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 *  Living Systems **
 * Hannah Paris **



Microscope Observations
1.Tap water  I saw big white moving cells that looked like big white splotches. 2.Pond water  I saw big green and white cells that also looked like splotches. 3.Leaf  I saw big green, detailed splotches with a tiny chain of red dots in the center.  4.Dead leaf I saw a big brown splotch that had little bubbles/dents in it. Conclusion: Everything seems to be made up of smaller pieces, cells, water, air and maybe other things we can’t see with the naked eye.  

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Water **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Air **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Nutrients **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Habitat **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ambient temperature **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Waste disposal **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Exchange of gases (02 to CO2) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Human Cell Challenge
<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> How do human cells get the things they need? <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Now I know... They need to live in water. Water carries everything to them. How do they get food/water? Maybe they take a bit of food/water from our digestive system. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Now I know that our blood carries all sugars/liquid to the cells so they can survive. <span style="font-size: 100.8%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">How do they get rid of waste? Maybe their bodies are a bit like ours in the fact they might have an anus and their waste might come out with ours. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Now I know... Our cells waste comes out with the blood and carries it to the heart. How do they get oxygen? Maybe since we have lungs they take oxygen from our lungs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Now I know...the heart pumps oxygen into the veins, therefore the oxygen gets to the cells. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Discussion after video
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The wind pipe has little sacks that hold air. The avioli collect the oxygen you breath in and the air goes into the sacks. That oxygen is sent directly to the heart to give to the cells.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Blood has proteins in it that keep you healthy. Plasma is one protein that is in your blood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The left side of the heart pumps oxygen up to the lungs to take in fresh air. The right side takes in the oxygen and pumps it all over your body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">5 million red blood cells in one drop of blood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> Red blood cells are red because of the oxygen inside them.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">How does the heart rate during exercise? It increases in speed.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Why do the lungs need oxygen? To supply the red blood cells with oxygen to give to the cells.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> How does this help cells in the body? Cells need oxygen to live and to keep active, just like us, so that they can do their job and keep the circulatory system going. They also need the oxygen to dispose of carbon dioxide or it will poison them.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">What happens when a blood vessel is cut? The white blood cells and red blood cells work together to make a scab to heal the wound. Blood platelets form fibrin to stop the bleeding and to work together to make the scab.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">How does this help the cells in the body? It helps them by stopping too much blood from escaping the body when cut because if you lose too much blood the cells (and you) will die. Human cells must live in blood to survive.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> White blood cells defend you from getting diseases and keep you healthy.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Heart Dissection

 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">First, We cut open the right atrium and went deep into the heart. There we found the right ventricle. We saw the many entry/exit tubes used to pump blood. They were so big you stick your finger through them! We also discovered the right valve. When we cut open the left atrium and saw pretty much the same things. We cut open the back side of the heart and we saw many stringy bits and a found a bunch of tissue at the bottom. A pig's heart has many places to explore!!!

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Answer these questions: > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. What are the basic needs of all living cells?<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The basic needs of living cells are oxygen, waste disposal, food and water. They also need to live in water. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Mostly OK! > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. How do the cells in multicellular organisms get the resources > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">they need to stay alive?<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T hey get their needs by blood carrying it to them. The heart pumps the blood (carrying all their needs) straight to them through the veins. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">NOT veins! 1/2 > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3. What is the main function of the left side of the human > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">heart? <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The main function is to pump blood through the body. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> OK! > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4. What is the main function of the right side of the human > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">heart? The main function is to get the blood to the lungs.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OK! > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">5. What is the function of the red blood cells? The function of the red blood cells is to bring food, water and oxygen to the other cells in the body and to bring the carbon- dioxide back. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Mostly OK! > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">6. What are the main kinds of blood vessels and what functions > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">do they perform? The arteries, the veins and the capillaries. The arteries transport blood through the body and the veins carry the blood back up through the heart to the lungs. The capillaries allow cells to travel throughout the body. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Last not true! Mostly OK! > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">7. Describe what happens when blood flows through the lungs. When blood flows through the lungs, the blood touches the avioli giving it carbon- dioxide. x > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8. Describe what happens when blood in capillaries flows past > <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">cells. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">When blood and capillaries flow past cells it receives it needs <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">. x <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Score: 5/8 Not bad, Hannah! 15/3/09 Ms Hahn's corrections for you: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 1. Food, water, gas exchange, and waste removal! 2. Blood flowing through the circulatory system delivers nutrients and removes waste 3. It collects blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body tissues. 4. It collects blood returning from the body tissues and pumps it out to the lungs. 5. They carry oxygen from the lungs to the cells, and carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs. 6. Arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins carry blood to the heart. Capillaries touch all cells and carry out gas exchange and nutrient delivery. 7. Red blood cells release carbon dioxide for elimination and pick up oxygen for delivery. 8. Cells take water, food (sugar), minerals, and oxygen from the blood and transfer wastes to the blood.
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Circulatory System Review ==

