Hey guys I was just watching a vein throb on my arm. Did you know that in that vein is blood. That blood is made from cells. A lot of cells, but it never used to be that way. When we we were being devloped inside of our moms we were and still are growing. We were growing because cells were dividing to make more and more of itself so we could have a layer of skin, and hair on our heads and so on. How do we do that? What is that called? All of those types of questions I will be answering. And I will be talking about more than just that, like interphase, cytokinesis and mitosis, the two main phases of the cell cycle, and why the result of the cell cycle is so important. The process that allows the cell to divide is called mitosis. Mitosis has four phases but sometimes five. They are...........

• prophase: when the chromosomes suddenly appear after the one cell is formed
• prometaphase (sometimes): when the cell membrane disolves and the mitubrials go to the center of the chromosome (kineticore)
• metaphase : when the chromosomes line up and wait
• anaphase: when the chromosomes are pulled apart
• telophase:the separated chromosomes arive at each end of the cell. Then a new cell membrane forms around each group going through the cycle again.

In interphase it is preparing the cell for division. Interphase is NOT a phase of mitosis. It's like when
you bake muffins you need to prepare to do it like getting out the pan, preheating the oven, etc....
Interphase is the longest part of the cell cycle. During interphase the DNA and the organelles replacate, and the cell increases in size. Also everything doubles during the process of interphase.



Cells go through two main phases. The first phase is called interphase (as explaned above)the cell grows, replicates everything inside it and produces proteins. In the second phase, known as mitosis, the cell divides in two identical daughter cells. Daughter cells are the cells produced after the orignal cell divides. It's like making a copy of a picture, you have the orignal then you make copies of it. Those copies would be consiered as the daughter cells.


The next thing to cover is the diffrence between mitosis and cytokinesis. Mitosis and cytokinesis are a part of cell division. Mitosis is when the duplicated part of the cell is separated into halves that are always identical . Cytokinesis is the process when the cytoplasm of the cell divides to form two daughter cells.




The last thing to tell you is why the result of the cell cycle is so important.At the end of the cell cycle the cell has sucessfully divided. It is important because when a cell dies we need a new cell to replace it. If we didn't have the result of it then we would run out of cells and eventually die.





I hope that this here blog helped you study for a test or helped answer your questions. Thanks for reading!!!





BYE!!!!!!

2012, oh joy:(:)

Hey 2012 is fianally here, the year of armageddon or as others call it doomsday. I can't wait untill the earth starts to earthquake or do something that will cause us all to die.A few might live, but hey its a brand new year, a clean slate, and one year less untill we can drive.

FUN FACTS ON : NEW YEARS

So on new years there are some traditions when the clock strikes midnight, like kissing someone,watching the ball drop in New York with host Dick Clark, watching football, eating round fruits, wearing polka dotted clothes, breaking dishes, eating black eyed peas,sleep through it, or just simply do nothing. The deffinition of new years is the beginning of a new calender year, and making resolutions to improve themselves in the new year.Speaking of, i have a few resolutions of my own  for the rest of the school year.here is a list.

• to stop talking so much (I talk A LOT)
• to become a better blogger
• and to learn an take notes as much as I can

So on to our awesome 2 week break. Well mine started out cool then during the first week my aunt was in a bad mood so I think you know how that went.Then on Thursday night we got into the car with my aunt, my uncle, my uncles friend Medley, and me to go to BrandsMart USA which is like a trigged out Bestbuy to meet my grandma so that we could go our separate ways and do some CHRISTMAS SHOPPIN. At the last minute (of course). So while they were at  BrandsMart USA we went to the mall to by my uncle this AMAZING auburn tiger hat (if I do say so myself). Then we went to Target to one get this really amazing necklace(for me), then a lunch box for medley, a gift card for my uncle Stephen, and a bracelet for my aunt. Then when we got home we had to wrap and wrap and wrap some more. Since we didn't have bows  hand made them. Then on the next day we went  for another round of Christmas shopping but it was for my family in Ohio.Early next morning we went back to my aunts to set up for Chrimma(as medley would say it)eve. for Christmas eve dinner we had a roast, mash potatoes, rolls, and my favorite HONEY BAKED HAM!!!!! after that we went to bed but I stayed up till like, fourish (not believing in Santa)but I was just so hiked up on caffeine and sugar. It was exactly 9:15 am and 27 seconds when I woke up to go jump on peoples heads to wake them up. We went out and I was the present distributor.I got a whole lot of art stuff, an easel, a eyelash curler ( I never new what that was for), makeup remover,a Nikon camera, and a dell inspiron core 3 laptop. After present time we had breakfast/lunch we had maple bacon, rolls, sausage, pancakers, and juices. Then we had a phenomenal Christmas dinner with ribs, rolls, broccoli,peas, corn, and more honey baked ham.

