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OL-GEN140 Rough Draft / Jeffrey Ray Jackson Sr. 10/11/2016. Because our human being’s health may depend upon agriculture, biodiversity, allowing our efforts to grow yours or my own garden, doing and saving it, from the old ways, and any new ways. I read the history timeline about having a garden. Gardening, it goes all the way back from ancient times, from when the earth was born. Also, true within my lifetime, lots of gardens, are here to stay. Gardens, already moved forward into the twentieth

associate risks to our environment, species of animals, and plants. The use of pest control can be effective against pests. Concepts Causation Perspective Research What is 1080? 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) is a poisonous chemical. Used in many areas of New Zealand, yet it causes a devastating amount of damage harms many areas of New Zealand. What is 1080 used for 1080 is a poison used to protect the threats to native animals and plants from introduced species. The pest control poison is effective

Scientists believe that by 2050, 15-40% (Thomas et al, 2013) of all plants and animals will be extinct because of changing climates, habitat loss and the result of human interactions. They are surveying their options and are debating the positives and negatives of different ways to stave off species extinction. In the past, the most common options to save a population was to relocate populations to monitor good habitats, putting keystone species back into populations (keystone species have big impact

are not most desirable and ideal for plants to grow, however the bristlecone has managed to withstand the harsh conditions and surpass the hands of time. The White Mountains are an area that experiences short summers with a season for growing only being measured at several weeks. These mountains also adhere to strong dry winds that travel against rocky souls. These type of conditions cause any rain water that may fall to either drain off to fast for the plant to absorb or the water to just evaporate

Observations Regarding Slides of Many Species Seen With a Light Microscope Introduction: Our class gathered to observe the differences and similarities of life observable under a microscope. We wanted to study details of each slide to understand the larger picture of the life that they make-up. Methods and Materials: Our class of twelve was subdivided into six groups of two. Each group used a light microscope to observe thirteen slides of organic materials (listed with the appended images). The

to produce chemical energy which is glucose. Photosynthesis deals with plant growth as well as being a source of energy and food. The four things needed for plant growth: energy in the form of solar radiation, carbon in the form of carbon dioxide, mineral nutrients and water (Kirk, 1994). In order for plants to be able to conduct photosynthesis plants need chloroplasts. Chloroplasts, green colored cells depending on the plant, are a plastid that contains chlorophyll and

Globally, most of the species (both flora and fauna) are under serious threat from direct and indirect human activities; while the direct activities such as deforestation leads to species habitat fragmentation and loss, on the other hand modifies climatic conditions coupled with gas emissions. The synergistic impact of these human driven activities questions the survivability of organisms in the morphed climatic environments. At one level fragmented habitats increase intra and inter species competitions

Plant senescence is a highly controlled physiological process that leads to plant death, it is also known as the last development stage of a plant. The PCD, (Programmed Cell Death) is a program instilled into all kinds of plants and promotes its own individual death, a sort of “program” produced during plant development and the plants’ stress response systems. During the senescence process, the cells undergo a dramatic transition in its cellular replication, metabolism and cellular structures. The

observing plant diversity patterns along a trail. According to the theory, we should observe minimal plant diversity right next to the trail and not much far from the trail. However, there should be a greater amount of diversity some intermediate distance from the trail. We went to the James K. McPherson preserve to observe the types of plants and number of them along the trail. Our sampling method was to observe a patch of vegetation measuring 10cm by 50cm, looking for different plant species and

Mesocosm Lab Exploration Research Question: With the plants chosen, is it possible to create a sustainable terrestrial ecosystem within a sealed glass jar? Background Information The purpose of this experiment is to become familiar with how an ecosystem works, and discover the most sustainable kind of ecosystem. Based on knowing how an ecosystem works, predictions have been made that state if a terrestrial mesocosm is sealed for four weeks with plants inside, it can continue to live and thrive sealed