I often wonder how I want to spend the rest of my life. My dream is to explore the ocean and discover the many secrets that still lie beneath the waters' surface. I am approaching a time in my life when decision making will pave the way for my future. To have the best of both worlds, a rewar...

AbstractMr. Posgai's Biology II class often pondered the thought of insects'attraction to certain colors on flowers. Well, on September 14, 1999, we decided toexperiment and figure out which colors on flowers were more dominant overothers. Our Biology class divided up into groups of two and three pe...

A century and a half ago, a man by the name of Charles Darwin went on a journey around the world. This trip sparked an idea that would permanently alter the future of biology, and in conjunction with a certain Alfred Wallace, led to the publication of one of the most controversial and earth-shaking ...

Biology Human Story1) Using appropriate example define what is a species? A species can be defined by particular structural features. Humans are species of primate mammals. They share the characteristics of this group of animals. Species can also be defined as a group of organisms that can interbree...

Throughout the years, many unknown questions have been answered through the use of science. The atomic bomb, which ended World War II, was explored through physics, and other discoveries such as the atom, DNA, and photosynthesis have facilitated technological advancements for society. While all typ...

The Living World How often is the soul of man, especially that of the child, deprived because one does not put him in contact with nature. There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees, and all the life to be found around them, in a real fore...

Measuring Photosynthesis: The Effects of Green and White Light Abstract: In this experiment we will be measuring the amount of oxygen produced in photosynthesis by white and green light. We began by placing the elodea in the 250ml flask along with the NaHCO3 and a stopper and a bent piece of...

One of the biggest riddles of the human being is the brain. How do our minds work, and what makes them work best? We are able to process and store large amounts of information, and then reason with it. Since the days of Ancient Greece the Western World has sought to institutionalize the learning ...

What is With the Network??? Has anyone noticed the fact that the netwerk, ever since it has been improved upon, causes more troubles than ever? Sure, we don't mind having the network crashing mid web-page deveolpment (during IA -- ha ha), but during that last speech, worth eighty percent of the gr...

Entomology is the study of insects, involving their biology and control in relation to their environment and to man. Entomology also had an independent scientific discipline which had roots in biology. Some entomologists are involved in reducing harmful species of insects that destroy food, housin...

I. Description A. Nature of Work Marine Biology also refers to Biological Sciences or Biological Oceanography. Marine Science is the general term for research conducted in oceans and coastal or inland waters connected to the sea. This particular field is probably the best known to the public. Marine...

The article, "The Biologist Who Extends Life Spans", is an interview with biologist Cynthia Kenyon on the subject of extending life spans. She has extended the life span of nematodes, as they had lived for more than 125 days, about six times more than the usual life span of the worms, whic...

Teaching evolution in schools is a highly debated issue between science and religion. In Kansas, the State Board of Education has decided to de-emphasize evolution in favor of the creation story. Throughout the science community, it is believed that evolution should be taught in school because of ...

Bioethics Paper "Bioethics is the study of the ethical problems arising from scientific advances. This usually is dealt with in the field of biology and medicine," (Webster 1). Bioethical research is beneficial to the prosperity and growth of humans. With advances in the biology field...

Culture What is culture? There are many things within any given society that are considered "cultural." However, to understand all of those things and their place in that society, one must first understand what makes up culture. Things such as customs, beliefs, and events are some of t...

Assignment B-Concept of Culture EssayASB 245-7531Anthropology is the field of inquiry that studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology. Anthropology is derived from the Greek words, anthropos, meaning "human," and logos, meaning "word" or "study of." Anthropologists examine suc...

 The behavior children exhibit is influenced by environmental conditions, however to a lesser extent than the biological factors that influence behavior, unless the child is severely abused. The environmental factors have a limited impact when it come...

The Path to a Career A man named Thomas Carlyle once said, ABlessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.@ I couldn=t agree more. In Kindergarten I thought I knew what I wanted to be for the rest of my life. How wrong I was. Over the years my career interests have chan...

The Family Curse Every family has a curse, and mine is no different. My father's bloodline carries PKD: Polycystic Kidney Disease. I did not ask to be born with it, just as my father had not, but genetics had other ideas. This disease has taken my grandfather and my father's health. At the...

More than 130 million persons in the United States and Canada and millions more on all continents enjoy hunting, viewing, and feeding wildlife, according to a survey reported by the Wildlife Society, the organization for professionals (Odom 108). Commercial trapping (and its counterpart, commercial ...

For another perspective on pornography, I want to share with all of you Catherine MacKinnon's basic position, and I will supply a supporting argument that is grounded in contemporary evolutionary biology. She thinks that all women are hurt by porn. She thinks that porn perpetuates the mal...

During the presentation the speaker, Baruch Blumberg spoke on the aspects of Astrobiology. If one doesn't know who Blumberg is he is a scientist that research infectious diseases and came up with a treatment for the Hepatitis B virus. As he spoke on this subject he also talked about what h...

"January Thaw"Science has always been a subject that I found interest in, but I never put that interest to use. I've taken many science classes in my life, but I can honestly say that I have not learned much. I do know, from my two days in Biology 100, that I am on the verge of learning more abo...

The Scopes Trial The Scopes Trial, often referred to as the "Monkey Trial", took place in the year 1925. It was a case where the state of Tennessee charged John Thomas Scopes with teaching his high school students the theory of evolution instead of the theory of Genesis. This was...

I am in my fifth year at Coleraine High School and I am enjoying my time here. I am looking forward to continuing my studies here for AS and A Level. I hope to study English Literature, as an AS Level, along with Biology, Home Economics and Information and Communication Technology. I then hope to ca...