of Photosynthesis By: Maxwell Wissman, Lela Cohen, Sophia Stevenson and Russell Leibovitz ABSTRACT: This experiment was done to answer and/or to find out if you change the light intensity on a healthy plant, then it will photosynthesize differently, because the photons will hit the leaves of the plant more or less, thus increasing or decreasing the photosynthetic rate. This would answer the question by seeing how many bubbles come up without any light and how many bubbles does with light at…
community garden on campus teaches the community to care for the earth. Meanwhile, this properly teaches them new skills such as gardening, and harvesting the plants. Visiting the garden was a beautiful and delightful experience, the women who told us about the garden were extremely sweet and informative. They advised us on the best season to plant and garden specific vegetables. Gardens such as this one bring people together; likewise our garden is a calm, and happy environment for people. It…
In conclusion, in this lab, we are trying to find how different beak types influence the amount of seeds they collect and how different seed types influence the amount of seeds the beak collects. My hypothesize is that the largest beak (binder clip) will collect the most amount of seeds because there would be more space. The data doesn’t support/support my hypothesis since the relationship between the variables is inconclusive. For instance, the data shows that the clothespin “beak” from the…
Koalas and Bald eagles can't live without their habitats keep getting destroyed or them getting hunted. Koalas are being hunted for there fur and the farmers were cutting down trees to make more farm land. The eagles are being hunted for the fun of it cutting down their habitats for more roads. Recent study on this majestic bird and this furry creature there protection efforts to don't cut down their habitats and hunting them. Scientist Bill Ellis been studying on koalas for many years and found…
The four chemicals that are essential for life on Earth are water, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. Water is essential for life because it is an excellent solvent. Many different type of material can dissolve in water. Water transport nutrients and waste in and from the human body. Water is also found everywhere on Earth. It can exist as a liquid, solid or gas. Many organisms use water in order to flush toxins anything into and out of a cell. Without water there would be no vegetation on land…
In the article "A place to Encounter Natural and Social Diversity," from Childhood in the Garden written by John Nimmo and Beth Hallett, took me in the world of gardening. "The garden is a familiar place tamed by humans to serve social purpose such as growing food," (Nimmo, & Hallett. 2008 pg32) with that concept in mind the "Growing a Green Generation" project began. The project was to engage infants through kindergarten in the natural world, and offer the opportunity to learn skills and…
A double-edged sword: what was thought to be a defense mechanism turns out to be an attractive feature (paper 4) Over the years, plants have adapted many features that act as defense mechanisms and help to protect the plant from harmful predators. In a 2014 study, Kevin D. Kohl et al. observed the efficiency of cactus spines as a defensive mechanism by studying white-throated woodrats, Neotoma albigula. These woodrats are herbivorous rats that are commonly found in the southwestern region of…
Question: Does the odorous smell of Tapinoma Sessile, more commonly known as Blue Cheese Ants or odorous house ants, decrease the rate of predation from predators such as toads? In context: Tapinoma Sessile are common pests in our everyday environment. They vary in size from 2.4 to 3.2 mm and can take shelter both outdoors and indoors. They feed on sugary snacks like honeydew, a glucose-filled fluid produced by small arthropods like aphids. They also feed on dead insects and spiders. To most…
To Be...or Not to Be...Alive or Not The green furry object is alive, because it has all of the 6 characteristics of living things. First of all, the object has cellular organization. The object is a unicellular organism. The one cell must do the functions of the cells in a multicellular organism. Additionally, the object has the chemicals of life. It has the elements in CHON, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. It also has carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acid. The object…
The Ocean and the Rain Forest The ocean biome and the rainforest biome are very much alike, but also very different. The two biomes are compared by the different climates, the animals that live there, and the different adaptations the animals and plants must adapt to be able to survive. Many characteristics in these two biomes are immensely different, but selected features are similar in these two biomes. Would you rather live at the bottom of the ocean (if it was possible) or live in the…