GAATACA Essay #2

In the film GAATACA a person could have a potential romantic partner sequenced. This could be good in some ways but could also be harmful. Knowing everything about someone’s genes could sway a persons decision in choosing their partner. Someone may chose to not start a relationship because you don’t think the person is good enough or will amount to much. Or one may chose to start a relationship with another person because they like that persons genes and feels they would be successful. Knowing someone’s genes could be good because it tells you what their personality traits and tendencies more or less will be like and whether or not the are good tendencies.

Having someone sequenced before deciding to start a romantic relationship with them could be good because then you know their background. A person now knows what the other person is capable of physically and mentally. Maybe you meet someone and they seem nice but then you have them sequenced and you learn if they were susceptible to illness or defects that could be passed on to children or even mental illnesses. It allows you to see any genetic defects that could be passed down to children. You are also now able to see the good gens they have.

Having a potential partner sequenced so that all their flaws are now visible may not be a good thing. This could lead to people choosing someone to marry because of their genes and wealth and not the love they have for each other. You could find someone that is nice but then see their results and decide otherwise because they don't have something or have something you want. It could also be bad because now all their genetic flaws a available for you to view. This could lead to people focusing too much on the genetic flaws and not on the personality of the person.

I don’t think I would like to have someone’s sequence known to me because I think knowing would make it hard to decide if i want to start a relationship. I would see all I dislike about the person genetically and all I like, but I also have to take into account their personality. Having a potential romantic partner sequenced and knowing every genetic thing about them  is neither good nor bad.

Blog Post #5; Living or Not

Our plants are living. They go through a whole cycle just to live and reproduce. This cycle starts from the seed, they get all the nutrients they can through water or compost/soil. They also need sunlight, they do these things from the beginning to the end of their cycle. The process of photosynthesis also helps them get their color and nutrients from the sunlight. The plants absorb the sunlight to grow bigger and stronger

Blog Post #2

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Our project is based off to see how the plants grow. We watch the process to see how they form to mature. We also wanted to see if having the plants grow in wet paper towels would effect anything. We put different amounts of sodium in the water to see which one would thrive more than the others.
Over all we are just studying the plant nature and seeing if plants can survive with different levels of sodium.

Blog Post #3

I think our plants look a lot bigger and healthier. They have had time to grow and be nourished and I think that really help them become stronger. The compost has really helped them absorb all the nutrients they need to become more "mature" plants. 

The plants absorb all the water in the compost/soil and also some water vapor in the air. They also release some moisture through their leafs. They take in the water through their root and then go through photosynthesis which makes their color green.

The plants take in carbon and release oxygen. That can help us in many ways, we need oxygen to survive. In a way we are kind of trading, we release carbon dioxide for the plants to survive and they release oxygen for us. Also carbon dioxide helps the process of photosynthesis. 

The plants take in some of the nitrogen chemicals and also release some too. They help out the environment and also the plants path to growing. In some way the plant and the chemicals connect and make a process. 

Blog post #4

Our plants are growing pretty nicely.They don't seem to have any bug or bacteria issues. I noticed that a lot of them are spaced out and I think that helps them grow. A lot of the plants have big leaves and I think that helps them grow and get more sunlight. The plants also seem a more vibrant green. I think the compost they are planted in helps them grow a lot faster too.

How Does Your Garden Grow Blogpost #6 Derek Koopman

Cell diversion is when a cell is duplicated and this process can continue infinatly. When this happens cells will increase the biomass of the species/specimen at a slow rate. They can do this due to the fact that they can duplicate themselves by cell division. Cell division is when the cell duplicates it self and this process can be repeated infinatly ( or till plant/animal dies).The plant continues to grow slowly inch by inch in till it reaches it mature part of its life time and then the cells are used for repairing damaged part of the plant.

BlogPost #5 Monique Perez-Durand p.4

     Our plants have grown very large since we have planted them in the out door garden. When we initially planted them out side they were weak and frail but we  buried some of the stem and padded the dirt around the plant to help sport the stem so that the plant would not break and collapse. After the weeks in the garden and being watered and getting sunlight the plants have grown larger leaves and thicker stems.
    We know the plant is a living and growing thing because it has cells. Its a living thing because of the way it interacts with the environment. We know the plant is a living thing because of how the cells move. It is a living thing because is gains mass and grows. It takes in nutrents and  and makes its own food. The plant changes direction and faces the sun light. We know it is a liveing thing because when it is eaten the nutrients it absorbed is absorbed my the thing that ate the plant.