Muddy point!!! Unit 9: Attack of the weird plants @_@

My muddy point from this unit 9 was, how does a chlorophyll molecule absorb and reflect different wavelengths of light on the visible spectrum??

Someone help me!!

-Eunice Chang

SCRRIBBEEE!

Hey guys!

SO, yesterday we learned about the SPIDER PLANT. Pretty much looks like a normal green plant, but with little spidery-looking things at the end of the leaf. After that, we review a tiny bit before our photosynthesis and leaf quiz! yay. quizzes. Once we finished that up, we started a lab that dealt with the investigation of plants! Some things like tropisms and monocots and dicots, which we will continue to do on Wednesday and thursday. So yeah thats pretty much it, peace out. Have a lovely rest of the week everyone! :)

Scribe of the day

Hey y'all its catie here!

In class today, we...

-Discussed our pigment labs

-got grade reports

-began the lab on UP 73-76

-& discussed photsynthesis.

We spent a lot of time talking about photosynthesis. REMEMBER, WE HAVE A QUIZ ON IT TOMORROW!

Here's the scoop on photosynthesis:

-It all happens in the CHLORPLAST

-The STROMA is the name for the open space of the chloroplast

-The GRANUM is the 'stack of pancakes'. This is where the Light-Dependant reactions occur

-The 'pancakes' are called Phlatoids, and contain chlorophyll (which is the pigment nessecary to undergo phtosynthesis!

-The 'pancakes' also contain electrons

LIGHT-DEPENDANT reactions:

-Light comes in and hits the electrons, which gets them excited! Their energy level shoots up

-This splits the H20 molecules (which releases oxygen)

-Then, the electrons loose energy to form ATP

-The now split (or lonely) H+ molecule and NADP forms NADPH

-This carries nessecary energy to the CALVIN CYCLE

LIGHT-INDEPENDENT reactions: (a.k.a Calvin cycle)

-C02 is added to a 5 carbon sugar

-Engery from NADPH and ATP are used to carry out reactions

-Produces sugars (glucose!)

-DO NOT call this the 'dark cycle'! BECAUSE IT DOESN'T have to happen in the dark! This cycle doesn't care if its dark or light, it will still happen the same

OKAY BYE

SCRIBE

Hey guys! Heidi, here!

Today in class Mrs. Stein talked about photosynthesis and how we will get into

detail about it tomorrow. We also did a LAB where we had to put its pigment on a

piece of paper and soak it in a certain CHEMICAL. We then took a break and then

we went over the HOMEWORK and after we were done with that we went to check

on our PIGMENTS!!!

If you don't know the homework. ..........SHAME on YOU! but...its to finish the lab (UP 69-72) and to do (if not done already) UP 81-85 or corrnell notes on 8.2 & 8.3

NOW we all know we learned about Moss Balls! & how COOL they are!

SO....... I found a couple videos that show what Moss Balls do!

BUTT! Since my computer doesn't let me do anything for the blog....I'm leaving the link! SO TAKE A LOOKSEE!

Video #1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vD6vQsQZEY&feature=endscreen

Video #2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRElGK6cxc&feature=related

video i found about pink wavelengths

I found this video online and its kind of related to what we're learning about with wavelengths, and it shows that there actually isn't any pink light.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9dqJRyk0YM&feature=player_embedd

SCRIBE--MARCH 7

HEY EVERYONE!! kelly here with the scribe post

so today in class...

• Mrs. Stein stamped our homework homework from last night which was UP 79&80.
• then we talked about the PLANT OF THE DAY which was living stones which are plants that look like rocks so that other animals won't eat them
• we also answered the question on page 61 in the unit packet which was about energy
• later we reviewed the functions of the structures in leaves:

1. upper & lower epidermis- protect everything inside the leaf and prevent tearing
2. cuticle (cutin)- prevents water loss
3. spongy mesophyll/palisade mesophyll- photosynthesis
4. stomate- gas exchange (takes carbon dioxide in, releases oxygen) & releases water (transpiration)
5. vascular tissues (vein)- tranportation

**TONIGHTS HOMEWORK IS UP 67&68**

**8.2 & 8.3 ARE DUE FRIDAY WITH UP 81-85 OR CORNELL NOTES**

SCRIBEEEE

Hello people of 8th period biology! Sooo yesterday we started class with our last two commercial presentations (which were awesome!!!!!!). Then we went to our POD which were a baseball plant, and a venus fly trap. The baseball plant is very interesting because well it looks like a baseball! It grows in the desert, it is the type of plants that absorbs water and stores it (like a juicy steak). The venus fly trap is very cool, it makes a sweet lining of nectar to attract flys. When the fies come over and start eating the nectar the venus fly trap have six hairs, if two are touched with in twenty seconds of the fly landing on it, it automatically closes. After that we took a quiz on our plant reading. Then, we talked about our presentation project!