after dinner we went home, then at 4am we got up and packed our stuff to get into the car so we could start our 10 hour trip to Ohio. We stopped at McDonald's to get a bite to eat.the kept driving untill at some point in Tennessee to rest(my grandma was so tired) then finally after getting lost several times we arrived at 5:19 pm. we had a second Christmas dinner in Ohio, and i opened my presents and i got an IPOD and a printer for my camera. it was sad leaving, i will always see them next year. 

I'm really looking forward to my 13th b-day, and the next Christmas.hip-hip boobay!!!!

i would have added more pics but my laptop is at my grandmas friends house. sorry

                                                             ARMAGEDDON

                                                             2012

my bff Becca!!

 Another pic of Becca I took this one.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!



My name is zoe

hello everybody. my name is zoe. backwards is eoz. like oreos with a z and no r. i like to catch rainbows because tacos are fascinating. where did olivia go? oh wait she's dead.don't tell im stupid because your mom. hey everybody did you hear the news. i broke my arm. she broke her arm. just kidding my arm is fine lol lol lol oll. coffee is for babies, and juice is for honeybadgers. cjhipwrecked is what happened to the squirrels. alvin and the chipmunks is the best thing to ever happen to this world. so is penguins of madagascar, spongebob, and nyan cat. BREADFISH BREADFISH BREADFISH BREADFISH.

breadfish.de go there

ADDICTION

Addiction

Hey y'all, i was just talking to my parents about quitting their addiction to smoking. What is and addiction you ask an addiction is something that the person has no control to what they are doing, taking, or using. Their addiction can and may reach the point to where it can really hurt them or even cause death. Addiction can also be defined as a dependence on an object such as ( internet, food, eating, gambling, video games, heroin, alcohol, work, exercise, and other drugs.


Drug and Acholol

There are many more types of addiction such as drug and alcohol addictions, there are also some pretty weird ones like bleach, dryer sheets, ashes(human), teddy bears, and just other ordinary everyday things. Usually drug and alcohol addictions have something to do with their childhood and how they were treated. Let's say for example that a child(about four to ten) has a drug or alcohol addict parent or parents. The child, because this is all the child knows will begin to think that this is normal for their parent to do. But once he/she gets older they have a better chance of becoming and addict themselves because that is what they grew up with. But sometimes addictions can also be psychological. When and if the child was either beaten or abused in any kind of way (it is usually mentally) the child can sometimes carry that with them into their adulthood and because of that then they turn to things that they think can help them (or make them feel good) to make the badness go away.





Compulsive and OCD

Compulsive addictions are like gambling, shopping, eating, hoarding, and computers. It means that even though you don't have the resources you continue to do it. Alcohol and drug addictions are somewhat different because most of the time it is a need to feel a certain way and to (travel) away from your problems. But in compulsive you do it compulsively. OCD is obsessive compulsive disorder. but it doesn't just mean a germaphobe it can also mean washing and cleaning, checking, repeating, counting, ordering and arranging, mental rituals, hoarding, and collecting.

This picture is of a man with OCD.he has to check everything.

Addictions Effect on The Brain

When alcohol or drug etc. enters the brain, it is absorbed through mouth, nose, shot  etc. Drugs entering act on the brain like the body's natural chemicals (such as endorphins and dopamine) that are involved in producing the sensation of pleasure. When the body getting the substances from the outside , the brain produces much less of its own and begins to rely on the outside source. As the brain adapts to the drugs presence, the person using the drug builds tolerance and must keep using more and more  to produce the feeling . However most addicts say that they never got that feeling of pleasure . Then begins the cycle of using more and more drugs to get an even worse feeling witch "doesn't make you even feel normal anymore."If the drug is stopped  immediately, it usually triggers a withdrawal syndrome. Symptoms may and may not occur depending on the thing used and the how long you used it for , but common symptoms may include anxiety, irritability, chills and hot flashes, nausea, cramps and even death. As a person goes through withdrawal, the body "begs" for more of the addictive drug in order to escape withdrawal.





