To survive in the wild, plants must form defenses to protect themselves from herbivory. The main

which venomous snake is best known? Yep, you guessed it, the King Cobra (or as scientists call it Ophiophagus Hannah or snake-eater!!). Did you know that King Cobra are the only snake to lay eggs that they guard with all their life . They can also raise ⅓ of there body off the ground. They raise their body of the ground to make themselves look bigger to scare off enemies. The also hold a world record for longest tongue and they are not the most venomous snake in the world? They just eject the most venom into their prey.

They also want to preserve the water they gained so they are mostly slower growing which takes less energy therefore less food which means they do not use as much water.

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

Competition happens between two or more things. In talking about plants they compete with each to survive. When competing against each other to survive they are using soil, water, nitrogen, and space. In using theses resources and having theses available gives the plant a greater chance in living. Even though plants compete environmental wise it is still scene that there is a lot of unknown to why plants compete. Some researchers believe it could be because of the root size of an individual plant or the size of the seed, which gives it better competition in surviving (Miller, 1995). Different types of competition can happen between plants likes intraspecific and interspecific competition. Miller (1995) believes there is not enough research shown to make a determination as to why competition between plants happens and that there should be research done in looking at the evolution of plants in different environments where they can compete with each other. In looking at competition in plants in class the experiment that we conducted looks at the Brassica rapa in a intraspecific competition in different densities. Miller (1995) found that the B. rapa in intraspecific competition did have increase in the number of flowers that were produced. Comparing this to the finding of Miller, when looking at different densities of plants in a interspecific competition could the B. rapa have more of a change in growth because a higher density will have more seeds and the B.

Adaptations in terrestrial environments involve the structural and functional qualities of the organism, to achieve the adequate intake of oxygen and other essential substances for the animal to survive, the evolution of more complex anatomical structures were required. Gravity is stronger on land than water, which means terrestrial organisms have to be more structural than aquatic organisms. Also, the balance of gas exchange with water loss is a key feature to survive in land. For example plants, when doing photosynthesis require carbon dioxide and water to produce oxygen, at the end of this process a lot of water is lost and terrestrial plants have to compensate the water being lost and the water taken from soil. Furthermore, the dispersal of gametes by wind or other animals have helped plants reproduce in large amounts and create varieties of species of the same kind. Short-term weather patterns as well as long-term climate conditions based on precipitations, temperature, wind, humidity as well as other factors are survival obstacles that organisms in land have to adapt to live; endothermic organisms have to maintain a constant internal

Once the snakes are caught, they go through a few different processes. First, they have their venom removed from

War, A., Paulraj, M., Ahmad, T., Buhroo, A., Hussain, B., Ignacimuthu, S. and Sharma, H. (2012). Mechanisms of plant defense against insect herbivores. [online] NCBI. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3493419/ [Accessed 10 Mar.

As plants aren’t, by their nature, very mobile they have developed a variety of ways of protecting themselves from all things herbivorous. Many have evolved spikes, stings and even just an unpleasant taste. However, many went down the route of the ultimate deterrent – being so poisonous that anything eating them was unlikely to ever do so again.

In the short story “Poison” by Roald Dahl, Harry Pope is laying in his bed while a Krait, which is a poisonous snake, crawls onto his stomach. When Harry’s buddy, Timber, gets home, Harry expresses concern for the snake, explaining how he hasn’t moved for hours in fear of being bit. Timber couldn’t see the snake because it was under the covers, but he trusted Harry’s word. So, the two of them began to think of different ways

Rats, termites, squirrels, weeds, and dandelions. These are the vermins and poisons that invade our lives and that we want no part of. But, all these “vermins and poisons” are there to survive like us. Like us, these aggressors have to adapt and strengthen themselves against the toxin used to drive them away.

Without human interaction with the plant it would kill its self or the others around it. That is what farmers do, they interact with plants and with their help make them grow to a point that they can feed everyone they need. There are many different theories how farming

Since Wolf Spiders are poor dispersers (Marshall et al, 2000), they are likely to be affected by human activity such as habitat destruction from land clearing, and pesticides used on crops and grasses. This is likely to affect the Wolf Spider as habitat destruction would not only remove its home, but also cause the removal of prey

Venus fly traps are incredible plants, categorized in the plantae kingdom, in the droseraceae family, the Dionaea genus, and finally the Dionaea muscipula. Carnivous plants such as venus fly traps can be quite picky on their needs; such as soil, sunlight, what to feed them, and how much water they need.

Adaptations allow the species to change and adjust slowly to the environment for survival. The sap of most milkweed plants is toxic. This prevents the plants from being eaten. Some insects, however, can eat milkweeds or sip on the milkweed nectar, which is not toxic to them. Many populations contain genetically identical plants from being

In this research article the researchers Christopher R. Hatcher and Adam G. Hart studied the Venus flytrap’s seedlings capturing prey and researched the effect of the nutrient acquisition while the plant was maturing. The growth of the Venus fly trap was also studied and they observed the plants that had access and those that didn’t have access to invertebrate prey. The researchers also provided information on the Venus flytrap’s juvenile stages on prey capture. Lastly, they studied the spectrum of the prey captured. The purpose of this research was to gain more information on the ecology of the Venus flytrap. The main results of this research were that the seedling start to form their first traps after just a few weeks. From the plants that were able to catch their prey, 146/178 plants were observed to have at least one trap on a plant close and reopen three times or more. The results confirm that at a certain size of a Venus flytrap the sensory trigger hairs do not get stimulated enough with smaller prey, showing that the traps are triggered only by a larger prey, that can stimulate the hairs.