INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS An insectivorous plant‚ also called a carnivorous plant‚ captures prey items‚ such as insects‚ spiders‚ crustaceans‚ mites‚ and protozoans‚ as a nitrogen source. Many insectivorous species live in freshwater bogs‚ where nitrogen is not present in available form‚ because the pH of the water is extremely acid. The forms of entrapment by these types of plants are modified leaves. Five basic trapping mechanisms are found in carnivorous plants. 1. Pitfall traps (pitcher plants) trap prey
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Lauren Kelly Individual Student Presentation 28 July 2013 Toxic Plants 10. Would you believe that there’s a tree so poisonous that you don’t actually have to touch it to be harmed? It’s called the manchineel tree (found throughout the Florida Everglades‚ Central America and the Caribbean. Inhaling sawdust or smoke tree may result in a variety of uncomfortable side effects‚ including coughing‚ laryngitis and bronchitis. Some reports suggest that simply standing beneath the tree during a rainstorm
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takes thought‚ planning and time to plant a vegetable garden. The proper area to plant your vegetables‚ a decent layout of your garden and a good idea of what you would like to plant are all important things to take to into consideration when decide to grown your own vegetables. The first thing that you should do when planting a vegetable garden is to choose an area that is away from trees and shrubs‚ their roots will compete with the roots of your vegetable plants for nutrients. You also will need
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from the aerial parts of plants‚ especially leaves but also stems‚ flowers and roots. Leaf surfaces are dotted with openings called stomates that are bordered by guard cells. Collectively‚ the structures are called stomata.[1] Leaf transpiration occurs through stomata‚ and can be as a necessary "cost" associated with many processes such as the opening of the pistil and allowing the diffusion of carbon dioxide gas from the air for photosynthesis. Transpiration also cools plants and enables mass flow
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Chun Wai Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for plants of living in an aqueous environment compared to a terrestrial one? Introduction: Plants are commonly classified to two main types: aquatic plant and land plant. They have different features to adapt the living environment. What by meant is that they require different adaptions to stay alive in their respective environment such as humidity and structure of leaves. Aquatic plants referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes. They need a special
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How to plant a tree In the world‚ if we do something we must follow the steps. Plant the trees also need the steps. Plant the trees is the difficult thing to do. There are also have techniques to plant it. There are nine steps as I plant the trees. There are : (1) Determine the planting site‚ (2) Make the planting location‚ (3) Measure the height of the root ball‚ (4) Dig the hole‚ (5) Measure the hole depth‚ (6) Set the tree into the hole‚ (7) Pre the root ball‚ (8) Backfill the hole‚ and (9)
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Some of the most bizarre and fascinating plants in the natural world are undoubtedly carnivorous plants. Carnivory‚ defined as the consumption of animal tissue‚ is often only associated with the animal kingdom. However the existence of carnivory is widespread and diverse in the plant and fungi kingdoms as well. Specifically carnivorous plants‚ which originally descended from exclusively photosynthetic plants‚ have evolved elaborate‚ efficient‚ and diverse methods to capture‚ digest‚ and metabolize
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increase rate of growth and increase number of leaves. Materials and Methods The materials used included seeds of Wisconsin fast plants Brassica rapa‚ Styrofoam planting quads‚ potting soil‚ 14- 14- 14- NPK fertilizer beads‚ labeling tape‚ quad wicks‚ plastic water container with wick cloth‚ and anti-algal squares. To construct two different planters for our fast plants we used two Styrofoam planting quads. Each planter and squares inside of the planter were labeled. Each square was filled about half
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should be able to answer the following learning outcomes: Big Idea 1 The biological processes occurring in plants Essential question(s) you should ask yourself while studying this part of the topic: What is the life cycle and structure of a plant? Understand the life cycle of a plant Describe the structure and function of parts of the plant Describe the transport of water through a plant Why are leaves‚ flowers and seeds important? Describe the process of photosynthesis Explain the importance
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Plant Transport Plants are mostly made up of water. Lettuce is about 94% water and a potato is about 77% water. Plants need water for three main purposes: ------photosynthesis‚ -support -transport of chemicals Water is a raw material for photosynthesis. If water is in short supply‚ the rate of photosynthesis will be limited. Plants need water for support‚ otherwise they wilt. Water is needed to transport many chemicals within plants. Chemicals‚ such as mineral salts‚ dissolve in water and
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