadator but negative for the prey. Parasitism is a parasite or disease that uses host for food, but does not immediately kill the host. It kills it slowly. An example of parasitism are Giardia lamblia, Dermacentor Andersoni, Hookworms, Pediculus humanus, Dirofilaria Immitis, and Mosquito.

Blog #10:Why is dissection an important part of a biology curriculum? Which animals and/or plants should be included in biological studies?

Dissection is important because it lets the people who want to learn about what the animal has in the inside of it or something they can't see and really want an answer about it. They should be studied since no one really knows what they have inside their bodies and it would be really interesting to see what they have inside their bodies. Their are beautiful flowers and plants in the Forest that no one has ever seen before and no one might not even know their characteristics. They should really be studied to see what they have or even if they can cure an illness.

Blog #11:Get a picture of alternation of generations put it in your blog and explain how it relates to plants.

The alternation of generations relates to plants because it is a term that is used in describing the life cycle of plants. This treats the alternation of multicellular diploid forms of plants with a multicellular haploid form as the defining characteristic.

BLOG #2:WHY IS THE FOSSIL RECORD HARD TO INTERPRET.?

Fossil record is hard to interpret because the animal is small. But also because the hard painstaking sand is covering the fossil. It is very hard to interpret a fossil without breaking it. When interpreting a fossil, the paleontologists have to find all the fossils of the animal. It is sometimes hard and sometimes easier, but doesn't mean it is easy. It is just a bit simple. It is very hard to interpret when it is a small animal because the bones of the fossils are very tiny. But when interpreting a large animal, it takes very long, but is somewhat easy, but it is still hard because they have to make sure not to break any of the fossil when interpreting it.

BLOG #3:What microevolution is? What are the three ways that variation occurs?

Microevolution refers to any evolutionary change below the level of species. It also refers to changes in the frequency within a population or a species of its alleles (alternative genes). Mutations alter the order of bases in the nucleotides of DNA. Mutations are likely to be rare and most mutations are probably harmful, but in some instances the new alleles can be favored by natural selection independent assortment (recombination of chromosomes that occurs during sexual reproduction) and the Crossing over that happens during meiosis.

BLOG #4:Describe the three types of selection: directional, stabilizing and disruptive and give an example of each in your own words

Directional: relating to direction toward a goal, "he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science."

Stabilizing: trying to get stabile from when it wasn't stable, "The  atom is trying to stabilize."

Disruptive: causing damage and not being behaved. "The animal that is being testing is being disruptive."

BLOG #5:THERE HAVE BEEN 5 MAJOR EXTINCTION EVENTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, ARE HUMANS IMPACTING THE 6TH.? WHY OR WHY NOT.?

CRETACEOUS

TRIASSIC

Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, Triassic–Jurassic extinction event, Permian–Triassic extinction event, Late Devonian extinction, and Ordovician–Silurian extinction event, are the five major extinction events in the history of earth. The extinction of humans will happen on humans because every species in this world would have an end on them.  On the other hand, if the technologies of humans become ore superior, then they may find out some ways to rescue themselves.  Million years ago, the dinosaurs controlled this world; nevertheless, they did not evade the extinction.  Million years in the future, humans also have a big chance to face the extinction, and they may not live through the extinction.  The world is a creator, and it can both create and destroy its creations, such as humans. 

BLOG #1:EVOLUTION

Evolution is a theory and not a law because evolution hasn't been fully proven yet. In science, a theory is something you can explain, but have not proven yet. Evolution has not yet been fully proven, yet there is evidence that it is there.

BLOG #6:WHICH LEVEL OF A FOOD PYRAMID IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.?

The most important level of the food pyramid to me are the grains. 
The grains give you carbohydrates, which give your body energy to do stuff. The grains that give you the energy from the food pyramid are bread, pasta, cereal, and rice. The carbohydrates in these grains break down glucose into molecules. To others they might think that the other parts of the Food Pyramid may be important, but to me the grains are the most important.