Emma M's pictures 1-30

#1

Mating Behavior (#62)

During the spring and summer months, a male horseshoe crab

 (the smaller of the two) attaches himself to a female who will then 

dig a hold in the sand where she will place her eggs (usually between 

60,000 and 120,000) for the male to fertilize.

 #2

Pollinator (#76)

This bee was extrodinarily hard to tke a picture of. He decided that he was only going to
 land on flowers i couldn't see and when he did land on a flower i could see it was for
all of two second. But i guess that goes to show just how many flowers bees pollinate 
in the course of a day and why they are crucial to flower reproduction

#3

Gymnosperm Cone (#46)

This is the male (i think) gymnosperm cone also known as a strobilus 
they are found lower to the ground than their femle counterparts and are usually smaller.
(Fun fact: the spirals of gymnosperm cones, like most things found in nature, follows the 
golden ratio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio)

#4
Frond (#40)
The fern Loki is chilling under is composed of fronds. Fronds are leaves that
are divided into smaller leaves (scientific i know). They are  mostly found on ferns.

#5
Lichen (#58)
Thi picture depicts a smallish patch of lichen attached to the 
side of a tree. Lichen is usually one of the first things
to settle in new place (partiually ones without soil)
because they are very resiliant and can live in extremely 
hot or extremely cold.

#6
Evidence of different alleles for the same trait.
This picture shows three plants of the same kind that are 
all different colors. As far as i could tell there were 5 
or six different shades varying from bright white to deep pinky-red.

# 7
This is an amniotic egg (froma chicken). It is easily recognizable because of its
hard out shell.Amniotes are land dwelling vertebrates that had to evolve different
features to allow them to survive on land. An egg with a hard outer shell was one
of these features. Hard shelled eggs are more durrible and thay do not need to be kept
in or near water because the shell keeps in the moister needed.

#8
This (not so)little mushroom can be considered a detritovore because
 it is feeding off the left over tree trunk. Fungi help to
 decompose the dead materials in nature and are one of the 
only organisms in nature that canbreak down chemical compounds
in wood.

#9
This is a picture of  lythrum salicaria, also known as the purple loosestrife.
This plant was introduced into north america and new zeland. This plant
is found mostly in wetland and thanks to the large number of flowers,
can cause a distruption of the flo of water in rivers.

#10
Autotroph(#11)
This flower produces its own nutrient using photosynthesis and 
does not rely on other organisms to survive.

#11
Flower Ovary
This apple is an example of the overy of an angiosperm.Inside can be found the endosperm
and embryo or a plant.

 #12.
This is a picture of a cut open apple. It shows the endosperm of the flower overy
The endosperm is created during double fertilization and nourishes the embryo of a plant.

#13

Exoskeleton

This bug, pictured on the leaf, is an example of an 

organism with an exoskeleton. The exoskeleton helps

protect the bus inner

  

#14-17

 This picture shows examples of five different types of carbohydrates

1. Theyellow squash - a complex fibrous carbohydrate called Oligosaccharides.

2. the pasta and rice both contain Polysaccharides which are long carbohydrate molecules

3. Milk - Milk contains lactose which is a monosaccharides that 

is easily broken down in the body and give milk a sweet taste.

4.The brown sugar is a Disaccharides which is formed when

 two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction which 

involves the elimination of a small molecule, such as water

#18-21.

Different classes of proteins

1. The whites in eggs contain globulin and Albumin which are

 both Globular Proteins and commonly found in blood plasma

2. In milk is found casei, which is a type of protein found in

milk 

3.Wheat germ contains lectin, which is a sugar binding protein that 

are also commonly found in viruses.

4.Tuna as well as other meat products contain sarcoplasm which

holds myoglobin, a protein hat bonds to oxygen,

(and we are going to ignore the peanuts in the picture because

 i cannot figure out what type of protein is in peanuts)

#22

Enzyme

Pineapples contain the enzyme Bromelain. This enzyme can be used to help tenderize meat

 and is the reason your tounge may hurt a bit if you consume too much pineapple. 

This enzyme, like most enzymes, loses its effectiveness once it is heated.

#23

Hermaphrodie

This picture of a slug( the cute little brown thing Loki is pointing to)

is an example of a hermaphrodite, which mean that

 they have both male and female reproductive organs. 

#24

Vestigle structure.

The weird little thing is the inner corner of each of your eyes is actually a vestigial

structure left over from a third eyelid (like the ones that fish or birds have). Other

 interesting vestigial structure include little muscle on the end of each of our

hair folicles that makes the hairstick up when it is cold or we are frightented

and our wisdom teeth (which some people are actually born without now a day)

if you want to learn more about vestigail structures

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAfw3akpRe8&feature=BFa&list=UUZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow click the link

 

#25

This is my doggie cooper. He is a mammal (duh) and thus he is an endotherm. becasueo this he had to regulate his body temperature. If he didn't do this, his body temperature would fall out of the acceptable range and he would most certanly die. Just like humans, dogs have way of keeping themselves at equilibrium. They an pant if thay get to hot, or generate heat by metabolizing things quicker if they get to cold.

#26 
This is my other puppy, Ginny. She is an example of bilateral symmetry. If someone were to
(god fobid) cut her in half the long way, they would find that she is almost the same one both
side, which would be cool, but they would also have two halves of a puppy.

#27

Loki has claimed his rightful place on the mycorrhizae throne. This beautiful fungi has formed a symbiotic relationship with the roots of this tree. The fungi helped the tree to absorb nutrience  and water more efficiently than the roots can do by themselves and in return the fungi get a place to stay.

 #28

This is a picture of the great bay, a salt water inlet that connects to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the many biomes that can be found in New Hampshire. With its slightly muddy slightly sand shores, this bay is home to a wide variety of organism that include, but are not limited to:  lobster, great blue herons, horseshoe crabs, oysters, clams, and a wider variety of fish and insects. Just like the ocean, the great bay experiences daily tidal shifts that expose the muddy shores of the bay. 

 #29

In this picture Loki is sitting on his throne, overlooking his majestic, gymnosperm leave covered kingdom. These particular leaves have fallen from the trees, a yearly occurrence around this time. The once vibrant green sticks turned orange and their mother ship, a pine tree, prepares to duel the harsh new england winters once more.

#30
 Recessive and Dominate phenotype.

For those of you who do not know, this is me (the blonde) and my twin sister Katie.

No we do dye our hair (well katie does, but it is natural still brown).It is clear that 

the brown hair and brown eyes Katie has is the dominate phenotype to my blonde hair blue eyes. Both my parents have brown hair, as well as my older sister Michela.