The Hot Zone

Part 1
The hot zone is a different book that makes you think about what is really happening in the world that few know about, or at least care to know about, that could possibly take out the human race. Especially with the outbreak that occurred with in Liberia and how they are cutting off contact with the world because of Ebola, it's important to take note of the true story it has so we can formulate ideas to cure it, whether that's tomorrow or in 5 years where, like Gene Johnson said, it wipes out 90% of the population. I am curious as to what else will happen, whether they will find out what causes it or something of the sort. I am also curious why the news is saying that Ebola cannot travel through air when Nancy Jaax saw that it did. Ebola is pretty terrifying and can spread across the world in less than 24 hours. Are there any other viruses that are like Ebola in how it acts as an attacking predator rather than a slow  working virus like AIDS that could cause an outbreak also? How are they testing the people to see if they have Ebola? Is it possible to be asymptomatic?

Part 2
The monkey house was an interesting part. The whole monkey trade and how they are transported must have changed since the 80's because the spread of diseases in those houses is crazy. There is an enormous amount of people who could be affected and important people who could be affected by Ebola. Precautions need to be in place and strictly enforced. The fact that someone could get a small cut and be in contact with a monkeys blood that may or may not be infected with Ebola needs to be recognized,  not when there's just been an outbreak and not when one thinks the monkey has something that isn't contagious to humans, but all the time. Are there precautions in place? Do the people who are examining these tests from the monkey houses know what ebola looks like and the difference between Ebola and Simian hemorrhagic fever?

Part 3
The inescapable fact that Zaire and Reston are so incredibly similar is one to take note of. If Reston were to adapt to humans or if Zaire went airborne, 90% of the human race would be wiped out. The outbreak that is happening now where they brought those people is because of the lack of resources that are available in these countries that could contain the virus better.

Part 4
I am glad that the author went and experienced Kitum Cave for himself to tell us how he saw all the things that could have caused the outbreaks that he had heard of before. I learned that hakuna simba means no lions and thought it was cool that hakuna means no and simba means lion. It's also interesting that bleach is so powerful that it can kill Marburg and we use it on our clothes. The fact that elephants can create these massive caves is incredible. The Tartarian honey suckle that grew in a place where there was no life at all makes you wonder what will happen to the world if something like a massive Ebola outbreak does occur. Overall, The Hot Zone impacted the way I think of life and how we should live our lives as if a enormous outbreak comes to be and changes the world completely. 

#50 Spider Web -Predation

This spider web is predation because the spider is preying on other insects to fly into their web.

#49 Mullein - Modified Leaf of a Plant

The leaves of this mullein are hairy, and act as a protective barrier that reduces loss of moisture.

#48 Red Flower- Stigma and Style of Carpel

This red flower is an example of a stigma and style of a flower. The purpose of a stigma is to receive the pollen and is where germination happens, and the style is to connect the stigma to the ovary.

#47 Dandelion - Seed Dispersal

This dandelion is an example of seed dispersal because it uses wind to spread all of its seeds out.

#46 White Flower - Pollen

This white flower has pollen, which it uses for reproduction. The pollen is the male side of flower pollination, and when comes in contact with the stigma, it germinates the flower. 

#44 Flower - Anther and Filament of Stamen

The brown - orange part of this flower is the anther, where the pollen is, and what is holding that up is the filament, long so more insects will see it and the wind can blow the pollen to another plant.

#43 Chicken Egg - Amniotic Egg

Th is chicken egg is amniotic because it is from a amniote, a mammal that lays eggs, and the embryo develops in an amnion.

#42 Dog- K Strategist

My dog is a K strategist because there are less offspring but also less mortality rate and longer life.

#41 Woodpecker - ATP

These woodpeckers use adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that stores energy that is needed for everything we do, to peck at wood and do woodpecker stuff.

#40&45 Cactus and Succulents- CAM Plant

This cactus is a CAM plant because it closes it's stomata close during the day to and open at night to collect CO2, then use that in the day time to use for photosynthesis. This is for increased efficiency of water usage.