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> >Video ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Digestive and Excretory systems <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> == <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The stomach has to cover itself with a thick layer of mucus to keep the hydrochloric acid inside the stomach from damaging itself.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">I think that all the food will be gone in each tube except for some parts the acid couldn't break down
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Both hydrochloric acid and pepsin are needed to break down food in the stomach.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Villi in the small intestine suck up the nutrients in the food.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Kidneys can help your heart and liver digest when they're not working.

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**<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">The Disassembly line Review **
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. Why do people eat food? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">People eat food to feed the cells in their body and to keep themselves healthy. 2. What happens to food in the digestive system?<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> The food is chewed and mashed by the expert grinders: teeth and then is swallowed and takes a trip down the eshopagus <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">. After that... the food lands in the stomach and broken down even more by the hydrochloric acid and then enters the small intestine. Then the food is taken by the red blood cells to give to the other cells in your body. The remainders of the food is taken to the large intestine where it is squeezed out the anus as theses. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The blood is where the cellular waste is dumped. The kidneys job is to clean it all out and to make the waste into urine. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Describe the path taken by food as it passes through the digestive system. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The food is chewed and mashed by the expert grinders: teeth and then is swallowed and takes a trip down the eshopagus. After that... the food lands in the stomach and broken down even by being sprayed with hydrochloric acid and and then enters the small intestine. Then the food (containing all the nutrients your cells need to keep healthy) is taken by the red blood cells to give to the cells. The remainders of the food is taken to the large intestine where it is squeezed together and out the anus as theses. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">As cellular waste is piled up in the blood vessels, the kidneys come into action. It is the kidney's job to clean out the blood vessels and to make the waste into urine. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">4. Explain what happens to food at each place in the digestive system. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">At the stomach, the food is sprayed by the hydrochloric acid (as you know) and it turns in to a thick, runny liquid. At the small intestine, the red blood cells squeeze through the walls(capillaries) to get to the food and they collect it, and then leave the small intestine the way they came. At the large intestine, the leftover food is scrunched up and is squeezed out the anus as theses. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5. How does digested food get to cells? The red blood cells collect all the food thats in the small intestine (or the parts that the cells need) and take them to the cells. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 6. Why do people need kidneys? If it weren't for the kidneys, all the dead cells and cellular waste would build up in your body and you would soon die. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> 7. Describe how kidneys work. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Kidneys first collect all the dead cells and squish them up until they become liquid. Then they are sent to the bladder to come out as urine. (Some people can survive on one kidney)

<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Questions
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> 1. What support does the digestive system provide for the cells? T<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">he digestive system supports the cells by providing them with food and water 2. What support does the respiratory system provide for the cells? <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">The respiratory system supports the cells by providing them with oxygen 3. What support does the circulatory system provide for the cells? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The circulatory system supports the cells by providing them with the food and oxygen by pumping the blood with their needs to them. 4. What support does the kidney provide for the cells? T<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">he kidney supports the cells by cleaning out their habitat. If they didn't, the cells would die

<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Glossary
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pulse: the result of blood being pushed through the blood vessels by the beating of the heart-the organ that pumps the deoxygenated blood around the body
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Blood vessels-the arteries, veins and capillaries that carry the blood around the body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cells- are the basic unit of life!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Oxygen-is an atmospheric gas(in the air) needed to support life!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Carbon dioxide- waste gas produced by all living things
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Blood- is a liquid that flows to and from cells in the blood vessels.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Heart- the organ that pumps the deoxygenated blood to the lungs and the oxygenated blood around the body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The circulatory system-includes tissues(blood and blood vessels) and organs(heart) that transport life-support substances to cells and removes waste
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The respiratory system-includes the tissues the organs(lungs) that provide gas exchange(O2 and CO2) between the blood and atmosphere

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Examples of vascular plants: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Vascular plants are everywhere!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">tomatoes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">wheat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">lettuce
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">raspberries
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">celery
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">trees
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">leaves

Our focus study is leaves. 3 different types of leaves are called pinnate, palmate and parallel! Pinnate is the type where the main nerve called the midrib is the other nerve's drive. The palmate is the type where the nerves diverge from a main point. Parallel is the type where the veins run at the same distance from each other.



