Monday, April 13, 2009

Year 11: Wall Street Journal article on BIOTECH or ... alternative to summary: TRAVISHUNT Bio. website

DearEST my beloved Year 11 students,

Still remember your March 31st homework on
summarizing a Biotech article from a Wall Street Journal,
March 27-29, 2009? If you lose your photocopy, here is the online version:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123809943944451143.html

It was a 2-week-ago homework, eh? Come on ... elephants never forget!
It's a proverb, okaaaay? Not literally offending my own body, for goodness!

OR, if you do not want to summarize the long article of biotech,
you had better do the REAL BIOLOGY web,
try ANY 2 exercises here, then submit the answers to me.

The *website is:
http://www.quia.com/pages/travishunt.html

Please include THE EXACT LINK of the 2 (TWO) exercises
and the answers (after you try it, of course, ho ho ho). Deadline
of EITHER the Wall Street Journal summary
OR the answers to the 2 Travis Hunt
exercises ---> Friday, April 17, 2009. Post your answers in
this COMMENT BOX ....

Am I not so kind and sweet?
I know you're facing your 1st hurdle/ toughest step for
Olympiad selection this Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Good LUCK!


*I once gave it to SMAK 1 PENABUR Jakarta student,
Ferdy, and he went to the top 17 students for IBO (Olympiad)
of the Indonesian team.

Love,

SIR

20 comments:

Lushee's said...

sir, aq udha ngerjain yang wall street journal dari lama... cuma ga taw ngumpulinnya kemana.. hehe


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123809943944451143.html

Biotech companies always faced a same problem; needed long time to develop products and a high failure rate. That problem make Biotech companies need a lot of money, and if the money problem is not supported, it can make many companies go to bankrupt. To decrease such problem, universities offer joint-degree programs combining science and business studies. Some universities in Asia such as Macquarie University and the University of Queensland even offer full dual-degree courses.

maribelajar-TO2 said...

yg dari sini ah sir.[walaupun kaga ngarti]
hehehe...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123809943944451143.html

yg kuis kaga ngarti ah.


Commercialization is one of the Biotech Project's problems. Commercialization needs a lot of money, except big pharmaceutical companies who have big funds. So, they do not afraid to settle this problem. On the other hand, they must take risk if their project has been failed. They must have enough skill and intelligence to enter the field of Biotech. So, some universities offer joint-degree programs combining science and business studies to help them who interested with Biotech.

youngky said...

can't copy the link sir (can not reopen) ....

so, I copy the answer

1st answers: (protein synthesis)
1 Proteins from food broken down into proteins and then amino acids in digestive tract.
2 Amino acids absorbed into body's cells.
3 TRANSCRIPTION begins in the cell's nucleus.
4 RNA polymerase finds the beginning of gene to be copied and binds to it.
5 RNA polymerase forces the DNA to unwind
6 RNA polymerase orders base pairs to match the DNA (T->U, A->T, G->C, C->G), mRNA results.
7 Long mRNA chain created.
8 RNA polymerase continues to a stop signal: mRNA and RNA polymerase detach, DNA rewinds.
9 TRANSLATION begins in the cytoplasm.
10 mRNA binds to ribosomes.
11 The ribosome acts as an enzyme to match mRNA codons (3 base pairs) with tRNA anti-codons (3 matching base pairs).
12 Codon - Anti-codon binding allows the amino acid on tRNA to bind to previous amino acid.
13 This new string of amino acids (now called a protein) is released to perform it's function.


2nd (exam 1):


1.
Alfonso eats a blueberry bagel for breakfast. Which of the following correctly traces the energy he received back to the sun?

• heterotroph -> heterotroph -> SUN
• human -> heteroroph -> SUN
• heterotroph -> autotroph -> wheat -> SUN
• heterotroph -> autotroph-> SUN (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



2.
An analogy: organ is to human as ________ is to bacteria.

• Nucleus
• Deoxyribonucleic Acid
• Organelle (correct answer, your response)
• subatomic particles
• atoms

Points earned: 1 out of 1



3.
Ionic bonds are formed by two molecules that

• Have opposite net charges (correct answer, your response)
• Share one or more electrons
• contain the element Ion

Points earned: 1 out of 1



4.
A happy little tree living in a Bob Ross painting. As the sun sets behind the mountains, which of the following process changes will occur in the tree's happy little cells?

