Period 6 Characteristics of Life by Yer Lawson https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq en-us 2016-11-14 17:48:18 UTC 2016-11-16 01:27:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Scenario 1: Most people think it is easy to tell the difference between an organism that is alive or dead. But, is it? I dug a cactus out of a garden in my yard and lay it on it’s side on top of the patio. I planned to replant it somewhere else in the yard, but got busy and forgot. After a few weeks, it was all brown and shriveled looking. I felt badly that I had let the cactus die. A friend who is an experienced gardener was visiting me and saw my dead cactus and told me that if I put it in the ground and watered it, it would “come back” and be just fine. I tried it and it worked! I couldn’t believe it- over the next couple of weeks it grew new branches that were bright green and eventually blossomed. How was I able to bring this cactus back from the dead? Was the cactus dead? What happened here? ylawson https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137472215 2016-11-14 17:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137472215 Directions: 1. Choose one of the following scenarios to respond to. Be sure to include at least one characteristic of life. 2. Then respond to someone else's response. ylawson https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137472217 2016-11-14 17:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137472217 Scenario 2: There have been times in which a person was thought to be dead and they turned out to be alive. For example, a woman's dead body was brought to the morgue for an autopsy and then when the medical examiner started his procedures she responded and it turned out she was alive. A man's dead body was laid out for his family members to view at a church. As the organist played his favorite hymn, he sat up and wanted to know what was going on. Centuries ago the fear of being buried alive was probably a more realistic fear than it would be now. A few people were so worried about this that they patented inventions such as a bell that stayed on the top of the ground and was attached by a cable through the ground to the inside of the coffin below so that a person who was buried alive would be able to ring the bell to get attention. The invention was never used, but it shows the fear was very real and there may have been a few people who were buried alive in the past. How could these things have happened? How do medical professionals determine when someone's life ends? What are the 'signs of life' they need to look for (use a characteristic of life for this part)? ylawson https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137472249 2016-11-14 17:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137472249 Scenario #1 Andria aprieto105962 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576943 I believe that for a small period of time the cactus was in the grey are of the dying period since you were still able to keep it alive. This is relating to characteristic #6 since it probably did not receive the right amount of nutrients for it to be green when it was not in the ground. You were able to bring it back by setting it in its necessary environment and giving it water.]]> 2016-11-14 22:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576943 Scenario #1 Jesus Ochoa jochoa105936 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576952 I believe that the reason why the cactus came back to life is that it still contained it's nutrients to grow. So that's why when you added water and put it back into the ground it continued to create those nutrients. This probably happened because it still had some energy left in it after those few weeks.]]> 2016-11-14 22:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576952 Scenario 2~Michael mcoggin105739 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576953 Doctors know if someone is dead when the Heart is not pumping and the respiratory system fails to do its job. The reason people COULD have been buried alive, is that doctors were not as "educated" in the ways of health as they are today. They may not have known how to tell if the person was alive scientifically]]> 2016-11-14 22:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576953 Annie Lee Scenario #2 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576983 Doctors can think that their patients have died, when they really didn't. For example when a person's heart stop beating. doctors uses the to help get the heart beating again. Sometimes the heart can not function at that specific time, leading to the doctors thinking that the patients have passed away.]]> 2016-11-14 22:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576983 Scenario #1 ~ James jphillips105953 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576984 I believe this scenario represents characteristic six; respond to environment. When the cactus was pulled out of the ground, it could no longer get nutrients and reacted accordingly, and when nutrients were available, it "came back."]]> 2016-11-14 22:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576984 Scenario # 1 - Jet jmoua105919 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576985 From this scenario, the cactus had a moment of when it had passed to when it was able to come back able to grow and develop. (4) As it had passed, it wasn't able to reproduce or develop into a more luscious cactus that it can be. With this end of situation, it leads us to have it's own characteristics of living.]]> 2016-11-14 22:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576985 Scenario #1 -Oscar otorres502049 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576986 I believe that the cactus was never really dead. I think that the cactus was maybe on the verge of dying out. However, when given the proper nutrients, the cactus became healthy again. -Oscar Torres]]> 2016-11-14 22:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137576986 Scenario #1 Janira jnunez104688 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577011 I believe that the cactus wasn't really dead because it still had nutrients. But not enough to survive which was slowly dying but wasn't exactly dead. The cactus was alive and was still carrying nutrients inside.]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577011 Scenarios #1 Andres aarteagasilva105675 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577019 I think that the cactus was dead but it came back to life because of reproduction. The cactus maybe still had a little bit of cell that still were living so when she started to take care of the cactus it absorbed water and created more cells.]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577019 Jasmine https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577021 I think this scenario is that the owner of the cactus should've taken care of it 