<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Celery Experiment A
||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">31 g || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Design an experiment to get information about rootless celery and water. The materials available to you include: 2 Stalks of celery with leaves 2 Stalks of celery without leaves 4 Vials
 * ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Celery Condition ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Starting volume of water (mL) ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ending volume of water (mL) ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Starting mass of celery (g) ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ending mass of celery (g) ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">with leaves A ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">25 mL ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 mL ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">27 g
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> without leaves A ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">25 mL ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">20 mL ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">28 g ||= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">29 g ||
 * Experimental Design**

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measurement tools While you work on your experimental design, think about these three things. • Leaves might affect how celery interacts with water. • The mass of the celery might change. • The volume of water in the vial might change. ** Plan to answer our question: Which stalk of celery will absorb water faster? (celery 1, or 2 ?) ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> 1.place same amount of water(25 milliliters) in 2 viles. 2.put 2 stalks of celery in each vile (one with leaves the other without) 3.check the next day and whoever's container has less water absorbed it fastest
 * Testable question:**

First we put the 25 milliliters in the 2 viles. Then we put the 2 celery stalks (one with no leaves and the other with) in the viles and know we will wait for 24 hours, waiting for the water to absorb. We are waiting till exactly 1:35 tomorrow to take the celery stalks, (the A set) out of the viles.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> ** 1. What did you observe when you first looked at the red-dyed whole celery stalk? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">I observed that you can see the red in the veins of the plant and that the water stayed pretty much the same level. 2. What did you observe when you then looked at the cross section of the celery stalk?<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> I see it has a lot of red in the area 3. What do you think the red dots are in the celery stalk cross section? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">I think those dots are the dye. 4. What is the relationship between the red dots and water in the celery stalk? ** <span style="font-size: 70%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Well, I think they are both the dye but maybe they are there because of the zylem. ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Celery Observations After one day But before Measuring ** ==

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> ** 1. What is the general condition of the celery stalks compared to yesterday? <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> They are pretty much the same as yesterday. 2. How did the water in the vial change from yesterday?<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Well... the celery A with leaves has the vile with the lesser water and celery B without leaves water amount barely changed at all. 3. What do you think happened to the water? ** <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">I think the celery some how used it's zylem or phloem to suck up the water

Conclusion: my conclusion is that the celery plant uses zylem and phloem to collect the water for the plant. The zylem causes the water or red dye to make spots.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 1. What structures do vascular plants have for transporting water? Vascular plants have the xylem to collect the water and to transport it through the vessels to the leaves of the plant. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 2. What structures do vascular plants have for transporting sugar? Vascular plants have the phloem to collect the sugar and to transport it through the vessels to the other parts of the plant.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> Notes on Video Plant Structure and Growth
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1. D-They all have tissues and organs and they all transpire 2. Transports water to the leaves 3. Connects the roots to the leaves and helps the plant stand up tall so it can reach for the sun 4. A-The stomata? No! C-the Mesophyll 5. B-take in water and nutrients
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Vascular plants grow far from water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Vascular plant cells have chlorophyll and are multicellular
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">All cells in a leaf form walls
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Vascular plants contain tissues and organs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Xylem carries water and nutrient up to the leaves-part of a vascular system
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Phloem brings the sugar made by the leaves all the way around the plant-part of a vascular system
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">General Sherman : The largest multicellular organism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Root hairs collect nutrients in the soil
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Roots in any plant always grow down because of Gravity-Geotropism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Thigmatropism- When a plant reacts to every touch
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Cuticle-the waxy outside of a leaf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Pop Quiz:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">What do all plants have in common? They all are multicellular. They all have rigid cell walls and chlorophyll. They all have tissues and organs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">What are the two types of vascular plant tissues that make up the vascular bundle? Xylem and Phloem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The trunk of a tree and the stem of a flowering plant both have vascular bundles made up of Xylem and Phloem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The rings of a tree form every year by the tissue made by the xylem. The old ones are in the middle and the new ones are on the outside.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The rings on a tree vary in size because the more water in a year the more vascular tissue. The dryer the year, the less vascular tissue.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">The vascular system in a plant is alike to the circulatory system in humans because they both eliminate waste, transport nutrients, and help with gas exchange.