• The light-dependent reaction will cease, and the light independent reaction will continue. (correct answer, your response)
• The light-dependent reaction will start, and the light-independent reaction will cease.
• The light-dependent reaction will cease, and the light-independent reaction will start.
• The chlorophyll retreats back into the stem, the leaves change color, and fall.
• That is an amazing painting if the sun can move.

Points earned: 1 out of 1



5.
Jupiter's moon Europa is one of our solar system;s possibilities for extraterrestrial life. Water may exist to sustain life, but under miles of ice, and the moon is 5 times the distance from the sun as the Earth. If there is life, what method have we discussed that it may use to obtain energy?

• photosynthesis
• aerobic respiration
• carbohydrate conflagration
• chemoautotropism (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1

bLog-nya dePh said...

aduh sir, ga ngerti...
nih saya udah ngerjain...
maksud sir apa y
Please include THE EXACT LINK of the 2 (TWO) exercises
and the answershttp://www.quia.com/quiz/116603.html?AP_rand=2123887568

my answers:
bdcbaaab

5 out of 8.


http://www.quia.com/quiz/116133.html?AP_rand=1840582419

my answers:
dcaad

5 out of 5.

vOnny cArOLinE said...

Nowadays, a number of university such as in Europe, Asia, Australia, and India offer study in combined science and business due to the need of multi-talented scientist. In this program, students can improve their skills in commercialization of life-science, networking, license process, etc. Many industries especially some biotechnology companies face same problems in human resources, so this dual-degree program is being developed by many universities and interested by many students to get guaranteed employment.

Bella said...

Nowadays, some universities all over the world offer their applicant new combination major, biology (natural science) with business. Here, the students are not only learn how to make science products, but also learn how to make this product useful and gain profit. One of the program is to became the apprentice in one of science pharmacy beside working in the laboratory. The other purpose is understanding how to fund biology product, as the experiment cost pretty expensive.

Anonymous said...

Biotech companies always have faced a high failure rate, so they have to find a way to fund the projects. Because of this, some schools and universities offer the combined major, biology and business, so th students can learn to do not only science projects, but also the way to gain profit and to commercialize their projects.

=vincen=

kelvin said...

Biotech companies need a long time with a high failure rate to develop a new product. To make it successful, they need a lot of money before making money from commercializing their products. Some universities provide a dual degree in biotechnology and business; it is because scientists have to know how to commercialize their own products. Scientists also learn to optimize their cash in developing products to gain maximum profit.

Anonymous said...

Talking about research on biotech field, we should not only focus on how to develop a project trough experiment and academic process, but we should also consider the fund because money is needed to facilitate and also optimize our project. That’s why some universities in all around the world offer double degree program in science and business in order to educate the researchers how to commercialize and maximize their product and then gain money back.

Noel Manuputty

Anonymous said...

Biotech companies always have faced a high failure rate, so it is hard to gain any sponsor for their projects, so they have to find a way to fund the projects so that the projects can keep going. Because of this, some schools and universities offer the combination of two unrelated major, which is biology and business, so that the students can learn how to do not only science projects, but also the way to gain profit from what they do and to commercialize their projects.

sory sir, yang tadi saya kira ga da batas banyak katanya...

=vincen=

Ricky said...

http://www.quia.com/mc/64897.html

Population : Group of interbreeding individuals
Small frogs can hide in holes, large frogs can jump away from predators : Example of disruptive selection
A meiosis mistake causes badgers to have longer claws : examples of mutation
Gene pool : All genetic information in a population
Disruptive selection : Both extremes more likely to reproduce than median phenotypes
Sexual selection : Choosing of a mate by the male or female of a species
Directional selection : One phenotypic extreme is more likely to reproduce
Genetic drift : Change in allele frequencies in population as a result of random processes

and

http://www.quia.com/ws/64897.html

genetic drift
gene flow
humans on earth
mutation
gene pool
bottle neck
sexual selection
population
natural selection

and you could see at my blogs for the questions pictures also its answers..
thanks... ^^

Clone_[z] said...

