A Flandato?

Why would scientists try to cross a flounder and a tomato?

How would you do that?
I guess they would want 
to make a fish red and taste
like a tomato? Like a Flandato?

No! A tomato to stay fresh in cold weather.

The Attack of the Killer Vagina

What happens when you get rid of natural selection?

2. random processes are not sufficient to explain the diversity of life visible in the world. What process makes the theory work? What might happen without this important process?
This is... just excellent.

Ninja protects question 9

This ninja protects question 9 from being marked as incorrect.
So sorry!

Giant Shrimp: Seafood Gods

Michael wrote sent me his science homework:


Question: Describe 3 reasons why the introduction of giant shrimp is harmful in the Gulf of Mexico
Answer: 3. Giant shrimp will eventually take over the ocean as seafood gods




God-like giant shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico? YUM!

The four F's

umm... mating does not start with an 'F'.

Giraffes

10. The diagram below best illustrates
a. Lamarck's theory of evolution.
b. Darwin's theory of evolution.
c. Malthus's principles.
d. Lyell's theory about past changes.
e. Giraffes are heartless creatures.

Taxonomy

5. What do we call the science of classifying living things?
Racism
+1


This is my new favourite ZOoF!

Mitochondria

From Google Translate:
draw a plant cell, and point out its most important organs.

But I have a feeling there is a pun that is lost in translation (vegetal).
Any Spanish speakers out there care to help me out on this one?

Update:
Isabel Gaudreau said, "It's an easy pun, vegetal is slang for quadriplegic. And the cell is in a wheelchair."

Thanks Isabel.

OMG Ponies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

A Map to Cytochrome C

Cytochrome c is one of the components of the electron transport chain.
(i) Give the precise location of the cytochrome c in the cell.
"Carry on down here, take a left at cytochrome B and the it's just 0.5um down on your right"
Really not a joke as you have a lot of work to do!

WWHRD

Get your WWHRD tshirts here.

This student actually got a ZERO out of FIVE!

Hooray for fossils!

(b) Explain the biochemical evidence for the common ancestry of living organisms.
Hooray for fossils!!!


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SpongeBob SquarePants?

Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympatric_speciation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (Widescreen Edition)
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Sad Face

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That's Mr. Chompy to you...

a) What is the general width of a hair follicle?
not much


b) Name this Tooth:
Chompy


The question should have read,"What type of tooth is this?"
It looks to me that student won this round (hence the +2 at the end) as the teacher realized their mistake.

Immobilizing Enzymes

Describe how the enzyme could be immobilised.
Break it's legs and tell it to stay out of your neighborhood.
I have a good mind to photocopy this and post it home!




From Kimberley: "the boy in question got an hour after school detention from our Biology teacher, ha! Some people just can't take a joke I guess :)"


Indeed Kimberley; thanks for the submission!

The Reproductive System

That's a very long answer.

Thanks to Matthew for this one.

Thermodynamic Fight Club

16-17) Write the first and second Laws for Thermodynamics.

First rule of Thermodynamics is you do not talk about Thermodynamics

Second rule of Thermodynamics is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THERMODYNAMICS!

18) Define an enzyme:

Superhero of the cell

19) Define a coenzyme:

Enzyme's sidekick

Love it!

A Funny Science Thing

Trevor sent this to me with the following description:

"a funny science thing if u don't like it now ill send a new pic of the grade in a few days"

I'm not really sure what's going on here, but it's clear that it's hilarious!