Adv Science

Image: I made this chart. Summary:      An organic compound contains carbon because it forms a total of four bonds. Carbon can form straight chains, branched chains, or rings. This is why living things have different shapes even though they are made up of the same things. The elements that make up all living things are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen nitrogen, phosphorus, and sometimes sulfur. The four macromolecules are proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids, and they are key to living things. Proteins are made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes it may contain sulfur. The simplest form or monomer of proteins are amino acids. The proteins form part of the cell membrane and makes up most of the other organelles. It regulates growth and increases the rate of chemical reactions. Lipids are made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The monomer of lipids are fatty acids. It makes most of the cell membrane and acts as energy storage. Carbohydrate...

Image: View full version on Tackk Create your own customized Tackk page Summary:      Our main goal of this project was to learn about the structure and function of our assigned organelle. I believe my group and I accomplished this goal. The lysosome can very in size, but tends to be large. That helps it collect all the waste in the cell so its digestive enzymes can decompose it. Lysosomes are quite flexible allowing it to move through the cell. Most think that lysosomes just break down waste, but it is more than that. They break food and nutrients, as well as waste. The attack viruses that try to enter the cell. The lysosome performs these functions in areas of the cell with lower oxygen levels. The lysosome is membrane bound. The membrane holds the enzymes inside or they would eat the cell. I have decided to vote for the peroxisome because it is very similar to the lysosome. Throughout running we acted as brothers because they break down waste, but in high...

Image: This is a poster from our campaign.  Summary: As our campaign began to come to a close, it was time to wrap  up  as much as we could. Although the campaign still has a couple of days left my group and I have finished almost everything. This final week my group and I accomplished so much because we all helped each other out. If one person wasn't free to make a poster, the would make up for it by making an extra smear. While smearing my group and I figured out that you have to be careful with your choice of words. This is because it can easily be interpreted in a different way than intended. As well as that, since we filmed over the three day weekend we have some time to edit and make the video entertaining, but informative. Something I am very glad we did was look at the rubric for each component, the citations, the smears, the video, and the posters. Due to this I believe our project will be better than it would have...

Image: commons.wikimedia.org Summary: Inside the cell there are various organelles that allow the cell to function in the way it does. One of these organelles is the lysosome which was discovered in 1955. Some say that the lysosome acts as the stomach of the cell, breaking down macromolecules, but it really has a few other functions. The digestive enzymes that are inside lysosomes not only digest macromolecules, they "attack" uninvited bacteria. As well as that, the lysosome repairs cell membranes that have been damaged. There is a membrane surrounding the lysosome keeping the enzymes from digesting the cell. The lysosome is found in a wide variety of animal cells. If no food is available and the body needs energy a signal is sent. The lysosome then digests organelles to feed the body. You really don't want to get on the lysosomes bad side. Many confuse peroxisome for the lysosome and they do similar functions, but the lysosome has a lower pH and d...