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 1. The cells in the vascular plant system get sugar when the leaves use the carbon-dixode and the sun and water to make sugar and the phloem collects the sugar and carries it to cells all around the plant. 2. They get water and minerals when the xylem collects it from the roots and carries them all over the vascular plant. 3.The leaves of a celery turn pink when placed in red dye because the red dye stains the Xylem making the little vascular bundles visual. 4. Blood and sap are similar because both carry all the needs to the cells and all over the vascular plant or body.

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<span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Making Food Article
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Plants do not produce food when they have no water because water is needed for photosynthesis and for cells. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Plants do not produce food when they have no light because light is also needed for photosynthesis. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">In some cases plants do produce food if they have no nitrogen because nitrogen is not needed for cells or the plant. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">In most cases plants don't produce mass when they have no oxygen because plants need only carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Plants do not produce food when they have no carbon dioxide because it is needed for cells and for photosynthesis. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6. Plants do not produce food from the sand they grow in because that is only the plants habitat. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7. Plants do not grow without carbon dioxide, water and light because those things are needed for cells, and photosynthesis

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Photosynthesis <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> The form of food produced in plants is sugar. The process that makes sugar is called **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis happens in green cells. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This is the equation: ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Solar energy must be present with the 6 molecules of carbon dioxide and the 12 molecules of water in order for photosynthesis(or the making of sugar) to occur


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Cells only process sugar . Everything you eat is turned into sugar.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 110%;">Photosynthesis <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1. Sugar is... a substance made up of nutrients... a necessity to both humans and plants. ( A need to all life forms) 2. The raw materials needed by plants to build sugar are... light, water, minerals and Carbon dioxide because these are the materials needed for photosynthesis ( AKA the making of sugar ) They come from the roots. 3. Clorophyll is... the substance in a leaf that makes a leaf green. 4. The products of photosynthesis are light, water, minerals and Carbon dioxide. They go to the leaves and the light, water, minerals and Carbon dioxide work together to make sugar. 5. Plants produce food in the leaves. 6. It is possible because without light, our cells wouldn't work as well and plants need light so without light plants would disappear and we would not produce for our cells as well ( and would have little energy) because we eat only meat and plants of good nutrients for our cells.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Yeast Experiment

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> We put yeast in a bag with warm water and a crushed cookie and we put it in a warm water bath for ten minutes It produced carbon dioxide! This is called cellular respiration. We put it in a container and measured 50 mL of carbon dioxide produced. We found that the group that put only flour (instead of a cookie) and only 10 mL was produced. So we found that sugar is the food for the yeast, not the flour.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Cellular Respiration: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1. People eat food to nourish their cells. 2. Human Cells get energy form the food we eat by the sugar inside the food. 3. Plant cells get the energy they need from the sugar that comes from the process Photosynthesis.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> How much Sugar in our Cereals?
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> What we did: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> We put 2 mL of yeast in two plastic zip bags and put 3 grams of cookie crisp in one and labeled it HIGH because we think it is high in sugar. We put Frosties in the other and labeled it LOW because it is probably low in sugar. We laid both bags on the ground and ran our fingers along them to make sure they were airtight. Then we sealed the bags. Then we put them in a hot water bath.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Observations/Conclusion <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> After ten minutes HIGH had produced 150 mL of carbon dioxide and LOW had produced 100 mL. After 20 minutes LOW stayed the same and so did HIGH. I think when Choco Bits and Corn Flakes went from 100 mL and 50 mL of Carbon Dioxide to no Carbon Dioxide there must have been a hole in the bag and all the carbon dioxide floated out. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Food Tested || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Amount of C02 in 10 minutes || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Amount of C02 in 20 minutes ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Koko Krunch || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 100 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 200 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Corn Flakes || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 0 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 0 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Corn Flakes || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 0 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 100 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Captain Crunch || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 100 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 230 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Cookie Crisp || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 150 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 150 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Choco Bits || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 100 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 0 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Corn Flakes || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 50 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">0 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Frosties || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 100 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 50 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Koko Krunch || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 150 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 150 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cheerios || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 50 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 50 mL ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Sugar (control) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 50 mL || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 50 ml ||