#39 Tulip Bulb - Asexual Reproduction

This tulip bulb formed by the splitting of one bulb by mitosis, instead of a female and male combination.

#37&38 Mushroom & Yeast-Basidiomycete

This mushroom and yeast are both part of the phyla basidiomycota of the kingdom of Fungi. This phyla consists of mushrooms, polypores and other types of fungi. 

#36 Tree Stump - Phloem

The outer edge of the tree just inside of the bark is the phloem, that brings down the sugars and other organic nutrients from the leaves.

#34&35 Flower Ovaries

These are flower ovaries, part of the female reproducing organ that holds the ovule(s).

#33 Insect - Pollinator

This bug is (or was because it's seemingly dead) searchimg the flower for its food, which it does while pollinating the flowers. 

#32 Flowers- Tropism

These flowers are turned to face the sun in order to get all the sun they need to survive in a type called phototropism.

#30&31 Flowers-Auxin Producing Area of Plant

These flower buds are examples of the hormone auxin, that promotes growth of shoots and roots, as well as the development of flowers.

#29 Rosebush Stem -Meristem

This rosebush stem is an example of a meristem where the cells give rise to the organ of the plant and make the plant keep growing.  

#28 Snake Plant - Modified Leaf of Plant

This snake plant is an example of a modified leaf because the leaves store water in them so they can go longer without being watered.

#25&26 Cactus and Sunflower stem- Modified stem of plant

The cactus and sunflower both have a modified stem because they both have sharp things coming out to avoid animals eating their stems. 

#24 Flower-Pollen

This flowers yellow top is its pollen that are from the male part of the flower that have the potential to fertilize the female ovary.

#23 Loon - Heterotroph

This loon is a heterotroph because it gets its energy by organic carbon consumption,  not making its own energy. 

#21&22 Caterpillar and Insect- Segmented Body

This caterpillar and insect have segmented bodies as do many other arthhopods.

#20 Cat - Heterotroph

This cat is a heterotroph because it gets its energy by organic carbon consumption.

#19 Moss - Sporophyte

This up shoot of the moss is a sporophyte showing that it is in its diploid multicellular stage of its life cycle.

#27Bee- Pollinator

Although difficult to take a picture of, there was in fact many bees in that patch of flowers, pollinating the flowers.

#17 Flower-Eukaryote

This flower is a eukaryote because its cells have a nucleus.

#16&18 Ferns - Spore

These ferns are an example of a spore because it produces spores as its way of reproduction. 

#14&15 Flowers-Autotroph

These two types of flowers aquire their energy by photosynthesis, not eating like a heterotroph.

#12&13 Frog and Salmon-Ectotherms

The frog and salmon both do not create their own heat and are therefore ectotherms.

#11 Insect - Redox Reaction

This insect is an example of a redox reaction because it's cells undergo cellular respiration which is a redox reaction.

#9&10 Moths- Bilateral symmetry

This white moth and brown moth both have bilateral symmetry because it's left side is roughly a mirror image to its right.

#7&8 Lichen

These are two kinds of lichen, a slow growing plant that forms crust like growth on rocks and trees.

#6 Myriapod- Exoskeleton

This organism has a outer skeleton that protects the inside of its body, meaning it has an exoskeleton.

#5 Crawfish- Eukaryote

This crawfish is a eukaryote because its cells contain a nucleus.

#4 Orange Butterfly- Mullerian Mimicry

This orange butterfly mimics the color of a monarch butterfly and other distasteful brightly colored butterflies to look bad to predators.

#2&3 Spiders- Same Genus

While I may not be a spider expert, these 2 spiders look to me like they are both in the genus of the thin-legged wolf spider, or the pardosa genus. They were found in different states so their genetic makeup I will assume could be different seeing that one's body was larger than the other.

#1 Butterfly - cellular respiration

Butterflies are an example of cellular respiration because it uses its to cells break down the nectar and use it for energy.