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    Plants are essential for life on earth; they are the backbone of all life. Plants are considered as autotrophic organisms, seeing as they are able to produce their own food. They are a crucial resource for many different uses, as plants are primary producers; everything we eat comes directly or indirectly from them (Schaffner, 2010). They provide a whole range of useful products, including food, fibres for cloth, and energy sources. Wood, coal and natural gas are all sourced from plants, these…

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    practically a exoskeleton for a plant to maintain their shape and structure. The cell wall surrounding plant cells is the reason why most plant they have a square or rectangular shape. Another difference is that chloroplasts are present in plant cells, while absent in animal cells. Chloroplasts are a very important organelle for the plant cell because it is the organelle that photosynthesises; turns the energy from sunlight into chemical energy which is stored in sugar…

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    “Phineas can you please explain to me how the chloroplast is like the solar panels and the geodome at the zoo are very similar?” “Well of course I would. The chloroplast uses sunlight to convert energy to make sugar for the cell. That’s how the solar panels and the geodome work. The solar panels give the energy that produces light. The Desert Dome uses the…

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    Why Is Evolution Important

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    Riley 1 Why is Evolution so important? Some might ask this because of the confusion drawn over the topic. However it is one of the most intriguing scientific theories that exists today. Evolution is far more interesting than the Theory of Gravity, or Germ Theory. This one addressed many age old questions, such as what is our place in this world, and where did we come from. Some might not accept it because it may conflict with their religion, especially in America, where only 60% of all Americans…

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    Peroxisomes and Adrenoleukodystrophy Adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, is a rare genetic disorder in which the myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells in the brain breaks down, and the adrenal gland progressively loses function.(medical dictionary. Myelin sheaths coat nerves to speed up and strengthen neural impulses. If the myelin malfunctions, many neural messages will not do what they should. ALD primarily affects boys and men. It is extremely rare, only 1 in every 100,000 people are afflicted.…

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    It is a single cell but it also explains the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts and there double membranes, they are results of the evolution through the years that was started by endocytosis bacteria as well of the blue-green algae and they became symbiotic and share similar things with bacteria but they were not able to…

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    One sunny day,Angelica and her friend Altasia decided to take a walk in Centennial Park. All of sudden, they noticed a black cloud approaching their way. Moments later, it began raining real hard then came a large whirl wind that swept them off their feet. Angelica and Altasia was no longer in Centennial Park. Instead they were in a mysterious place they never been before. They were in a field of talking plants. They decided to take a stroll in the field to see if they can find their way home.…

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    drive the normal functioning of the carbon cycle are photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis is the metabolic pathway that takes raw materials and converts it to sugar. Photosynthesis takes place in the leaves, specifically in the chloroplasts of the cells of plants. Photosynthesis also occurs in plants, green protista, and prokaryotes. There are two phases in photosynthesis, the light dependent and the light independent reactions. Cellular respiration is the metabolic pathway…

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    Tap Water History

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    History All plants need water, but plants may prefer one type of water over another. There are two main types of water, tap water and rainwater, and each type of water has its pros and cons. Different plants need different amounts of water. Along with that, some plants also need water more frequently. This writing is going to explain about how plants prefer one type of water over another. There are many chemicals added to tap water. The uses of these chemicals is to disintegrate any dirt in the…

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    Then the sugar starts to produced in the chloroplasts providing plants with chemical energy and carbon to make all the major organic molecules of the cells. The process which the chemical energy of "food" molecules is released and partly taken in the method of ATP is through the cellular respiration…

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