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    Botany Notes

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    Energy Budget of plants: Plants are the source of energy for all of us and all living things on earth. Energy is the currency of the universe = $ (work) * Energy budget= must be balanced Energy budget * Plants collect and process energy * Basic source SUN * Diffuse – need to collect a lot to get fixed energy * (sugar)- LEAVES = solar collector * Everything must be paid for and pay for itself over time Plants are sentient beings * Perceive environment and

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    Botany: Study Guide

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    9.1.2 3 difference between monocots and dicots 3 differences between monocots and dicots 1. Monocots have parallel venations along their leaf 2. Dicot roots have X-shaped xylem whereas monocots are organized into a ring 3. Dicot stem xylem form a ring around the outside whereas monocot xylems are scattered 9.1.3 Distribution of tissues in leaves and functions In the leaf you have xylem and phloem tissues. Xylem tissues act like transport tubes‚ transporting water and minerals. Phloem tissues

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    Botany Lab Report

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    Botany Lab ------------------------------------------------- Introduction This study observed the effects of different body fluids and solutions relative to breaking down bacteria‚ specifically in the human body. The enzymes we studied‚ lysozomes‚ help the body lyse‚ or break down bacteria by targeting peptidoglycan in bacterial walls. The solutions and fluids studied were saliva‚ mucus‚ tears‚ a stock solution of lysozomes‚ and distilled water. The solutions were placed in agar containing Micrococcus

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    Botany Final Review

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    BOTANY FINAL REVIEW CHAPTER 3 1.Parenchyma- Alive‚ “loosely packed”‚ most versatile‚ can photosynthesize ‚storage ‚1 cell wall Collenchyma- Alive‚ chunky‚ thick at corners‚ 1 cell wall Scherenchyma- Dead‚ support and protection‚ 2 cell walls 2. Cells in vascular tissue: XYLEM PHLOEM What substance(s) is/areTransported in this tissue? | Transports waterAnd nutrients | Transports sugars | In which direction is

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    Botany Research Article

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    Survey of plant diversity in the area in front of Admin block of Punjab university Farva Faiz‚ Nida Fatima‚ Ayesha Sarwar‚ Sonia Shabbir‚ Rabia Khalid &Abeera Ali. B.S botany/zoology Centre for undergraduate studies Quaid- e -Azam campus 54590 Punjab university‚ Lahore. Nida Fatima niiiida14@gmail.com Abstract: A survey of flora in the garden infront of admin block of Punjab university was conducted for plant diversity during period of December‚2012 to January‚2013.All the plants were

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    Botany Bay Lyrics Analysis

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    Botany Bay‚ an open oceanic embayment‚[2] is located in Sydney‚ New South Wales‚ Australia‚ 13 km (8 mi) south of the Sydney central business district. Botany Bay has its source in the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and the Cooks River at Kyeemagh and flows 10 km (6 mi) to the east before meeting its mouth‚ the Tasman Sea‚ midpoint between La Perouse and Kurnell. The total catchment area of the bay is approximately 55 km2 (21 sq mi) and the area surrounding the bay is generally

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    Botany Bay Police Report

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    On Friday‚ September 30‚ 2016 at approximately 0748 hours‚ I was dispatched to The Botany Bay‚ (420 East New Circle Road) in reference to a theft by unlawful taking. Dispatch advised that the suspect was sitting on a bus stop bench in front of the business. The suspect was still sitting on the bench when I arrived on scene at approximately 0755 hours. After arriving on scene I requested a backup unit from dispatch. I got out of my cruiser and I questioned Ms. Taavetti Chen (DOB 04-24-1986)

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    Desire –theme question 5 “A streetcar named desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams “in 1947. Blanche Dubois is the central character who comes to New Orleans to live off her sister’s kindness after losing their family home because of her difficult past. Tennessee Williams develops the theme ‘desire’ with the help of characterization through Blanche‚ symbolism and other stylistic devices which foreshadow her fate. Desire is one of the most prominent themes in this play. Each character is

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    In addition to being responsible for taking scientific measures focused around new and existing animal species; Lewis was also responsible for the botany discoveries on the journey. Botany‚ flora and fauna were Lewis’s original interest and love. Over two hundred and sixty specimens were collected and investigated along the journey. As with the animal findings‚ some were sent ahead to scientists even before the journey ended‚ so examination and scrutiny could begin. These specimens were analyzed

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    Desires Baby

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    very apparent in History as well as literature. In “Desire’s Baby” by Kate Chopin‚ she characterizes Desire by starting her off as being no one‚ then she becomes something to someone‚ and throughout everything she is disrespected. In the beginning‚ Kate Chopin characterizes Desire by being no one. “The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely left by a party of Texans…” This shows Desire as being no one because nobody really knows where she came from or why she was there. In past American

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