Smoking

 I just recently found out why my parents have a hard time not smoking a cigarette. The cigarette has a substance in the top part called tobacco. The substance in tobacco that makes addiction is called nicotine. Nicotine is a stimulant that causes people to feel good or energized for a while. If you are depressed, it can provide a short boost. It also causes the release of natural chemicals in our brain called beta-endorphins. These chemicals cause us to feel more alert and calm. The problem is that nicotine isn't stored in the body so these effects last only a few minutes. We need to absorb more and more nicotine to make the effects last.If people who smoke inhale nicotine long enough, our brains may lower our natural energy level or mood. So, instead of wanting to feel high, people smoke just to feel "normal"as smokers will say . When some people go without tobacco for more than a few hours they may experience retreat symptoms like lack of energy, slight depression, and a hard time concentrating. They smoke to stop feeling this way. But when you quit forever, retreat symptoms will go away within a few days.

click me to learn about OCD: http://www.ocdtypes.com/

click me to learn about addictions: http://addictions.about.com/od/howaddictionhappens/u/addictiontypes.htm

click me to learn about affects on the brain: http://www.hbo.com/addiction/understanding_addiction/12_pleasure_pathway.html




here are some pictures!!!

 

The Leaves are Falling

thought this would be a fun video>

Hey it's AUTUMN!

Hey guys i was just jumping and playing around in the leaves. Fun right? You know what? I wonder what makes the leaves change color,the seasons change, and why the sunlight is less this time of year. Dont worry im not gonna LEAF you hanging. Get it instead of leave i said lea..... you know what, nevermind.





just beggin for those leaves ehh?!



First off the leaves. Leaves are green because they have and element in them called chlorophyll. Plants that are green makes their own food using chlorphyll. this prosess is called photosynthesis. On November 7th at 2:00am daylight savings time began. Which means that there is less sunlight during the day. sice treese and other plants need sunlight of produce theor food, there is not enough sunlight to do so. And that why the leaves begin to die and eventually fall off. The chlorophyll disappears but other pigments that are also present in the leaf, but were masked by chlorophyll, start to come in, like anthocyanins of betaxantins. This gives leaves unique color every autumn.

Seasons change because the axis of the earth is. As the earth moves around its orbit, there is a time when it is tilted towards the sun and so gets more of the sun's energy (summer) and a time when it is tilted away and gettibg less energy (winter). This also explains why it is summer in N hemisphere when it is winter in S hemisphere.

here are some leafin links.

click here to learn about seasons   http://christiananswers.net/kids/edn-seasons.html

 

click here to learn about the leaves colors http://na.fs.fed.us/fhp/pubs/leaves/leaves.shtm

click here to learn about daylight savings time  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

hey ION to tell you about ions

Hey can you see ION my computer,if you can GREAT if your can't that's ok too. Today we're gonna talk about ions.









This is an ion. An ion is a charged atom or molecule.It is charged because the number of electrons do not equal the number of protons in the atom or molecule. An atom can acquire a positive charge or a negative charge depending on whether the number of electrons in an atom is more or less then the number of protons in the atom.


When an atom is attracted to another atom because it has an non equal number of electrons and protons, the atom is called an ION. If the atom has more electrons than protons, it is a negative ion, or ANION. If it has more protons than electrons,it is a positive ion.




The outer shell of any atom is called the valence shell. When the valence electron in any atom gains common energy from some outside force, it can break away from the parent atom and become what is called a free electron.They can also be positive because they like to loose electrons, or negitive because they like to gain electrons.







An ionic bond is a type of chemicial bond formed through an  electric  between two diffrently charged ions. Ionic bonds are formed between a cation, which is usually a metal, and an anion, which is usually nonmetal. 




well stay cationios, and ion to see you later. stay positive and or negitive.


Corny puns rule!