Organism

Bacteria are single celled organisms which thrive in a wide range of environments. For example they can live in soil, the ocean and the human and animal gastrointestinal tract. Bacteria are also able to live in extreme environments such as the harsh cold and some deserts. Bacteria can be harmful, resulting in serious health issues such as pneumonia. (Bacteria, n.d.)However they can also be very beneficial. Certain bacteria aid in digestion and other processes in the human body. There are two…

the mealworms in on-farm feed preparation is most likely justified especially the production of the mealworms could be achieved on small farm level. Away from its possible use in pet or aquaculture systems, Tenebrio molitor is being used as a model organism in biology laboratories for biology, biochemistry, evolution, immunology, and physiology. This is based on their relatively large size as well as the ease in their production and…

Michel Foucault, in “Panopticism,” explains that panopticism it can be very beneficial; however, it would lead to tyranny at the end. Plato talks, in “Allegory of the cave,” about the experience in the point of view of a prisoner chained in dark caves and his experience after that. Brian Doyle, in “Joyas Voladoras,” describes a variety of creatures that have hearts, explains their adaptation and their properties; demonstrates that humankind have a unique type of heart - the locker of all the…

The evolutionary arms race is between two organisms competing to out rank and outlive one another. One example in this video of the evolutionary arms race is between humans and microbes. Humans and microbes are big ones because microbes all everywhere and they can get stronger as time goes on. Microbes get stronger by giving humans medicines they don’t not get sick but better. One microbe that has affected many people is tuberculous (TB). Many Russian prisoners had got TB from other prisoners…

The research work regarding the chemical processes within/relating to living organisms is said to be biochemistry, also known as biological chemistry. The complication of life can occur during biochemical process, if we control the information flow through biochemical signaling and through metabolism chemical energy flow. Various study fields like botany, medicines, genetics, Etc.which are areas of life science, are engrossed in research related to biochemical because biochemistry has made it…

Biomimicry Organisms have adapted structurally, physiologically and behaviorally to suit the environments around them and to coexist with abiotic factors in ever changing climates and ecosystems. Humans have only been on this planet for a small part in the bigger scale of time, inhabiting the different parts of the world to build and alter landscapes to suit our needs. Biomimicry is the study of organisms' adaptations to maintain and sustain the natural resources around us. We are able to do…

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom Plantae (Plant, 2018). Kingdoms are the main divisions which scientists use to classify all living things on Earth. Biologists have discovered 500 000 species of plants, of which 250 000 are angiosperms and are dominant in plant study (Encyclopedia, n.d.). Seeds are a small embryonic plant, which is enclosed in a small covering, called a seed coat, with stored food inside until they can obtain their energy…

Personal Statement – Tayybah Ahmad (6C1) I remember being in awe the first time I learnt that every living thing was made up of the same basic unit - cells. Some organisms have one cell, some have billions upon billions. They all look very different and have evolved to have vastly different behaviours, but amazingly, underneath it all we are all the same. From the evolutionary changes in human behaviour and physiology, to the neuroscience behind it, biology has always captured my interest. I…

Genetic Engineering is the modification of genes that ultimately improves the organism being engineered. Most of the genetic engineering done today is used on crops and animals, but some is also used in humans as well. Creating things like herbicide resistant crops and faster-growing animals have turned out to be very efficient in many ways, but no matter how great they are, they were always questioned and seen as unnatural (Erickson, 2012). Today, genetic screening is done on human fetuses to…

out what is wrong with the animals brought to their clinic, Dr. Hooker suggests, “Experimenting on animals is just a part of life. Of course some vaccines will not work. The world is not perfect and neither are the people living in it.” Some living organism has to be the first one to try a product for the first time. Biochemists will continue to experiment to find new medicines in order to come up with a solution to cure animals and humans with…