My Terrestrial Environments Journal
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Questions to consider : <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">24/4/09 We used one large basin, 1 l. soil, 800 ml. of water, 50 ml. rocks, 500 ml. sand, Clover, radish, barley, corn, and pea seeds. We added 200 mL of water because the soil looked pretty dry and we wanted it to stay moist for the weekend We covered the terrarium with plastic foil again because we didn't want our water for our plants to evaporate

27/4/09 We noticed that the corn seeds have started to grow rapidly

29/4/09 Our First corn stalk sprouted 14 cm and the second one 4 cm. The corn is pressing against the top of the terrarium

1/5/09 Our first Corn stalk is growing taller and taller every day. We had to take the lid off for the plant was pressing against the lid

4/5/09 The corn sprouted leaves and one corn seed sproted and finally... one radish sprouted! We added 200 mL of water to our terrarium.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">11/5/09 We noticed... that all our plants died and they didn't grow one bit.

How do the sides and the top of the terrarium look? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">22/4/09 Wet and damp with condensation 24/4/09 Still a little bit damp 27/4/09 Wet and damp with condensation with little droplets all over 29/4/09 Very dry 1/5/09 still very dry. No water at all. 4/5/09 Still no water 11/5/09 VERY dry, no water at all. · How does the soil look? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">22/4/09 wet and damp 24/4/09 Only a tiny bit damp now 27/4/09 The soil looks very damp and wet 29/4/09 Dry but a little bit damp 1/5/09 Very dry now. It needs water 4/5/09 Now that we have given our soil water it looks a little damp. 11/5/09 VERY dry, not one bit is moist. · Have any seed sprouted?<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 22/4/09 no 24/4/09 The clover seeds sprouted 27/4/09 The corn seeds and pea seeds have sprouted 1/5/09 Radish, corn and pea sprouted today 4/5/09 One corn and one radish have sprouted 11/5/09 no · What kind of seed sprouted first? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">27/4/09 The clover seeds sprouted first. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">What kind of seed sprouted last? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 4/5/09 The radish sprouted last · What kind of plant grows best in your terrarium?<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 27/4/09 The corn 11/5/09 The corn because it grows really fast · How have the living factors of the environment changed? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">4/5/09 The plants grow everyday and moss is growing on the surface of the dirt 11/5/09 They have died · How have the nonliving factors of the environment changed? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1/5/09 The soil has become more dry. 4/5/09 The soil has become very moist 11/5/09 The soil has become dry again. · Which organisms found your terrarium a favorable environment? Why do you think so? <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">4 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">/5/09 I think the corn makes it a favorable environment because it grows the highest and fastest. 11/5/09 The radish makes it a favorable environment because the more sprouts, the better the environment. · How would you recommend planting seeds in a terrarium? How much soil should be on top of the seed? Do different types of seeds require different planting techniques? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> 4/5/09 I recommend putting them in a garden and I think you should put only a little bit of soil on the seeds. I think all seeds grow fine one way or another 11/5/09 Remember to check on your plants as much as possible. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> · How is the environment in your terrarium different than the more common environment for corn, barley, clover, radishes, and peas? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">29/4/09 It is different than more common environments ( for corn etc. ) because they're all growing in a box and common environments are usually free. 11/5/09 Gardens have more space than the plastic box. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> · If you were going to set up a terrarium again, what would you do differently and why? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1/5/09 I would water it more often because the soil goes dry a lot. 11/5/09 I would check on it and measure it more so you don't lose track. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> · What factors might affect the growth of the plants in your terrarium if you repeated the investigation during a different season? In a different room in the school? In a different part of the country? <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">11/5/09 the weather and temperature in a different room or country might effect plant growth. If you did the experiment outside the same thing applies because different seasons have different temperatures and sunlight conditions. Different country? Well... some states are colder or warmer than others.

