found in plant cells. Chloroplasts contain small pigments called chlorophylls. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts. All green plants you see are working to convert the energy of the sun into sugars. Plants are the basis of all life on Earth. They create sugars‚ and the oxygen that we breathe. This process is also known as chloroplast. The mitochondria work in the opposite direction and breaks down the sugars and nutrients that the cell receives. Photosynthesis is the process of a plant taking energy
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there as there is plenty of food. These animals include treefrogs and snakes. Understory Layer- Little sunshine reaches this area so the plants have to grow larger leaves to reach the sunlight. Many animals live there including jaguars and leopards. There are also a large amounts of insects that live here. Forest Floor- It’s very dark down here. Almost no plants grow in this area‚ as a result. Since hardly any sun reaches the forest floor things begin to rot quickly. A leaf that might take one
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Light and nutrients. Light is the key abiotic factor which controls the growth of woodland. It controls the spacing of the trees‚ shape of the trees and the shape and structure of the shrub and ground layers. If a trees branch does not receive enough light it will die. Irelands native woodlands are deciduous so there is a dramatic variation of the amount of light which reaches the forest floor through the seasons. In spring when the leaves have yet to grow and the temperature has begun to rise the
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largest number and greatly diverse variety of animals. Many plants and animals in the rainforest must adapt to survive the warm temperatures and a large amount of constant rainfall year around. Plants are important for the rain forest because they enable the survival of many other species. In fact‚ since plants must reach the sunlit areas they must adapt and wrap around trees in order to take nutrients and collect water when it rains. These plants also give rise to animals because they store water‚ thus
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photosynthesis to occur and an aphotic zone‚ where very little light penetrates. ➢ Benthic zone - is located at the bottom of the biome ➢ Oligotrophic lakes are deep lakes that are nutrient-poor and oxygen-rich and contain sparse phytoplankton. ➢ Eutrophic lakes are shallower‚ and they have higher nutrient content and lower oxygen content with a high concentration of phytoplankton. Marine biomes ➢ The intertidal zone‚ where land meets the water‚ is periodically submerged and exposed
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Environmental Science (Assignment) JULY 31‚ 2013 1. What is a biome? A biome is an area of the planet that can be classified according to the plants and animals that live in it. Temperature‚ soil‚ and the amount of light and water help determine what life exists in a biome. It is different from an ecosystem. An ecosystem is the interaction of living and non-living things in an environment. A biome is a specific geographic area notable for the species living there. A biome can be made up of many
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Biomes and being situated in the extreme north of the planet has desert like conditions. It has extremely low temperatures‚ poor nutrients‚ and short growing seasons. There is a very low precipitation of less than five inches a year which is coupled with strong‚ dry winds. There is a very large annual amount of snowfall in the region which surprisingly is advantageous to plant and animal life as the snow provides and insulation layer on the surface of the ground. All vegetation and wildlife living in
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living (biotic) and the non-living (abiotic) components of the natural world is its subject matter. Processes like primary production‚ nutrient cycling‚ and various niche construction energies are sustained by the biodiversity within them and regulate the flux of energy and matter through an environment. Biodiversity is the variety and also the abundance of plants and animals in a particular environment and the processes that are functionally enriched by ecological interactions. The ecosystem
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Temperature also plays a big row in everyday life. For example‚ if the weather is good (no snow) it gives opportunity for more livestock to grow‚ and more carbon-diode to plants and also enough oxygen. But if the weather is cold or it snows‚ trees will be frozen‚ less amount of oxygen‚ carbon-dioxide and sometimes affect the growth of plants and animals. All species in a habitat regulate their own temperature in adapting to the system i.e. one species may be cold blooded or warm blooded and these temperatures
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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants‚ animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air‚ water and mineral soil)‚ interacting as a system. These components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. As ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms‚ and between organisms and their environment‚ they can come in any size but usually encompass specific‚ limited spaces (although
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