SciHawks

Bio 3/6 - we finished up some lab discussion and then looked at/for the protozoa that live in the "gut"/intestines of termites, enabling the digestion of wood/cellulose that is ingested by the termites. This situation in which the protozoa (having a hospitable living environment) and termites (obtaining nutrients/glucose via the termite digestion of cellulose) is called a MUTUALISTIC symbiotic relationship.

Have a great vacation and a Happy New Year 2010!





AP Chem- we looked at transition metal - ligand complexes, which are stable ions of transition metals that have multiple coordinate covalent bonds due to an overlap of hybridized/available d-orbitals that overlap with orbitals from the "ligands", each of which has a lone pair of electrons. These complexes often absorb light intensely in certain visible regions and thus form very deeply colored solutions.
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Have a great vacation and a Happy New Year 2010!