June 2006 - Biology

<p>I’m pretty positive it’s 1 and 3. I think you might want to show em the actual question if that is ever possible.</p>

<p>Besides, don’t some contraceptives inhibit fertilization via low PH’s?</p>

<p>I even looked at a real infertility site…it’s definitely I only. Plus, I would trust teachers over the guesses of most CCers.</p>

<p>ovulation just means releasing of the egg…</p>

<p>egg comes from the ovary…so whether fallopian tube was blocked or not…</p>

<p>it doesn’t matter…ovulation can STILL occur…</p>

<p>from the looks of it…it asked for whether fertilization can occur or not…</p>

<p>first of all the question is stupid…he said sperm can die from acidity…but that’s very relative because too much of acidity WILL kill the sperm…but they didn’t say clearly…</p>

<p>blocking fellopian tube will prevent fertilization cuz egg can’t meet up with the sperm</p>

<p>LH hormone has nothing to do with this question…</p>

<p>Obviously too much acidity will always kill the sperm - heck it can probably kill pretty much most things. I’m like positive its I and III</p>

<p>That’s exactly what I thought.</p>

<p>Alright, whatever it is, it is. But I’m just saying that I have four biology teachers agreeing that it is I, only.</p>

<p>Alright, whatever it is, it is. But I’m just saying that I have twelve biology teachers agreeing that it is I and III.</p>

<p>wouldnt it be I and III
… because
I - ovulation refers to the egg coming out of the ovary and the tubes being blocked would just not let it go to the uterus
II - FH increases before ovulation anyways… (in order for ovulation to occur) :}
III - If the pH is too high then sperm wont be able to swim… the environment is acidic already, but only to a certain degree… plus im not exactly sure but i think that only the vagina not the uterus is normally acidic</p>

<p>as long as the acidity stops some sperm, then it inhibits them.</p>

<p>Alright, whatever it is, what school has twelve biology teachers.</p>

<p>My school ***** =p.</p>

<p>I and III for sure…</p>

<p>Although the vaginal ennvironment is already acidic, the question said specifically that it was “too acidic” for the sperm to swim in- “too” which implies a lower pH than normal.</p>

<p>Therefore it is I and III, only.</p>

<p>Um, you don’t know that it was “too” acidic. You don’t have the question in front of you. I read it many times because I was stuck on it. It never said “too”. Plus, whatever conclusion we come too, we can’t be sure about, because we’ll never see the test again. That’s what’s the problem with this. Therefore, you can’t make a definite conclusion. Just because I feel one way doesn’t mean it’s right. The question said that the pH inhibits the sperm. The acidity within the woman’s vagina and uterus already inhibits the sperm. That’s why I believe it’s I only. But that’s only my opinion.</p>

<p>But it can’t be 1, I remember reading that it said “ovulation,” not “fertilization.” Ovulation can’t occur if fallopian tubes are blocked, because the ovaries are connected to the rest of the system BY the fallopian tubes</p>

<p>Littleone, it did say “too.”</p>

<p>ovulation is defined as the “The discharge of a secondary oocyte from a vesicular follicle of the ovary.”
source: <a href=“http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Ovulation[/url]”>http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Ovulation&lt;/a&gt; . because ovulation is only the DISCHARGE of the egg and has nothing to do with whether the egg makes it down the fallopian tubes, so choice I would be correct— ovulation does occur, but because the fallopian tubes are blocked, the egg wouldn’t get to travel down the fallopian tubes into the uterus. </p>

<p>It’s definitely I, but the controversial thing here really is whether choice III was part of the answer or not. I still say that it wasn’t. And I don’t remember it saying “too”.</p>

<p>Yeasts and mushrooms are both fungi.</p>

<p>I remember the question word for word.</p>

<p>It was asking what the chromosome number of a gamete would be if it paired with a normal gamete and caused trisonomy.</p>

<p>So the right answer was 25</p>