The purpose of this exercise was to use our skills we have learned in the lab to identify two unknown organisms. PROCEDURE I was given unknown #76. I performed the streak plating method with my unknown organisms. To perform this exercise I needed a TSA plate and labeled the bottom of it with my name‚ group number and organism. I also divided the bottom into three sections. After that‚ I sterilized my inoculating loop using the bunsen burner flame. After letting the loop cool‚ I reached into my
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The Dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms In 1980‚ the first GMO patent was issued through a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. A mere thirty-five years later this fairly new discovery is readily available in an over-abundance to consumers for consumption. Genetically Modified Organisms have been developed because they do not follow the natural laws of crop production. They have been engineered for herbicide tolerance and rapid growth among other purposes. The Food and Drug Administration has stated
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English 1A November 4‚ 2014 What is home to you? GMO is an organism whose genetic makeup is changed by humans. A genetically modified organism (GMO) is a plant‚ animal or microorganism whose genetic code has been altered‚ subtracted‚ or added (either from the same species or a different species) in order to give it characteristics that it does not have normally. A GMO is created when DNA from one organism is combined with another organism’s DNA to make one molecule. With genetic engineering
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Amongst many problems that living organisms face‚ one of the biggest is the change in the temperature of the environment. Why is this a major problem for living organisms? A change in the temperature of the environment disrupts many of the body’s enzymes and regulatory proteins‚ changing their shape and perturbing their function. However‚ organisms have taken two different approaches to tackling this problem we call this organisms endotherms and ectotherms but in this essay‚ we will talk about an
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Pesticide Use: Do the Ends Justify the Means? Humberto Bringas Envr 600: Environmental Health Dr. Courtney Woods 23 February 2014 The use of pesticides in agriculture has long been a highly controversial issue with numerous economic‚ social‚ and environmental costs and benefits. While an abundance of both costs and benefits do indeed exist‚ this paper will conduct a risk-benefit analysis to demonstrate that the risks associated with pesticide use actually
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viewpoints in many debates. For example‚ people are concerned about the military use of drones and their influence in Iraq. However‚ many people believe that the military use of drones is justified and serves the purpose of saving U.S. soldier lives. On the other spectrum‚ there are people concerned about the recent influx in commercial and civilian drones. By allowing drone technology to be tweaked by citizens‚ many argue that the use of commercial and civilian drones is a threat to national security‚ while
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Genetically Modified Organisms Course Project Table of Contents Abstract-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Introduction to Genetically Modified Foods/The History behind the Technology--------------4-7 Political and Legal Influences/Economics and GM Foods------------------------------------------7-11 Psychological/Sociological Effects of GMOs/Cultural Context and media Influence---------11-15 Genetically
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pilgrimage to the Holy Land because the Muslims liked the profit they made off of the travelers‚ and they honestly didn’t really care. It wasn’t until the Turks took over making a slight complication for the Christians‚ not safely letting them go along to do their own thing. This made many people angry and started the thought of the Crusades.It may have been driven by religous freedom‚ but in the thought processk‚ someone must have thought ‘Lets say it’s for God‚ but in reality to give us more power over
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purposes due to all the effects it gives the user and how some users abuse it. The more that is taken the greater the effects are which can cause short and long term problems. One of the reasons that people use this drug is for the feeling that it offers to them and get some users addicted. The use of marijuana causes THC to flow from your bloodstream to your brain in which gives the user the “high” they feel. “It acts much like the cannabinoid chemicals made naturally by the body‚ according to the
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about vector organisms such as ticks and mosquitoes and ways to remove them. Vector Organisms and the Diseases They Carry Vector organisms are parasites that transmit various diseases. Two vector organisms are ticks and mosquitoes. These two vector organisms transmit many well-known diseases. Through most of this essay‚ I will be explaining these two different organisms and the diseases that they carry. First‚ I will be explaining deer ticks. Ticks are small spider-like organisms that attach themselves
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