# 49 Diet The food an animal eat everyday is called diet. Most animals need 7 types of nutrients in their diet: carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ fats + water‚ fibre‚ vitamins‚ minerals. The amount of energy needed is provided mainly by our carbohydrate and fat intake. Your dietary requirements depend on your age‚ sex and activity. - Age: The energy demand increases until we stop growing. While children are growing they need more protein per kilogram of body weight than adults do. - Sex: Generally
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Dry Wallum The dry wallum is a harsh environment that is battered by the sun and wind every day and with a base of porous sand; water availability is very scarce and must be conserved. The abiotic factors in the dry wallum are that the area is exposed to high amounts of sunlight which causes a loss of water in the leaves through transpiration. Since the wallum is so dry and hot; bush fires play a major cycle in the dry wallum which the trees have adapted to cope with. The roots of the plant and
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Homework Title: Photosynthesis and Respiration 1) Define these terms and arrange them from smallest to largest: Ch 5 WIO #3 • Thylakoid membrane Answer: Thylakoid membrane is a compartment in a plant cell that has light pigment that carry out the photosynthesis process. • Chloroplast Answer: Chloroplast is a type of organelle found in plants and algae that carry our photosynthesis. • Reaction center Answer: Reaction center is where chlorophyll a molecule and other
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Survival of the Sickest chapter two concentrates mainly on the disease named diabetes. The full scientific name is actually diabetes mellitus‚ or “passing through honey sweet” Diabetes is an extremely common and well known disease that becomes more and more common every day. The disease is based on sugar is the body‚ or glucose. When your body breaks down carbohydrates‚ it produces glucose‚ and essential sugar for the human body. There is a bodily function in which insulin helps the body use glucose
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COVENANT UNIVERSITY Department of biological sciences PROGRAM: MICROBIOLOGY COURSE: MICROBIAL TAXONOMY‚ NOMENCLATURE AND IDENTIFICATION CODE: MCB 122 TOPIC: CLASSIFICATION OF BACTERIA AND VIRUSES PROJECT PARTICIPANTS OBUEKWE CHUKWUEMEKA 12CQ014230 OKAFOR SANDRA-EMMANUELLA 12CQ014231 OLOWOFELA OLUWATOYIN 12CQ014232 OSITA-ORAH ANTHONY 12CQ014233 SASORE YEWANDE 12CQO14236 NWOBI CHIZITERE 12CQ014229 OYEKAN TOSIN 12CQ014235 SOREMEKUN MAYOMIKIUN 12CQ014238 SHODEKO TOBI 12CQ014237 INTRODUCTION TO THE
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Arrangement of Vascular Tissues in Flowering Plants • Xylem and phloem often are grouped together -> vascular bundle • Cambium -> lies in between xylem and phloem -> divide and differentiate -> form new xylem and phloem tissues -> thickening of stem Movement of Substances Into and Within Flowering Plants Entry of Water and Nutrients into Plants • Absorption of water -> root hairs -> grow into close contact with liquid around them • Thin film of liquid surrounding soil
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Virtual Lab: Punnett Squares Worksheet Part I: Answer the following questions: 1. Which of the following is most inclusive? a. allele b. genotype 2. Dominant alleles are represented by: a. an upper case letter b. a lower case letter c. it does not matter what type of letter is used 3. In fruit flies‚ gray body color is dominant over black body color. Using the letter G to represent body color‚ what is the genotype of a heterozygous gray bodied fly? a.
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Chapter 23 - The Heart 331 The Heart - Key 1 2 3 What is the name of the central region of the thorax? The central region of the thorax is the mediastinum. About how much of the heart is to the left of the mid-sternal line? Two-thirds of the heart is to the left. Where is the location of the apex of the heart? The apex of the heart is located to the left at the fifth intercostal space. Figure 23.2 11 In reference to Figure 23.2‚ identify #1 - #3. 3 Epicardium 1 Pericardium 2 Pericardial
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SPM Biology – Answering Techniques in Paper 3 SPM Biology candidates typically commit the mistake of thinking that the length of their answered essay or structured questions equates to marks deserve‚ under the formula‚ Length of Structure Answer/Essay = Marks. This is wrong and Berry Berry Easy wishes to clear the air regarding this issue. It is never about how long you write but more about how accurate you write. So for Berry Readers who can write long answers but never seemed to score well‚
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Homeostasis is the ’maintenance of equilibrium in a biological system by means of an automatic mechanism that counteracts influences tending towards disequilibria’. Homeostatic mechanisms operate at all levels within living systems‚ including the molecular‚ cellular‚ and population levels. in humans homeostasis involves the constant monitoring and regulating of numerous factors including‚ oxygen and carbon dioxide levels‚ nutrient and hormone levels and inorganic and organic substances. The concentrations
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