All segments and parts of the world technologies faced the same problems, about financial problems. Even in biotech companies, not only the money, but also the others; long time to develop products and a high failure rate. So that the companies will be bankrupt if the money problems can’t be supported. Many people think how to decrease such problems and they find the answer. Nowadays, a lot of universities over the world offer joint degree programs combining science and business studies.

vd said...

My first activity : 50%

1.
A chromosome is made up of _____ and forms only _____.

• protein, in sperm cells
• protein, in photosynthetic cells
• DNA, in the cytoplasm
• DNA and protein, during cell division (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



2.
Which of the following are nonliving?

• Organelle
• element (your response)
• chlorophyll
• oligosaccharide
• all of these (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



3.
Which of the following is more liquid than solid at room temperature?

• waxes
• unsaturated fat (correct answer, your response)
• saturated fat
• triglyceride

Points earned: 1 out of 1



4.
Why?

• Hydrogens have been stripped from the molecule
• Hydrogens are attached at each possible location
• Carbon-carbon double bonds prevent hydrogen from attaching at each location (correct answer)
• Heat causes the hydrogen bonds to weaken (your response)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



5.
A somatic cell's chromosome count is always

• 23
• 23 pairs (correct answer, your response)
• 46 pairs
• Answers A and B

Points earned: 1 out of 1



6.
Why?

• Somatic cells are used in sexual reproduction (your response)
• Somatic cells are NOT used in sexual reproduction
• Somatic cells undergo Mitosis and not Meiosis
• Answers B & C (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



7.
Order the process of protein synthesis.

• transcription, translation
• DNA, ribosome, mRNA, tRNA, codon, amino acid, protein
• DNA, mRNA, tRNA, protein
• A&B
• A&C (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



8.
Match the following DNA base pairs with mRNA base pairs: (DNA-mRNA)

• G-C A-U T-A C-G (correct answer)
• C-G U-A T-A C-G
• G-C U-T T-A C-G
• C-G T-U A-U G-C
• NONE are correct (your response)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



9.
Long term storage of energy is best provided by

• ATP
• proteins
• polysaccharides (your response)
• triglycerides (correct answer)
• monosaccharides

Points earned: 0 out of 1



10.
Prior to fertilization, the sperm and egg are referred to as ____, and after, they are called a ____.

• somatic cell, daughter cell
• germ cells, daughter cell
• gametes, zygote (correct answer, your response)
• gametes, alleles
• germ cells, somatic cells


Not bad for a physicist ^^



My second activities : also 50%
no Improvement at all T.T

1.
In what phase of protein synthesis would a ribosome be found?

• Trancription (your response)
• Translation (correct answer)
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Polymerization

Points earned: 0 out of 1



2.
Lactate is a product of

• aerobic respiration (your response)
• alcohol fermentaion
• amino acid combination
• glucose breakdown with no oxygen present (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



3.
What are the component parts of lipids?

• waxes
• triglycerides
• fatty acids (correct answer, your response)
• monosaccharides

Points earned: 1 out of 1



4.
How many chromosomes are in a non-dividing human somatic cell?

• 46
• 23 pair
• 23
• A & B (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



5.
DNA is to nucleic acid as protein is to ____.

• amino acid (correct answer, your response)
• base pair
• codon
• anti-codon
• tRNA

Points earned: 1 out of 1



6.
Which is an example of enzyme specificity?

• proteins coming apart when in stomach acid (your response)
• infectious agents in the body losing enzyme function during a fever
• the AIDS virus attaching to the surface of a T4 white blood cell
• RNA polymerase transcribing mRNA from DNA
• all of these are great examples (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



7.
How does carbon (C) cycle through respiration AND photosynthesis?

• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a requirement (glucose) of respiration
• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a product (glucose) of respiration (your response)
• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a product (glucose) of photosynthesis
• C is a requirement (CO2) for respiration and a product (glucose) of photosynthesis
• A & C (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



8.
Explain the difference between monosachharide and polysaccharide.

• small sugar chain, large sugar chain
• single sugar, complex chain of sugars (correct answer, your response)
• small fatty acid chain, large fatty acid chain
• primary protein structure, secondary protein structure

Points earned: 1 out of 1

btw, sir, I'm proud of this result :)
david

vd said...

