Rapid plant movement

Essential to the American concept of a picnic is the watermelon. On a hot day, eating the firm, water-saturated fruit quenches thirst and provides a classic side-dish to any summer-inspired meal. Unbeknownst to many unsuspecting picnickers, consumption of this delectable fruit in large quantities may result in cardiovascular and nerve disorders (Millehan, 2013). This is due to a phytochemical called lycopene. This produces the red tint in watermelon, and in small amounts, lycopene has been known…

Usually plants grow in natural sunlight, but do they grow the same in colored light? People always just put their plants outside, then leave them. Is there an effect on plants in the colored light, or is it just the same. Part of the plant is the chlorophyll, which is the part of that is responsible for the pigment or color found in the organism. It is responsible for the green color of plants, except in the fall where the pigment changes to red, yellow, or orange. This happens because the…

Plants and animals that are non-native mostly are harmful to an environment. When plants and animals are introduced and they are harmful they can kill other plants and animals that are native. Although we cannot always control the invasive species that come into the specific biome there are ways to help either prevent some of them…

Why do weeds always like to take the flower soil. I have always wondered why do you have to pull weed’s from your garden? Well the reason is because the weed’s will take your plant nutrients and kill the plant's. Weed’s and flowers do have similarities like needing sun and needing water. But weeds will always overpower the flowers. Weeds and flowers have a ton in common like they both spread pretty fast, but weeds do spread faster than flowers. The reason weed’s spread faster than flowers…

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on other animals, provide food for predators, and influence other components and ultimately the whole system. Vegetation influences may include effects on primary productivity as small mammals can consume about 60% to 80% of plant species composition, and decomposition of plant materials. They influence the rate of decomposition of organic materials by adding as much as 58% of green herbage and reducing the particle size of vegetative material. Reduction of particle size of living and dead…

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Poaching is the murder or harvest of any endangered plant or animal, this harmful act on innocent animals needs to stop. The problem is that today’s society is driven by money and will do anything to get it no matter the consequences. When it is too late and we have hunted animals like tigers, lions, rhino, and elephants into extinction perhaps then we might try to do something like cloning. Poaching doesn't just affect the animals that are being killed, it causes other animals to die also…

Figure 6. A. Species classification for the area of study. B. Percentage based on the relative frequencies of each class for the area of study. These 14 species are distributed differentely across the area of study, with some species dominating specific areas while others are distributed scattered around the site (Figure 7). Figure 7. Species distribution across the area of study. One hundred and fifty two of the trees surveyed were dead (7.1%), with 81 of those (53.29%) situated in the…

The method of this investigation is based around how much optimal water is needed in order to maximise efficiency plant growth. 1. Collect four petri dishes and place even amounts of cotton wool balls into each of the four petri dishes 2. Place 20 plant seeds across the four petri dishes. That means there should be 5 seeds for every petri dish. Make sure that the 5 seeds are located in different positions on the cotton wool. 3. Place 100 ml of water into a beaker. 4. You will have four petri…