Abiotic component

This is one way in which energy is transferred between organisms in an ecosystem. The energy is used for a number of life processes. In a food chain only around 10 per cent of the energy is passed on to the next level. The rest of the energy passes out of the food chain in a number of ways: 1. via heat energy 2. is used for life processes (for example movement) 3. uneaten parts that pass to decomposers 4. is excreted and passes to decomposers. As less energy is transferred at each level…

catch in the Cuban spiny lobster fishery. The log-likelihood resulting from the fitting of the environmental models show a best fitting for the model with the total values for catch and effort (Table 2). Because it provided lower values for the components (mainly for catch…

present in the species and the importance of seed adaptation to salt and drought stress. Many studies on the molecular basis of salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana had been done, however, the genetic variation that causes salt tolerance and other abiotic stresses in the species had not been widely…

i. Enzymes are macromolecules that increase chemical reactions without being consumed in the reaction. They do this by lowering the activation energy (the amount of energy that reactants need to absorb in order for a chemical reaction to take place). Every enzyme has a substrate with a unique shape and structure for it to bind to. Denaturation of proteins (when a protein unravels and becomes inactive), and change in the shape of the enzyme or substrate all influence the activity and…

Acanthaster Planci, is one of the largest threats to the Great Barrier Reef. The starfish, also known as COTS, can have up to 21 arms, each with hundreds of toxic spines. They move by expanding and contracting these feet, and feed on hard coral. Abiotic features are non-living or physical factors and can have a large effect on the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem and the Crown of Thorns starfish. These include water temperature and nutrients in water. The Australian Institute of Marine Science state…

Climate change or global warming has been the center of discussion for the past years as it poses detrimental effects on but not limited to the environment and to human activities. As defined by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer; climate change may be due to…

In these labs we explored water quality and contamination. Quality water means that any chemical that is affected in water. As a result, ecologists use the concept of a biome to classify large areas of the planet into a small number of similar units. Biomes include both terrestrial (land-based) and aquatic (in water) communities. Turk, J., & Bensel, T. (2014). Some land base biomes are form when climate change. Land-based biomes are shaped largely by their climates. The most important…

Forensic science, known as forensics, is the application of science to law by analyzing DNA for legal evidence. DNA profiling is the predominant application and forensic science, DNA profiling allows us to take more than one sample of an unknown DNA specimen and determine if it has the same genetic match. Moreover, DNA profiling is to help determine and solve crime scenes such as murders, assaults, and rapes. The technique used for analyzing DNA is restriction fragment length polymorphism…

The field of medicine although obtained remarkable progress in recent decades, infectious illnesses triggered by pathogenic harmful bacteria are still an important risk to public wellness globally (1). Great attention has been paid to the anti-microbial level of resistance due to deaths and death rate from illnesses triggered by proof bacteria(2). Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacteria that can cause different kinds of medical care associated attacks, such as pneumonia, bladder…

empirical science, we should be able to find and look at everything that cryptozoology encompasses, as well as formulate hypotheses that encourage further investigation into cryptids. The study of zoology, which is in fact scientific, studies primary components such as biology, physiology, anatomy, and evolutionary histories of living animals. Due to the fact that cryptids are not readily available for scientific study, cryptozoology cannot be accepted as empirical science. We are currently…