I forgot the link..

http://www.quia.com/quiz/116603.html?AP_rand=1481546464

and

http://www.quia.com/quiz/116748.html?AP_rand=1965725433

Adi said...

1.
In what phase of protein synthesis would a ribosome be found?

• Trancription
• Translation (correct answer, your response)
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Polymerization

Points earned: 1 out of 1



2.
Lactate is a product of

• aerobic respiration
• alcohol fermentaion
• amino acid combination
• glucose breakdown with no oxygen present (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



3.
What are the component parts of lipids?

• waxes
• triglycerides
• fatty acids (correct answer, your response)
• monosaccharides

Points earned: 1 out of 1



4.
How many chromosomes are in a non-dividing human somatic cell?

• 46
• 23 pair
• 23
• A & B (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



5.
DNA is to nucleic acid as protein is to ____.

• amino acid (correct answer)
• base pair (your response)
• codon
• anti-codon
• tRNA

Points earned: 0 out of 1



6.
Which is an example of enzyme specificity?

• proteins coming apart when in stomach acid
• infectious agents in the body losing enzyme function during a fever
• the AIDS virus attaching to the surface of a T4 white blood cell
• RNA polymerase transcribing mRNA from DNA
• all of these are great examples (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



7.
How does carbon (C) cycle through respiration AND photosynthesis?

• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a requirement (glucose) of respiration
• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a product (glucose) of respiration
• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a product (glucose) of photosynthesis
• C is a requirement (CO2) for respiration and a product (glucose) of photosynthesis
• A & C (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



8.
Explain the difference between monosachharide and polysaccharide.

• small sugar chain, large sugar chain
• single sugar, complex chain of sugars (correct answer)
• small fatty acid chain, large fatty acid chain (your response)
• primary protein structure, secondary protein structure

Points earned: 0 out of 1

Adi said...

1.
A chromosome is made up of _____ and forms only _____.

• protein, in sperm cells
• protein, in photosynthetic cells
• DNA, in the cytoplasm (your response)
• DNA and protein, during cell division (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



2.
Which of the following are nonliving?

• Organelle
• element
• chlorophyll
• oligosaccharide (your response)
• all of these (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



3.
Which of the following is more liquid than solid at room temperature?

• waxes
• unsaturated fat (correct answer, your response)
• saturated fat
• triglyceride

Points earned: 1 out of 1



4.
Why?

• Hydrogens have been stripped from the molecule
• Hydrogens are attached at each possible location (your response)
• Carbon-carbon double bonds prevent hydrogen from attaching at each location (correct answer)
• Heat causes the hydrogen bonds to weaken

Points earned: 0 out of 1



5.
A somatic cell's chromosome count is always

• 23
• 23 pairs (correct answer)
• 46 pairs (your response)
• Answers A and B

Points earned: 0 out of 1



6.
Why?

• Somatic cells are used in sexual reproduction
• Somatic cells are NOT used in sexual reproduction (your response)
• Somatic cells undergo Mitosis and not Meiosis
• Answers B & C (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



7.
Order the process of protein synthesis.

• transcription, translation
• DNA, ribosome, mRNA, tRNA, codon, amino acid, protein
• DNA, mRNA, tRNA, protein (your response)
• A&B
• A&C (correct answer)

Points earned: 0 out of 1



8.
Match the following DNA base pairs with mRNA base pairs: (DNA-mRNA)

• G-C A-U T-A C-G (correct answer)
• C-G U-A T-A C-G (your response)
• G-C U-T T-A C-G
• C-G T-U A-U G-C
• NONE are correct

Points earned: 0 out of 1



9.
Long term storage of energy is best provided by

• ATP
• proteins
• polysaccharides
• triglycerides (correct answer, your response)
• monosaccharides

Points earned: 1 out of 1



10.
Prior to fertilization, the sperm and egg are referred to as ____, and after, they are called a ____.

• somatic cell, daughter cell
• germ cells, daughter cell
• gametes, zygote (correct answer, your response)
• gametes, alleles
• germ cells, somatic cells

Points earned: 1 out of 1

nina said...

Aduh Sir, saya mo comment apaan dong? ngerti aja engga... biasa cuman baca Jane Austen & Theodore Dostoyevsky doang dalam bahasa Inggris... tapi begini juga uda diitung comment kan ya? Sir kan kind and sweet... :D

Ang said...

