Green plants absorb light energy using chlorophyll in their leaves. They use it to react carbon dioxide with water to make a sugar called glucose. The glucose is used in respiration‚ or converted into starch and stored. Oxygen is produced as a by-product. This process is called photosynthesis. Temperature‚ carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity are factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis. Plants also need mineral ions‚ including nitrate and magnesium‚ for healthy growth. They
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organisms‚ including the plant-like protists (algae)‚ fungi-like protists‚ and the animal-like protists (protozoans). They are all eukaryotic‚ and most are unicellular. Traditional taxonomy of protists (Kingdom Protista) did not accurately represent evolutionary relationships‚ so the classification of this group is unsettled. Modern taxonomy has rearranged the group formerly known as Kingdom Protista‚ separating the different types of organisms into their own candidate Kingdoms. Protists vary in how
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Abstract: Symbiosis is very important in the plant world. Fungus has a symbiotic relationship with other plants. This may help the plant through tough times‚ for example; droughts and long winters. There are many careers that study the problems of symbiotic plants. Symbiosis with Plants Symbiosis with plants is very important. Fungus helps the plant live through tough times. There is a lot of information available about symbiosis but there are also many unanswered questions. Certain careers
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Role of mycorrhizas in the mineral nutrition of host plants Mycorrhizas are very important in the uptake of nutrients such as P‚ N‚ K‚ Cu‚ Zn and Ca by plants especially in soils low in these nutrients. Since P is the most limiting nutrient in tropical soils‚ mycorrhizas are vital for improving P nutrition particularly for cultivated plants. External hyphae can absorb and translocate P to the host from soil outside the root depletion zone. The thin mycorrhizal hyphae (2-4 μm in diameter) are able
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LEAVES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS? A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD1 AND F. LUTZONI Department of Biology‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ North Carolina 27708 USA Abstract. Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear‚ but the scale of their diversity‚ host range‚ and geographic distributions are unknown. To explore the putative hyperdiversity of tropical leaf endophytes‚ we compared endophyte communities along
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animal classification system has. The table shows how scientists classify giraffes. 3 4 Levels (from the highest to the lowest) Example Kingdom Kingdom Animalia is the broadest category of all in the animal classification system. It includes every animal. Phylum (plural: Phyla) Phylum Chordata includes all animals of the Kingdom Animalia that have spinal cords. Class Class Mammalia includes all warm-blooded animals of the Phylum Chordata that have hair and feed their
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In the Kingdom Exploration lab‚ five different organisms were observed under a microscope‚ (Yeast‚ Paramecium‚ Elodea‚ Daphnia‚ Euglena). Each of these organisms is apart of one of the six kingdoms‚ (Eubacteria‚ Archaebacteria‚ Fungi‚ Protista‚ Plantae‚ and Animalia) which are apart of three domains‚ (Archaea‚ Bacteria‚ and Eukarya). In this lab‚ however‚ none of the organisms observed were archaea or bacteria. Also‚ all the organisms were eukaryotes‚ not prokaryotes‚ which are organisms without
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TITLE PAGE PLANTS IN THE CONIFEROUS FOREST DEDICATION This term paper is dedicated to God almighty ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My profound gratitude goes to God almighty for his infinite knowledge and wisdom given to me to write this term paper‚ I am also grateful to my dad‚ mum and siblings for their financial support‚ the school library for giving me materials that propelled me to go ahead. I also acknowledge
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The Odyssey Visiting the Kingdom of the Dead And I saw Tantalus too‚ bearing endless torture. He stood erect in a pool as the water lapped his chin – parched he tried to drink‚ but he could not reach the surface‚ no‚ time and again the old man stooped‚ craving a sip‚ time and again the water vanished‚ swallowed down‚ laying bare the caked black earth at his feet – some spirit drank it dry. And over his head leafy trees dangled their fruit from high aloft‚ pomegranates and pears
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FIVE KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION Biological System of Classification • Organisms are first divided into a few kingdoms • Phylum or division is made up of several classes • Classes are made up of orders • Within each order there is a family • Each family consists of a varying number of genus • A genus usually has several species. Organisms within the species can breed PROCARYOTAE KINGDOM Prokaryote • Also called as bacteria‚ these as believed to be the most abundant
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