Parasitism (Class Response Blog)

Topic: Symbiotic Relationship-- Parasitism

Two pieces of important information: 1.Parasitism is a symbiotic relationship where one organism is harmed and the other is benefitting.

2. There are 4 classifications of Parasites: The Protoza (one cell parasite), the Nematodes (roundworms), the Trematodes (flukes), and the Cestodes (tapeworms)

Three Interesting Facts: 1.There are over 4,000 parasites and most of the are formed in our bodies

2. The Protoza, one cell parasite, can invade any single cell in our bodies.

3.The Pinworm is the #1 parasite in North America

Opinion: Since parasites are harmful to organisms, I believe scientists and doctors should work to together and produce more medications to get rid of parasites.

Website: http://www.morgellons-disease.info/Reasearch/Parasites-Facts-and-Figures.html

World's Largest Atom Smasher--------- BROKEN!!!!!!!

In Switzerland, the world's largest atom smasher is broken. Gevena to the rescue! The European Organization for Nuclear Reasearch noted that they will be starting this project on November 24 and will end in the month of May or June. This project is very important to scientists because the atom smasher records particles that are produced by the collisions. The collisions give scientists give a better idea what the smallest components of matter are made out of. The organization also noted that this project will cost at least 25 million francs, which is $21 million dollars in the U.S. After the smasher is finished, the organization will show what happened on the trillionth second in the "Big Bang" on a tiny scale.
I strongly agree with this project because scientists need to know the important charateristics of a atom to know certain events in space, such as the "Big Bag".

Website: http://news.yahoo.com/science

A Spacecraft to the Moon - Current event blog

Recently, India sent an unmanned spacecraft to the moon. Chandrayaan (spacecraft name) was sent on October 22, 2008 at 2:52 in the morning. The spacecraft now has sucessfully reached the moon whereas it's starting point was at Sriharikota, Chennai India. India's first spacecraft was sent to find more useful information about the moon. They inserted a device called the "Moon Impact Probe" and will eject itself out, scanning information. The spacecraft is generated through a carted single sided solar array for propellant life for 2 years. The mission's goal is to carry out high resolution mapping of the moon's topographic features in 3D.

This mission is useful because this could build up India's technical and scientic capabilities like, data interpretation systems, ground support systems and communication systems.

website: http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMFQLY5KMF_index_0.html

All About Gorillas

Gorilla have unique charateristics. Take a look at this infromation of what they do in there habitats.



Diet:

Gorillas eat leaves, seeds, stems, termites and caterpillars. 67% of the gorilla's diet is fruit. Some of the fruit they eat are bananas, grapes and cantelopes. Gorillas rarely drink from rivers and ponds because they drink from succulent vegetation and drink the morning dew.



Communication:

Scientists estimated that gorillas use 22 distant sounds for communication. Some of the distant sounds are grunts, howls, whimpers, snorts and the most known is whooping with chest pounding. Gorillas use their distant sounds before their afternoon sleep to show that their working period is over.



Senses:

Hearing is very important to gorillas because it locates one another to detect danger. Smell is also very important to gorillas. Since gorillas are able to detect strong odors, like body sweat, they can detect that there is danger. Gorilla have good eyesight. At day, from far away distances, they can detect if a fruit has ripened or not.



In my opinion I believe that gorillas truly do have unique charateristics. Gorillas are now getting extincted because of wars, dieases from humans and even constructions.



I got my information from this website: http://www.seaworld.org/Animal-info/info-books/gorilla/index.htm