Ecology And Plant Ecology

Plants are found everywhere on earth, up high on the ridge and down low in caves and caverns. The types of plants that live in these places depends on many factors. These factors are separated into two different categories, the biotic factors and the abiotic factors. Some of the biotic factors include, predation, competition, and habitat destruction. Plants with limited competition and large amounts of resources will be in a higher abundance than plants with limited resources and higher competition rates will be confined to areas and either out competed or will be the dominant species. Certain plants adapt to these factors and thrive and others don’t do as well. Some of the abiotic factors include, sunlight, water, temperature, and wind. These

Classify plants and animals according to the physical characteristics that they share. Identify the structures in plants (leaves, roots, flowers, stem, bark, wood) that are responsible for food production, support, water transport, reproduction, growth, and protection.

The article discussed the changes in many habitats due to anthropogenic activity. Anthropogenic is an adjective that describes changes in nature due to the people. Next, this article discussed climate change and the impact that it is having on species like clams, and fish due to ocean temperatures rising. The article also addressed carbon dating of fossils to look for cause of extinctions. Human development and agriculture have had a tremendous impact on the population of many species that are terrestrial. Deforestation is a big problem that has caused a decline in the bird species. Commercial fishing in many areas has led to a decline in fish populations. Furthermore this article

The “Rise of ecology” was a very interesting and mind refreshing documentary film depicting the 10 different disasters that have devastated our planet. This documentary was a good teachable moment for us to take the necessary measure to ensure the safety of the citizens and the planet. The film also emphasized that we should minimize the amount to pollution that we release in to our atmosphere. We see that its always the people who suffer at the hands of major corporations who are just hungry for profits. The film mentions that these major corporations take the consequences of catastrophic events lightly. They do everything they can to increase the profits even at the expense of their own workers. The movie “Pandora” which I recently watched shares a lot of similarities to the documentary film “Rise of ecology” in a way that took me by a surprise. The movie tells a story of how human error came to cause the malfunction of a nuclear power plant causing the nation to go in to panic mode. The movie starts in an interesting way, a flashback where the main character and his friends were just children making assumptions of what the new mysterious development in their town was all about. Some of the kids responded by saying that the nuclear reactor plant was a rice cooker, another a robot and finally the little girl responded by saying that her teacher told her that “it was a box and that if it was open they would all be in trouble”.

dy of plant fossils and the understanding the evolution of plant life and ecology of earlier eras is known as paleobotany. Paleobotanists concern with fossil records of plants and their geologic history greatly describes the main concept of paleobotany. Only a small percentage of the plants that ever lived left evidence of existence. The major plant fossils that have been discovered are mineralized wood, flowers in amber, leaf imprints in coal, or other plant life many years ago. Paleobotanists document fossil records and use this evidence to find the past evolution of plants.

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Since the induction of the Affordable Care Act the Mayo Clinic reached a new goal of 63 million patient services in 2013. (Mayo Clinic , 2014) There has been substantial growth as seen in 2011 they reported just over 20 million patient services. (Mayo Clinic , 2014) The Affordable Care Act has allowed those patients that could not afford health insurance and or issues with pre-existing conditions to finally be able to seek out treatment with the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic had recognized early on that there would need to be health care reform to ensure the future of quality patient care. In 2006 the Mayo Clinic started the

What is the difference between a threatened species, an endangered species, and an extinct species?

Gardens, the final frontier. When I was little my mom and I would rototill our yard and dig out a couple trenches. After we dug out the trenches my mom and I would spend a couple of hours walking around the garden section of Lowes, we would find several veggie plants that we would then take home for the home-made garden. Her and I would sit outside for hours as she taught me how to plant the veggies and take care of the roots and put them in the dirt the right way. She would have me take care the plants in the garden that I wanted to plant and she would teach me the proper way to do it. She taught me the responsibility of planting a garden and then taking care of it, she taught me that you can not give up on something just because it is too hard or too much work. See, Gardens can be used for much more than just farming and gaining crops, these gardens can be used to teach children, help

Born into a lavish world of royalty, crown jewels and summer palaces, Prince Albert II, sovereign of the Principality of Monaco and head of the famed house of Grimaldi, is no stranger to titles and honors. On September 22, His Serene Highness will be celebrated for reasons beyond his royal bloodline—his dedication to world-wide environmental conservation.

Ecology today can be defined as “the study of the interrelationships between living things and their environment”. It is important to understand that when we say that ecology includes the “environment”, we are talking about everything that is external to an organism, all the biotic and abiotic. Nowadays it also attempts to understand and explain the how and why of the origins and mechanisms of interactions.

     Plants are autotrophs that mean they are able to synthesize food directly from inorganic compounds, instead of relying on other organisms. They use carbon dioxide gas and water to produce sugars and oxygen

What about the Genetic makeup and DNA of a carnivorous plants different from other plants.

Humans depend on plants in numerous ways. One reason we depend on plants is for consumption. Plants have the unique ability of producing their own food through a process called photosynthesis. In this process, plants are able to produce macromolecules such as carbohydrates that cannot be produced in animals or humans. In humans, the only to gain these macromolecules is to consume plant matter, or consume plant-eating animals (herbivores).

More recently, gardeners have had a choice of plant forms that includes determinate, indeterminate and semi-determinate varieties. Most of the tomatoes we have grown and continue to grow in the garden belong to the indeterminate category. Indeterminate tomatoes have a tip that continues to grow. As it grows, blossoms and fruits develop progressively along the stem, one cluster at a time. In these plants, flowering and fruiting continues as long as the plant is healthy and weather conditions favor flowering and fruiting. The side shoots also continue to grow, producing flowers and fruits along their stem. Gardeners usually grow indeterminates on stakes or tall cages. Plants may reach 6 to 10 feet in length in a single season. Indeterminates may be pruned to grow with a single, double or triple stem. Popular varieties you may recognize include beefmaster, show-me, surprise, better boy, fantastic, lemon boy, sweet 100, red plum and many more, including such old varieties as rutgers, marglobe and ponderosa. Determinate tomatoes are a newer introduction. Some of the miniature cherry varieties, such as tiny tim, are really determinate, as is patio, the popular variety for container growing. Determinate tomato plants develop a main stem, which stops growing when the plant reaches a certain size. When it stops growing, flower buds form on all shoots almost simultaneously, including the side branches. As a result, a large quantity of flowers, and consequently fruits, is produced

Plant pathology is a science that studies plant diseases and attempts to improve the chances for survival of plants when they are faced with biotic and abiotic factors that cause disease. Plants will produce well as long as they get sufficient nutrient and moisture, light for photosynthesis and optimum temperature. However, plants also get sick. Sick plants produce poorly and the symptoms of disease will appear. The agents that cause disease in plants are similar to those causing disease in human and animals.