Asyik.. ngerjain soal bio.. Thanks Sir..


1.
Alfonso eats a blueberry bagel for breakfast. Which of the following correctly traces the energy he received back to the sun?

• heterotroph -> heterotroph -> SUN
• human -> heteroroph -> SUN
• heterotroph -> autotroph -> wheat -> SUN
• heterotroph -> autotroph-> SUN (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



2.
An analogy: organ is to human as ________ is to bacteria.

• Nucleus
• Deoxyribonucleic Acid
• Organelle (correct answer, your response)
• subatomic particles
• atoms

Points earned: 1 out of 1



3.
Ionic bonds are formed by two molecules that

• Have opposite net charges (correct answer, your response)
• Share one or more electrons
• contain the element Ion

Points earned: 1 out of 1



4.
A happy little tree living in a Bob Ross painting. As the sun sets behind the mountains, which of the following process changes will occur in the tree's happy little cells?

• The light-dependent reaction will cease, and the light independent reaction will continue. (correct answer)
• The light-dependent reaction will start, and the light-independent reaction will cease.
• The light-dependent reaction will cease, and the light-independent reaction will start.
• The chlorophyll retreats back into the stem, the leaves change color, and fall.
• That is an amazing painting if the sun can move. (your response)

Points earned: 0 out of 1

Damo: very funny answer.. hoho

5.
Jupiter's moon Europa is one of our solar system;s possibilities for extraterrestrial life. Water may exist to sustain life, but under miles of ice, and the moon is 5 times the distance from the sun as the Earth. If there is life, what method have we discussed that it may use to obtain energy?

• photosynthesis
• aerobic respiration
• carbohydrate conflagration
• chemoautotropism (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1

http://www.quia.com/quiz/116133.html?AP_rand=207869148

1.
In what phase of protein synthesis would a ribosome be found?

• Trancription
• Translation (correct answer, your response)
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Polymerization

Points earned: 1 out of 1



2.
Lactate is a product of

• aerobic respiration
• alcohol fermentaion
• amino acid combination
• glucose breakdown with no oxygen present (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



3.
What are the component parts of lipids?

• waxes
• triglycerides
• fatty acids (correct answer, your response)
• monosaccharides

Points earned: 1 out of 1



4.
How many chromosomes are in a non-dividing human somatic cell?

• 46
• 23 pair
• 23
• A & B (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



5.
DNA is to nucleic acid as protein is to ____.

• amino acid (correct answer, your response)
• base pair
• codon
• anti-codon
• tRNA

Points earned: 1 out of 1



6.
Which is an example of enzyme specificity?

• proteins coming apart when in stomach acid
• infectious agents in the body losing enzyme function during a fever
• the AIDS virus attaching to the surface of a T4 white blood cell
• RNA polymerase transcribing mRNA from DNA
• all of these are great examples (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



7.
How does carbon (C) cycle through respiration AND photosynthesis?

• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a requirement (glucose) of respiration
• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a product (glucose) of respiration
• C is a requirement (CO2) for photosynthesis and a product (glucose) of photosynthesis
• C is a requirement (CO2) for respiration and a product (glucose) of photosynthesis
• A & C (correct answer, your response)

Points earned: 1 out of 1



8.
Explain the difference between monosachharide and polysaccharide.

• small sugar chain, large sugar chain
• single sugar, complex chain of sugars (correct answer, your response)
• small fatty acid chain, large fatty acid chain
• primary protein structure, secondary protein structure

Points earned: 1 out of 1
http://www.quia.com/quiz/116748.html?AP_rand=1979049824

Teguh Santoso said...

Great! 14 of you have submitted your work. Interesting Biology website eh, I meant the TRAVISHUNT.

However, for a university lecture, you will often face the Biotech-Business type of text. Next time, try to point out the gist/ main points of the Wall Street Journal article.

Where are Ratna and Ari's work, guys? Btw, thanks to Ms. Nina's for dropping by. Ehm! Where's Mr. Rizal?

SIR

xyzern said...

sir udah nih sir...
liat aj di xyzern.blogspot.com
saya post d sana sir