The Deadly Cordyceps

The cordycep is a killer fungi that releases its spores which gets into the bodies of insects and takes it over. The fungi controls the brain of the insect and slowly kills it. Other insects that are infected by the fungi are wuickly taken away the the other insects in its family and are dumped away so the other insects in the colony also don't get infected. After the insect dies the body of the cordycep arupt from the body of the dead insect. It takes about 3 weeks for the cordycep to fully grow from the insect's body.When it is fully grown the spores will burst out of the tips and start the deadly process again.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8&list=PLCC07E66503F99BB5

Comparing Acorns and Pinecones

The difference between an acorn and a pine cone is that they are from difference trees.

An acorn is from a deciduous oak tree and a pine cone comes from a coniferous pine tree.

An acorn and a pine cone both have seeds.

An acorn depends on biological seed dispersal agents to move the acorn beyond the mother tree and into areas it can germinate in. 

A pine cone seed gets carried away by the wind when the a pine cone ripens because of their parachute mechanism of the wings on the seeds.

Pine cones

Pine cones

Vascular structure-Roots

Dicot root

Monocot root

Vascular structure-Stems

Dicot stem

Monocot Stem

Midterm Evaluation

Classification and Taxonomy:

For classification and taxonomy I chose the classification quiz because I got 14/15.

I also thought I did well on the classification project. We had to create our own species and give them names based on how they looked.

Evolution:
For evolution we made a DNA video and I thought my partner and I did really well on that project and from this project I knew what I had learnt about DNA and evolution.

  (This I a picture of what my partner and I said about evolution in our DNA video.)
We also made an evoltuoin poster where we glued pictures that we thought each species would evolve into.

Also the Evolution and Natural selection blog that I posted also helped me understand natural selection. I had searched up why flamingos have long necks and legs.
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=2694656259526879831;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=7;src=postname
 

I am also proud of the evolution booklet Harkirat and I did. I think we did a really good job and put a lot of effort into it.

Viruses:
For viruses I chose the quiz we had on viruses because I got 16/20.

Also the blog post I made about Malaria taught me more about viruses.http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=8328715403799566122;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=6;src=postname

Bacteria:
For bacteria I chose the bacteria and protist quiz because I got 20.5/21.

I also chose the bacteria growth lab that we did and also the bacteria play-do models that we made.The bacteria growth lab was interesting because we got to see bacteria grow and spread, and we got to see which liquids kill bacteria.
BACTERIAL GROWTH LINK:
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=669574082629276254;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=4;src=postname
BACTERIAL STRUCTURE LINK:
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=669574082629276254;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=4;src=postname

Protist:
For protist I chose the chart where we compared bacteria and protists.

Also the bacteria and protist quiz we did because I got 20.5/21.

I think I do well in completing my assignments and putting effort into my work.I also think I do well in completing my blog assignments.I am always on time and prepared for class. My most powerful learning experience in biology is doing the blog posts because when we had to do blog posts on things that we had to search up ourselves, I not only learned about the thing my blog post was about but I also learned about other things that I came across on the internet. Right now I think I am at an A at 88%

Looking at Moss

Archegonium

Sporangium

 Antheridia

Fossil named after Johnny Depp

An extinct insect is named after Johnny Depp because of his scissor-like hands from the movie Edward Scissorhands.

Kooteninchela deppi was a 505 million year old distant ancestor of lobsters and scorpions. The 'chela' in the name means claws or scissors in Latin.

the animal was about four centimetres long with millipede-like legs. It's lived in shallow seas off the coast of British Columbia in Canada.Its was most likely a hunter or scavenger because of it's claws.Its had large eyes made of many lenses like the compound eyes of a sly. They are on top of movable stalks called peduncles to help it search for good and look out for predators. The Kooteninchela deppi belongs to a group known as the 'great appendages' or megacheirans, which refer to the enlarged pincer-like frontal claws that they share.