Finishing strong with my groups fast plant project for this year we look at many things with our fast plants, like did our second gen plants look a bit like their parent ones, I was predicting much like their parents they had a similar color to their parent plants That had slight alterations between the two generations. some of the growth between the two seemed a bit different, I feel as though the F2 Generation did grow faster due to their parents have been the first generation to be born in the environment in which we placed them in they have adapted enough to pass down their genes to the children that allowed them to be more adapt to the environment that they were in the secreting a faster regeneration of light. we also looked at what may cause the plants to hinder certain factors. some things in gen 2 that might have hindered the ability for plants to drive is the lack of water that is just floating around the air too much light not enough space for the roots to really expand out to. well I like to think of it like this it is the environment that an organism is placed in will play a big role into the byproduct of the genetics being determined in a certain way 2 best suit the life-form and it's current ecosystem the best way This genetic change weeds down the effect of the phenotype turning out in a certain way due to the genetic cool alterations being required to withstand dangers in the new environment. we detrended what many have caused this plant to look the way it is more, the genetics or the environment. we think one way is to look at the parent organisms and determined based upon the information that you get from the parent organism, if not then the next best choice would obviously be to be looking at the genotype you know seeing what matches what will happen from there but of course with that you would need to know previous information prior to that to determine such. and we keep track of thing that stud out to us. One thing that stood out to me is the fact that you have to realize that time is a virtue when it comes to things like this and you're not going to get your results right away you have to wait a couple weeks and you have to maintain the plants in order to get your results that you're looking for and then on top of that you have to keep track of which one you're into greeting with others and try the understand the different scenarios that can come out and narrow it down to the best on

A fast plants project reflection

During this past semester in Biochem 2. We have been observing fast plants (F1) and their fast plant offspring (F2). In the beginning of this semester we grew 5 types fast plants (Standard, Non-purple, yellow-green and etc) and they took about 3 weeks to grow before they were ready to be pollinated. Once they were pollinated, we planted the seeds they bared about 2 month after. The F2 plants were not as successful as their parents, of the 4 plots only one seedling germinated, but it didn’t last more than a week before it shriveled up and died. We were able to identify some features of the Sprout to be a purple steam, so one of it’s parents must have been a standard and a B F1 plant. In this mini project we found that the F1 plants grew a lot faster than the F2 plants and that they were able to reproduce. Some of the factors that could have hindered our F2 plant growth might be the soil. One reason for this could have been because we didn’t change the soil from when they were hosting the parent plant. The other reason could have been because we didn’t cover the plots in enough soil. In the parent plant, each plot was filled to the top, but in the F2 plants the plots were only filled about half way. Another factor that could have affected their growed could have been the amount of light they received. The F1 plants were under constant light while the F2 plants had a timer that only gave they about 6-7 hours or light each day. Something that stood out to me in this unit was the F2 plants. This is because even though their parents the F1 plants were able to survive long enough to reproduce, it doesn’t mean that their children will too. Contrary to my prediction the F2 plants were not stronger than the F1 plants.

During this unit we learned about different ecosystems and biomes. Why are those ecosystems and biomes are important and how are they endangered. I personally enjoyed the unit because it was helpful and informative to learn about our surrounding environments. In our projects the key materials that stood out to me was all of the different types of animals in the rainforset. This stood out because this truly represents what the raniforest is.

In this unit, we studied ecology. We learned different levels of organization in the biosphere, as well as the levels ecological organization. However the topic that stuck out to me most was the biotic interactions in an ecosystem and how human disturbances have caused the ecosystems change. This topic stood out to me because it made me look at how our actions have been negatively impacting the environment. The earth is home to over trillions of organism and it has very limited resources that needs to be shared with all organisms. If people are hogging the resources than the organism that rely on it might go extinct. Something I have been thinking about was whether or not it was possible to have a tool engineered to mimic the act of plant ‘filter’. In other words, is it possible to build something that can remove the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and convert it into oxygen.

For the quarter 4 benchmark, my group and I decided to make a PSA on the topic Cycles of Matter. In our video, we talked about the impact that humans have on the cycles everyday, and ways we can help. During this benchmark, I learned a lot, but the the that surprised me the most was how big the impact from humans really was. Humans do things everyday that we don’t even realize we’re hurting the cycles.

This unit was good for me. I was able to learn fast and although it was a lot of independent teaching time, I think Ms. Aziz helped a lot with my understanding of the material. I learned that animals don't just become extinct because of humans. I also learned that 50% of our animals are said to be extinct by 2031. That information stood out to me because 2031 is really around the corner and I didn't realize how much we hurt and affect our environment. I'm still wondering if there will be a time where humans are extinct and will it be the result of any other animal or larger factor than humans.