Mitochondrial Eve

The mitochondrial Eve, which is said looks like the woman in this picture, is the mother of all humanity. But who knows what she looked like, who can say for sure unless there is some proof like a fossil found or something. Some people say that there was a mutation in the older lineage that humans came from. There are a lot of debates on how Eve was created/ evolved and all we have is scientific guesses.

We have 5 guesses about what kind of races were the first ones to evolve on this earth.

One of which is the African race. Usually with dark skin and broad nose.

Another one is Oriental race. They have dark eyes like the ones in the African race. People from China and Japan are in this category.

Native Indians and Eskimos are another lineage that are considered one of the first ones that arose from the Mitochondrial Eve. 

Middle Eastern or Indians are also considered one of these lineages. 

The last group is the white/light skin-colored people. They are also a possible descendant. 

Extremophile

Alkaliphiles

    These are microorganisms which are classified as extremophiles. They live in extreme alkaline environments, pH between 9 to 11, for example carbonate-rich parts of the soil. Their alkaline level inside the cell is about 8 pH; they maintain this by pumping H+ ions inside their cell (cytoplasm) through their cell membranes.

Plantie

Today, the day that my Plantie is planted, is February 14th, 2011. This is a special day because I have to make a decision of being responsible and caring to another living organism. I took great care of Plantie, and so he grew. 

Then Plantie came out of the soil to look at the sun, at that point he saw me and smiled. I was with him every day, watered him and cleaned him and sat next to him so both of us can look at the sun. He grew even more rapidly; he became so tall. He also made a friend, they called him "The Water Bottle."

And he grew even more!

Then he broke his leg but he is not like us. He gets all his food from the soil through his leg.. his stem. So he did not live long after. He grew to be exceptional; the gravity opposed him and so he died!

Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning

Inductive and deductive reasoning are two methods of logic used to arrive at a conclusion based on information assumed to be true. Both are used in research to establish hypotheses.

Deductive reasoning arrives at a specific conclusion based on generalizations. Inductive reasoning takes events and makes generalizations

Deductive reasoning is reasoning that involves a hierarchy of statements or truths. Starting with a limited number of simple statements or assumptions, more complex statements can be built up from the more basic ones. For example, you have probably studied deductive geometry in mathematics; in it you start with a few principles and prove various propositions using those principles. To prove more complicated propositions, you may use propositions that you have already proved plus the original principles. In more formal logic terms deductive reasoning is reasoning from stated premises to conclusions formally or necessarily implied by such premises.

Inductive and deductive reasoning are two methods of logic used to arrive at a conclusion based on information assumed to be true. Both are used in research to establish hypotheses.

Inductive reasoning is essentially the opposite of deductive reasoning. It involves trying to create general principles by starting with many specific instances. For example, in inductive geometry you might measure the interior angles of a group of randomly drawn triangles. When you discover that the sum of the three angles is 180° regardless of the triangle, you would be tempted to make a generalization about the sum of the interior angles of a triangle. Bringing forward all these separate facts provides evidence in order to help support your general statement about the interior angles.

What We Learned

       The first day of class, Dr. Rood wrote some Spanish sentences on the board and we tried to find out what they mean. It was a very confusing class at first, but when I got to know his objective by doing this, it became much more interesting. We learned how to make paper footballs, how to solve and write a cryptogram. We also played a game of charade, which was very interesting, but amazingly difficult to solve. These activities are not just for fun. They teach us that we do not have just one way of communication; sometimes we have to convey a message that we can not really explain with just word. For example, to teach a friend how to make a paper football, we have to use both verbal and visual demonstrations. What I most enjoyed in this class is making a paper football and playing with my friends in class, as well as outside class; it was fun.