Biology
- Alcohol Fermentation
This beer was once made through alcohol fermentation! Alcohol fermentation is a process used in brewing, winemaking, and baking. The product of alcohol fermentation is ethanol which is toxic to the organism that produces it. Therefore, yeasts release...
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- Mucus And Muco-
Term: mucus and muco- as preffix Origin: Latin mucus Proto-Indo-European *meu-k- (=slimy, slippery). Gognate included also Ancient Greek word ????? (mikes)(=mushroom). Coined: - Definition: a slippery or slimy and colloid secretion...
- 4/3/14
Today we did a lab in class. We looked at turtle butt water and some pond water under a microscope. There were definetley many things that were alive on one small piece of algae. Some people found Protista and other weird looking things. Fairy ring: It...
- 4/2/14
Today Mrs.Tyrell was back from being sick. Then we discussed more about eubacteria and archaebacteria. Also, about the nasty flesh eating bacteria that eats your flesh. Then we took notes more about Fungi. Hyphae has thread like structure and it's...
Biology
fungus
Word: fungus (pl fungi)
Origin: Latin
fungus (mushroom) < Greek word sphongos/??????? (=sponge) because of the fungi appearance,
Coined: Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), and Pliny (23 AD ? 79AD),
Definition:
eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue, that includes microorganisms such as yeasts mushrooms, rusts, smuts, puffballs, truffles, morels, molds, and yeasts.
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comments:
The use of the word mycology= study of fungi is derived from the Greek mykes/????? (mushroom) and logos/????? (discourse), coined in 1836 by English naturalist Miles J Berkeley's "The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith, Vol. 5."
- Alcohol Fermentation
This beer was once made through alcohol fermentation! Alcohol fermentation is a process used in brewing, winemaking, and baking. The product of alcohol fermentation is ethanol which is toxic to the organism that produces it. Therefore, yeasts release...
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- Mucus And Muco-
Term: mucus and muco- as preffix Origin: Latin mucus Proto-Indo-European *meu-k- (=slimy, slippery). Gognate included also Ancient Greek word ????? (mikes)(=mushroom). Coined: - Definition: a slippery or slimy and colloid secretion...
- 4/3/14
Today we did a lab in class. We looked at turtle butt water and some pond water under a microscope. There were definetley many things that were alive on one small piece of algae. Some people found Protista and other weird looking things. Fairy ring: It...
- 4/2/14
Today Mrs.Tyrell was back from being sick. Then we discussed more about eubacteria and archaebacteria. Also, about the nasty flesh eating bacteria that eats your flesh. Then we took notes more about Fungi. Hyphae has thread like structure and it's...