Introduction: Trying to find a good‚ quantitative procedure that students can use for exploring photosynthesis is a challenge. The standard procedures such as counting oxygen bubbles generated by an elodea stem tend to not be “student” proof or reliable. This is a particular problem if your laboratory instruction emphasizes student-generated questions. Over the years‚ I have found the floating leaf disk assay technique to be reliable and understandable to students. Once the students are familiar
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such as the red maple were located in stations four and five. It was noticed that the area in which bunchberry plants grew were shady areas because the large trees were blocking the sun light from reaching them. Plants need sunlight to conduct photosynthesis in order for growth to take place; however‚ too much exposure to the heat the sun brings may cause a plant to become too dry through the process of evaporation which supports the earlier prediction that a bunchberry requires a moist‚ cool environment
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Biology Revision summer 2012 1-Characteristics of living organisms Nutrition- taking in of nutrients which are organic substances and mineral ions ‚ containing raw materials or energy for growth and tissue repair ‚ absorbing and assimilating them . Excretion- the removal from organisms of toxic material‚ the waste products of metabolism and substances in excess of requirement . Respiration- the chemical reactions that break down the Sensitivity- The ability to detect or sense changes in the
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Bausch and Lomb Spectrophotometer was used. Often objects appear colored because of their absorption of light within regions of the visible spectrum. The color of light we can see is composed of the wavelengths that the object did not absorb. Photosynthesis in plants takes place in organelles called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts contain a number of coloured compounds‚ known as pigments‚ in their thylakoids‚ where light dependent reactions occur(Mitchelsl‚ Reece). Spinach leaves contain chlorophyll
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The article “Biology is Beauty” by Geoffrey Cowley touches on the aspects behind beauty. The article states that everyone shares a sense of what is attractive. Basically‚ Cowley is stating that people are attracted to what is on the outside‚ even if we do not know it. Even though points of attraction can vary over societies‚ beauty is an innate quality we all think of. The article touches on a few examples that the author feels explains. First‚ Cowley says that humans love symmetry; people prefer
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The function of a capsid‚ in virus biology‚ is to serve as a protective outer layer that protects the genetic material of the virus from the host’s defensive cells. The capsid is made up of proteins. The nucleic acid is what is contained within the capsid‚ which is a group of long‚ linear macromolecules‚ consisting of either DNA or RNA. There are two different cycles in which the virus uses a host cell to replicate and reproduce itself. These two cycles are known as the lytic cycle‚ and the lysogenic
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Sept 27‚ 2010 Chapter 4 * With four valence electrons‚ carbon can form four covalent bonds with a variety of atoms * This tetra valence makes large‚ complex molecules possible * Fundamental groups: Alkanes and Alkenes * The electron configuration of carbon gives it covalent compatibility with many different elements * The valences of carbon and its most frequent partners (hydrogen‚ oxygen‚ and nitrogen) are the “building code” that governs the architecture of living
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Before watching the film I did not think biology had anything to do with racism. I believe scientist tried to prove that race was biological in order to justify the actions against the non-white race. I had never really thought about where race had come from but was surprised‚ but not hard to believe‚ to hear in the film that race was created by humans to describe social and cultural differences. Knowing that race is not biological will not eliminate racisms today. Those that are racist today
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Bio 101 Chapter 1 Diversity of Life 3 Domains / 6 Kingdoms Archaea / Archaea Bacteria / Bacteria Eukarya / Protista‚ Plantae‚ Fungi‚ Animalia Kingdom Archaea: Prokaryotes; Ancient Bacteria Kingdom Bacteria: Prokaryotes; Common Bacteria Kingdom Protista Eukaryotes; Unicellular organisms (small) Algae (unicellular‚ colonial‚ small or multicellular‚ Large) Kingdom Fungi Eukaryotes; Non-photosynthetic‚ multicellular (except yeast)‚ External
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In biology and ecology‚ extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon)‚ normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species‚ although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point. Because a species’ potential range may be very large‚ determining this moment is difficult‚ and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxa‚ where a species
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