JusticeGaudreau

Biology
May30,2014

BiologyReflection
ThroughoutmybiologyclassIlearnedmanyuniqueandhelpfultopicsthatwillsoon
benefitmeinmylife.Forinstanceifmeandmyfamilyinthefuturegocampinginthe
wilderness,IcantellyourightnowthatIcanbenefitfromtellingthedifferencebetweenbirds.
ForexampleIcanseethatarobinhasaredbellybutismainlyblack.Alsoamalecardinalisall
redandtheymatewithfemalecardinalsandtheyarereallyugly.AnothertopicthatIcanbenefit
fromisbrainrulenumber1exercise.Ifyoudonthaveenoughexerciseandarenotfitthenyou
willnotbeabletoclimborliveinthewilderness.Alsoifyoudon'thaveenoughexercisethebrain
won'tletthemitochondriagrowandthenthecellswon'tfunctiontothefullestpower.LastlyIcan
benefitfromnumbersevenbrainrulesleep.Ifyoudon'tgetenoughsleep,youcandazeoffand
thatcancausetrouble.Alsosleepaffectsthebrainbyhallucinationsoryoucanevendiewith
lackofsleepforalongtime.Thatswhyyoushouldgetatleasteighthoursofsleep.

LookingattheendoftheyearIthinkthatevolutionandmakingthephylogenetictrees
wereverydifficult.Ineverreallyunderstoodhowtosetthetreeupandplacetheoutgroupson
it.IneverfoundthespotwheretheoutgroupswouldgobecauseeverytimeIwenttodoafamily
treethediagramwouldchange.

ThisclasswillimpactmyfuturebytheknowledgeIhavelearned.Thisclasstaughtme
moreaboutmyselfandhowthebodyworks.Ittaughtmeaboutthebrainandhowwehavefour
lobesandhowtheyareused.Forexample,thefrontallobeisusedfordecisionmakingandthe
occipitallobeisusedforvision.Learningaboutthebrainshouldhelpmeinthefuture.