Sammy sperm was born in a city called Testis, and was given birth by the meiosis family. However Sammy grew up in a town called Epididymus where he lived his childhood and matured. Sammy decided to go on a search for the perfect egg when he matured. So Sammy packed his bags, left all his friends, and drove for Van Deferens Highway, a very long path. After a long drive he reached Lake Bladder, and then stopped at Seminal Vehicle Diner where he ate dinner. Sammy continued driving through Lake Bladder until he reached Urethra Expressway, the home stretch! The Expressway way known for its acid rain, so Sammy took a pit stop at the Prostate Gland Acid Proofing Shop, and the Cowper’s Gland Lube Shop. This would prevent any uncalled for stops. he was now travelling faster than ever before as he crossed over into some foreign territory, Vaginaland. Upon his arrival, he passed Cervix Station and  quickly made his way to a nice town called Uterusville where he hoped to find Ms Right, but could not. Sammy kept trucking along until the road split between the Right Oviduct Road or Left Oviduct Road. He after a hard decision, he took the left route until he bumped into Ms Ovum, the perfect egg. They both moved back to Uterusville, settled into a nice part of the womb, and after a while had a baby of their own.

Bee A’s mutations was it having four antennas. This mutation would be a positive mutation because since the bee has 4 antennas rather than two, it would have double the sense and have a survival advantage.

Bee B’s mutation was it having a smaller stinger. This mutation would be a neutral mutation because there are many bees that have small stingers and live the same as bees with larger stingers. (⤵ reference)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee

Bee C’s mutation was it having no wings. This mutations would be a negative mutation. If a bee could not fly it would become useless to its’ colony because it would not be able to bring back necat or pollen. The bee also would be to many predators be cause there bees could not escape.

I now understand much more about mutations than I once did. Mutations can be caused by the slightest change in the order of the bases, (A, T, C, G) and the outcome can either be neutral, positive or negative and could easily impact the survivability of animals.

The pieces of cereal represent the 4 bases in DNA, Guanine (G) = purple cereal, Cytosine (C) = pink cereal, Adenine (A) = green cereal, Thymine (T)= yellow cereal. When put into codons, they represent the 20 amino acids and a letter of our alphabet. Since there are more letters than amino acids, some codons just represented a letter and not an amino acid. My entire message represented my last name which is Hrycan. It represented the following amino acids which are Histidine, Arginine, Tyrosine, Cysteine, Alanine, and Asparagine in that order. The codon was cat, cgt, tac, tgc, gct, and aac in that order. To get the instructions of DNA to the ribosomes outside of the nucleus, messenger RNA is made. Messenger RNA is a short strand of genetic information that carries the instructions from one gene on DNA. mRNA is short enough to fit through the pores in the nuclear membrane. The ribosome holds onto the mRNA, reads the instructions and links together amino acids (protein building blocks).

In the DNA model we built the yellow licorice represents the double helix backbones in the actual DNA molecule. In real DNA molecules, the backbones are made of sugar and phosphate. The different coloured marshmallows in the DNA model we built represents the 4 nitrogen containing bases in the real DNA molecule. Guanine (G) = Green marshmallow, Cytosine (C) = Pink marshmallow, Adenine (A) = Yellow marshmallow, Thymine (T) = Orange marshmallow. The toothpicks were not intended to represent something in the DNA molecule, but only to bond the marshmallows and licorice. The order of the bases provide instructions for the cells activities. The bases always pair onto the backbone in a certain way, (A) pairs with (T) using a double bond and (C) pairs with (G) using a triple bond. This ensures that the message on the left side of DNA is a mirror image of the message on the right. The pair of the bases fit together much like puzzle pieces.

This activity gave me a further understanding of DNA. Physically matching the bases helped me remember the base names, letters and also their pairings. This had definitely been one of the more beneficial activities with a hands on approach that I have done.

Living in the ISS is much different than living on earth. It is important to stay strong, neat and healthy.

When living in space, astronauts do not experience the same amount of gravity as we do on earth. Since their is no gravity anchoring them to the ground, they do not need to use their muscles nearly as much so they weaken. Their lower backs and legs lose strength, and their bones become weaker and thinner. To avoid this, they must exercise every single day, like running on the treadmill.

Astronauts do not have a bathroom in space like they do at home. Instead they are assigned a personal hygiene kit which is made up of toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, brushes, and shavers. when brushing their teeth, they don’t have a sink so they have to spit in a washcloth. They also have to use special kinds of soaps and shampoo that don’t require you to rinse them off. These were originally made for hospital patients who couldn’t get in water to clean themselves.

Since astronauts live in a cramped space with sometimes 4 other people, it is of utmost importance for them to keep their living quarters tidy and organized. Astronauts wipe the walls, floors, and windows to keep them clean. They use a soap that kills germs. there are 4 garbage bins in the space shuttle, 3 are for dry trash and 1 is for wet trash. Wet trash is any garbage that may smell bad? The wet trash is closed and connected to a hose when its full to take the smell away. They also use vacuum cleaners in space, except its used to keep dust out of air filters as well as catch floating objects that may be out of reach.

parallax is the view from two different lines of sight used to find the distance to the stars. To find the distance you must first find the distance of the base of the triangle, or the length from one position on earth to the other. In the photos we took, this would be the distance from the 2 strips of tape we stood on when we took the picture. Next you determine the angle to the distant object from each end of  the baseline, or angle from the direction of you looking at the star to the baseline. In the photos we took this would be the angle from the direction of you looking at the paper star to the baseline. Lastly, calculate the distance to the distant object from the baseline, or the baseline to the star. In the photos we took this would be the distance from the paper star to the baseline. The place where the line from the distant object to the baseline and the baseline meet needs to have a right angle. Also, the longer the baseline, the more accurate the distance

This galaxy is an elliptical galaxy. This is because it resembles the shape of a sphere. It can also be ellipse, or a football or cigar shape.

This galaxy is an irregular galaxy. This is because it has no given shape. It has taken this shape because galaxies close to it can distort the shape with their gravity

This galaxy is a spiral galaxy. This is because the shape resembles a pinwheel and has a central bulge with two arms spiralling around it.

Chemical A was a white power. It seemed to be room temperature and smelled a bit like flour. Chemical B was a golden liquid. It was room temperature and had no distinct odour. Oobleck was a whitish crème colour and gooey. Oobleck arose from a physical change because it changed state and no substances were produced. Ooblecks state is dependent on the amount of the two chemicals added. More of chemical A resulted it oobleck being a solid because you could roll it into a ball. More of chemical B changed it to a liquid because the oobleck flowed out of your hand. This lab helped me better understand how the particles make up different states of matter and the differences between solids, liquids, and gases.

Ammeter 1 : 9A       Bulb 1 : 1V

Ammeter 2 : 9A      Bulb 2 : 1.9V

Battery : 2.9

the current measured in ammeter 1 and 2 were the exact same. The voltage in bulb 1 and bulb 2 are different by 0.9. the voltage of bulb 1 and 2 added together are were the same as the battery voltage. I noticed the current was the same throughout the electrical circuit, but the voltages were different. The farther you get away from the battery the lower the voltage tends to be.

our group connected both wires to the light and connected the battery wires to each wire this created a full circuit and made the light shine. The combination that worked best for us was the two wires, one battery, and light bulb.