Monday, February 21, 2011

Extreme Enviorments!!!!

Acidophiles are Microbes, including certain types of bacteria and archaea, which thrive in acidic environments, such as sulfuric pools, where the pH values are in the range 1 to 5. Acidophiles are a type of extremophile. Because high intracellular acidity levels would destroy essential molecules, such as DNA, these organisms have evolved the ability to pump hydrogen ions out of their cells at a constantly high rate. The result is a mildly acidic internal pH of about 6.5 compared with a typical external pH of about 2. 

My plant

Day 1: Got my plant and named him Jesús.  I over watered him and poked holes in the bottom of the cup to drain him.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

Deductive Reasoning from my understanding works from the top down because you start with a theory narrow it down to a hypothesis, and from there go into an observation and then confirm it.  While inductive reasoning is working from the bottom up where you make an observation and then see a pattern.  From there you have a tentative hypothesis and narrow it down to a theory.  Both of these approaches are used often and a great way to figure something out.