Axel's Biology Blog

  Pig Dissection As disgusting as it was cool, I learned a lot from the pig dissection. Even being a no glove person, I learned a lot about anatomy and in a way how our own bodies work because we basically have all of the same organs. I think being the no glove made me learn more because I had to help everyone stay on task and make sure they knew were each part was so I could make the video we make good and so everyone can have a good part and know what it is. I think being the no glove person was probably harder because I had to keep things going when my group got off task and had to memorize all the information. I also found it fun to take the video even if it did hurt to watch after and just roll with it. To see that video click this Link

Unit 9 Hello Readers it is finally the end of another unit and as always I am here to give you a summary on what I learned and what I take away from this unit. Unit 9 was very classification based and is a huge run down of most, if not all of the different organisms in our world, from elephants to bacteria. In fact that brings us to our first topic of bacteria. I learned that they come in 3 basic shapes: Spheres, Rods, and Spirals. The cell walls are made of peptidoglycan and that most move with flagellum. As shown above. Chemoheterotrophs: Eat other Bacteria Photoautotrophs: Use light to convert carbon and water into compounds Chemoautotrophs: Get energy from chemical reactions Aerobes, need oxygen to survive, unlike Anarobes which oxygen kills them. The very adaptive ones are Anaerobes which can need a mixture of both to survive. Some uses of bacteria are: Decomposition Fermentation Medicine Biofuels  Moving on to a different classification are Viruses....