This week in biology we presented our cell model projects. Which we made a 97% on!! I thought everyone's projects were great and really creative. They gave me a better understanding on how cells function and the key role of all the organelles in them. We also had a pop quiz on vocab that I passed with a 100! We are still learning about photosynthesis and cellular respiration. We have a new project coming up about ecosystems which i'm really excited about because my group is doing an ecosystem off the coast of the Outer Banks!

In biology this week we learned about photosynthesis and cellular respiration. I learned that all energy comes from the sun, and if the sun were to magically disappear we would all die. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration both have word equations. Photosynthesis is: Carbon Dioxide+Water-->Glucose+Oxygen. And Cellular respiration is: Glucose+Oxygen-->Carbon Dioxide+Water+Energy. Everything on the left side of the arrow are the reactants and everything on the right side are the products. I also learned that an autotroph is a plant and makes its own food. A heterotroph doesn't make its own food, like humans. Everything takes place in the Mitochondria. There are 2 types of respiration. Aerobic and Anaerobic. Aerobic is with oxygen and Anaerobic is without oxygen.

This week it was extremely help to have learned so much about carbs, proteins, lipids, and Nucleic acid. My dad has decided that he needed to go on a really hardcore diet. Cutting out carbs and most lipids. Little did he know, he needed all that, but not too much. I explained to him that in order to have energy you have to eat Carbohydrates and that Lipids help to protect your cells and store energy for later use. I learned that Proteins are not your main source of energy but are a supplier. I also learned that Nucleic acid is a helping factor for determining DNA and RNA. I don't really know that much about what Nucleic acids is or what it does.