Protist

Measurable Outcomes 1. Describe and demonstrate knowledge of modern evolutionary synthesis, natural selection, population genetics, micro and macroevolution, and speciation. I learned about the speciation of animals in Module 3 and in Module 4 I learned about modern evolutionary synthesis, natural selection, population genetics, and mirco and macroevolution. I was able to learn all this information due to the chapter 46 and chapter 47 notes, the online textbook, and the PowerPoint notes. This…

Cryptococcus gatti or C.gattii is a rare fungal disease that can infect many animals as well as humans. C.gattii lives in sub-tropical and tropical environments such as the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, here in Georgia, and in other United States owned islands. C.gattii, as previously stated, is a rare infection, and it will mainly occur in people who have weakened immune systems. C.gattii is a dangerous disease. Unfortunately, its symptoms are very generic to many other illnesses.…

Competition, predation and species responses to environmental change In the study that was run they were trying to examine the effects of interspecific competition which is when individuals of different species are competing for the same resources such as food and shelter in an ecosystem and the preying of one species on another species due to species responses to temperature change (Jiang and Kulczycki, 2004). Other experiments have been run on temperature change but they do not have a good…

oldest form of life on earth. Microbe is a term for tiny creatures that individually are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Microbes include bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protists. We all know about bacteria and fungi. Archaea are bacteria-like creatures that have some traits not found in any true bacteria. Protists include…

There were five cells observed while conducting the experiment. The five cells consisted of cardiac muscle, elodea (a plant), paramecium (a protist), rhizopus stolonifer (bread mold, a fungus), and Bacterial cells (bacilli). Each cell was observed under high power lens (except for rhizopus stolonifer) with a total magnification of 400μm and a dFOV of 400μm. The estimated object size, scale bar, and drawing magnification of each cell was found except for cardiac muscle. Each cell appeared much…

interesting subject for me, and I had a lot of fun researching it. Body System Most Affected The body system that is most affected by T cells is the Immune System because their job is to recognize and destroy antigens. Antigens are different kinds of protists, bacteria, and viruses that are harmful to the body. They recognize these antigens using a protein structure on the cell surface…

We learn on the origins of the cell that the theory formulated sais all organisms are composed of cells, and the first living cells was prokaryote and it process the DNA but lack in the nucleus. Fossilized prokaryotes were found in rocks 3.5 billions of years, conditions of the earth were totally different of what it is today, also protocols are cell like structures complete with outer membrane. On the difference between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes, is that Prokaryotes have smaller cells and…

characteristics of a population along a specific path. In natural selection we produce more offspring to survive. We have to struggle to keep existing and adapt to new surroundings. Reproduction is a key part in our environment. Trees, animals, plants, protists, algae, and fungi all reproduce in some form. Some even produce the bad to help the good produce more. Each have a characteristic that is different. Evolution today is still today. New species have evolved; old ones have died to make room…

Some cells are uncomplicated, but others are complex with internal structures called organelles. These cells can be put into two categories which are the prokaryotes and the eukaryotes, and they have many differences and similarities. The prokaryotes derive from prokaryotic cells whose fossils have been in existence for over 3.8 billion years, which mean they have learned to adjust to the earth’s environments more than any other life form. Prokaryotes are the bacteria and their close relatives,…

A deep-sea hydrothermal vent is one of the harshest places to live on earth. This is due to the pitch darkness, heavy metals, extreme acidity, poison gas and the enormous pressure. Sunlight penetrates no further than a few hundred feet down which means the deep-sea floor is as dark as a deep cave. There are no plants due to no sunlight and all the vent life belong to the animal kingdom. Due to there being no plants there is no photosynthesis. These organisms rely on a process called…