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Day 1 BiologyFebruary 1, 2012, Wednesday
1. Introductions2. Organism of the Day: Sea Cucumber (animal) 3. Seating arrangement/Lab group preferences.4. Spring Course Syllabus5. Intro to New Website: 6. Notes: Cell Membrane
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This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritusrich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitchblack depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones.
Sea Cucumber
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. They act as markers.
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Isotonic
Isotonic
Area of greater concentration to an area of lower concentration
Diffusion
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• There is a concentrationgradient.
(Random Movement)
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build up
• Ion build up is important for nerve firing and muscle contractions.
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water moves inside the cell same amount of water moves inside as goes outside
water moves outside the cell
Tonicity
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LAB
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are transporters
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& Exocytosis
Exocytosis is the process of taking material out of a cell
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Homework Due Monday
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