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<span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Notes on Environments book pp.1-11
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Some leaves in the rainforest are poisonous
 * <span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">You can make fungus with leave pulp
 * <span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Many different kind of plants live in rainforest environments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Chemicals in the leaves protect some plants from insects
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Biomes are environment groups like rain forests that cover large areas
 * <span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Most trees in a rainforest grow clustered together.
 * <span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">There are so many different kinds of plants living on the earth all together

**<span style="font-size: 40%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Brine Shrimp Hatching **
What we wanted to find out: If the salt increase in lakes will effect the brine shrimp's sustainability. 2. What we did We used... 4 cups, 6 spoons of salt, a tray, 1 mini spoon of brine shrimp eggs. We put 150 mL of water in each cup and put 1 spoon of salt in one, 2 spoons of salt in another, 3 spoons of salt in another one, and none in the last one. We let the salt dissolve and put the same amount of brine shrimp eggs in each one. Then we placed the cups on the tray. 3. After 24 hours we noticed that the some eggs in the containers with 2 spoons of salt and 3 spoons of salt hatched and no shrimp hatched in the 0 spoon container 4. After 48 hours we noticed... that most of our brine shrimp hatchlings died except for 3 in the 2 spoon container. Most of the eggs in each cup have sunken to the bottom so I think they are dead too. 5. I predict the reason most of the hatchlings died was because there was too much salt or they didn't get the things they need. (food etc.) I also predict that the 0 spoon container will have no hatchlings because I think the brine shrimp need just a bit of salt to survive. I think this because the same thing applies with humans. I don't think that any other brine shrimp will hatch since most of the eggs in each cup, have sunken to the bottom. 6. After 60 hours we noticed... That most of our brine shrimp from the 2 spoon container died. Now the 3 spoon container has the most brine shrimp. 7. How do we find out if the eggs in our cups are still viable? Our Plan... 1.We put more salt in our cups, (Now changed to 5 spoons, 6 spoons, 7 spoons and 8 spoons) 2. Then we stirred the salt in until it dissolved. 3.We are going to wait to see if the remaining eggs hatch. We are going to check with a microscope. 8. After 24
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1. The Problem: Migratory birds depend on brine shrimp to survive and lately salt has increased in lakes where **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">brine shrimp live.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> Dear Dr. Bryans, Our class did an experiment to see how strong the brine shrimp's sustainability is (to help you with your problem) in little containers with one spoon of salt, 2 spoons of salt and 3 spoons of salt. The brine shrimp in the two spoon container didn't last very long and the in the shrimp in the one spoon container... not many hatched. The shrimp in the 3 spoon container are doing OK. We think the brine shrimp need just a little bit of salt to survive, but we are not sure. Hannah

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> How do we find out if the eggs in our cups are still viable?

Our Plan... 1.We put more salt in our cups, (Now changed to 5 spoons, 6 spoons, 7 spoons and 8 spoons) 2. Then we stirred the salt in until it dissolved. 3.We are going to wait to see if the remaining eggs hatch. We are going to check with a microscope.

After 48 hours... 1. The eggs in the cups with 5 spoons, 6 spoons, 7 spoons and 8 spoons we don't think are viable. We didn't think they were still viable but now when we saw no brine shrimp we were more sure. 2. All of our living shrimp died. We saw only eggs. 3. I don't think the advantage is very high because before in the 0 spoon container there were no hatchlings and in the 3 spoons only few hatched and all the brine shrimp should react the same as the other shrimp because they are all the same. I think they just died.

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Glossary <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cross section-is a cut across an object and exposes its internal structure
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Vascular plants-a multicellular plant that has vessels for transporting water, minerals, and sugar to all its cells
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Xylem-found in vascular plants. Tubes to transport water and minerals to cells.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Phloem-found in vascular plants. Tubes to transport sugar to cells.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Classify-Sorting things out into classes or groups (scientists do this all the time)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Palmate, Pinnate, and Parallel are the three ways vascular plants can be classified
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stomata- Any of the tiny pores in the epidermis, (of the leaf) a slit that allows gas exchange
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Food- the source of energy and building material for living cells
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">photosynthesis- a chemical process in which cells produce energy rich sugar molecules and release oxygen.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fat and Protein- groups of nutrients that provide energy and building blocks for growth and development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mass - a quantity of matter
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sunlight- a solar energy. Light from the sun.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Starches- are chemicals produced by plants to store food
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">molecule- a particle made of two or more atoms. A sugar molecule is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yeast- single celled organism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cellular respiration- the process by which plants and animal cells break down sugar to get energy, releasing carbon dioxide in the process.