]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577021 Scenario #1- Coreena Saechao csaechao105488 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577037 I think that characteristic #6 which is respond to enviornment best describes this scenario because when the cactus was pulled out of the ground, it was not living anymore. It wasn't getting the nutrients it needed to live so when it got replanted, it got the nutrients and energy needed to live again. ]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577037 Scenario 2 Novalee nxiong106083 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577048 I believed that people can be turned out to be alive when dead, because some time the organs in the body shut down or the temperature is so low that it looks like they'er dead.  Other things that can maybe tell u that a person is dead when they check the cells and energy of the dead. The last reason is maybe the doctor was not paying attention.]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577048 Scenario #1 - Tita tgranados403775 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577066 I believe that for the first scenario number one, at a short amount of time, that the cactus was dead. But for a quick moment , the cactus was just on a break of dying , because it maybe didn't have enough water . The cactus could also have done is that , it may not have the right amount of water , so the cactus was close to dying of dehydration from the lack of water . ]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577066 Scenario #2 Isabel iramirez404557 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577085 I think that this scenario corresponds to the characteristic #5 because in order for the medical professionals to determine whether or not the person is completely dead, they need to find out whether the heart of the person is pumping and their respiratory system is functioning or not. If the case was that the person WAS alive, and they were being buried, what could've caused as the fact that the medical professionals weren't fully aware or 100% sure since after all, we have way more advanced technology today compared to back then and that's if technology was needed which there could be a possibility so they can determine whether they were alive or not.]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577085 Scenario #1 - Mikey mthao502039 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577099 I believe that in this scenario the cactus didn't fully die yet. I think the cactus didn't fully die yet because all the nutrients were probably still stuck in its body to keep it alive long enough to be able to reproduce again. Also after getting planted back into the ground it was able to get water back running in its system. Also after planting the cactus back into the ground it technically reproduced itself.]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577099 Scenario#2 ohernandez105829 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577114 maybe someone faked there death or maybe they decided to drink something that made their heart slow down bt the person was still alive like Romeo and Juliet]]> 2016-11-14 22:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577114 Scenario #2 Alex aesquivel501791 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577122 doctors know if a person is dead or not by the person's pulse. then doctors try to bring them alive my doing CPR and other stuff. Then the person is fully dead. One characteristic will be to use energy, and made up of cells.

]]> 2016-11-14 23:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577122 Scenario #1 Luis Oliveros-Rojas loliverosrojas105939 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577145 the cactus was never dead it was close to death but by giving it water it was able to grow new branches.]]> 2016-11-14 23:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577145 Scenario #1 Jenny V jvalenciahernandez106050 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577227 I think the cactus was still alive but it dried and and need to be hydrated just like humans need  water, plants need water too. The cactus was never dead to begin with. Once it was replanted and watered, it was perfectly fine.]]> 2016-11-14 23:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577227 scenario 1 Gilbert gduran105760 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577263 the reason the cactus was able to be alive again,was because of the molecus in the cacti

]]> 2016-11-14 23:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577263 Scenario #1 - Faith fxiong106082 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577323 I believe that the characteristic of #5 and #6 responds to this scenario because even though the cactus seemed dead or looked dead, it wasn't. There was probably still nutrients and cells living inside it, but progressively, the more it was outside the more it could've actually died.]]> 2016-11-14 23:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137577323 Scenario #1 Daniel https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137583733 I believe that It was able to be brought from the dead because of the roots and how much stored nutrients it had. When someone says "Place the (certain plant) upside down so it cannot grow back to life," they are right. The reason why is because of the soil has some properties that makes the plant (when placed regularly) able to grow back. So my belief is "Once alive, Always alive."
Also not just the nutrients, water also is stored inside the roots, so it helps [when placed right side up (regularly) :p ] the roots grow through the soil a-gain.]]> 2016-11-15 00:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137583733 Scenario #1 Evelyn eflores705509 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137782203 I think #6 of the 8 characteristics would be very relatable to the first scenario because when this plant was going through death a friend replanted it and it responded to the environment that surrounded by, and while the plants temperature changed and absorbs the nutrients around it it came back alive. ]]> 2016-11-15 16:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137782203 Evelyn eflores705509 https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137787115 I very much agree with you Coreena because they still store there nutrients from the sun which keeps them alive for so long]]> 2016-11-15 16:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ylawson/f4yvb57jrngq/wish/137787115