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Fun Fact of the Day

The grape-sized jelly is found in the Brunswick River in New South Wales. This is the first time in over a hundred years that a new suborder of jellyfish has been discovered.

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Describe a controlled experiment that could be carried out to test the hypothesis that mosquitoes are attracted to people wearing light-colored clothing. In your description, be sure to Identify the independent variable Identify the dependent variable Describe what the control group for this experiment will consist of State what data must be collected during the experiment

Homework Review

#26Homework Review

A drug company has developed a new antibiotic that is effective against a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has become resistant to most of the currently available antibiotics. The new antibiotic has been tested successfully on animals and will soon be tested on humans. The company claims that results so far indicate that the antibiotic could be a cure for what have often been lethal Staphylococcus infections.•How the experimental and control groups will be treated differently•Why it would be important to use a large number of people in the research•How the researcher will be able to conclude that the new antibiotic is effective in curing Staphylococcus infections in humans

Quiz Tomorrow – Chapter 1

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Homework: Page 31, 19 – 22

QUIZ TOMORROW!

Do Now: Come up with a concrete example for each of the 8 life

processes. Write this on a separate piece of paper.