Showing posts with label Biology help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biology help. Show all posts
Friday, July 23, 2010
Explain Nutrition in plants
Let us study about Nutrition in plants,
The plants synthesize glucose which is stored in the form of starch. For e.g., Photosynthesis. As opposed to anabolic reactions, there are catabolic reactions which are the reactions that break down complex molecules into simpler ones.
For example, respiration. Together, the two types of reactions are called the metabolic reactions.
Here, what is photosynthesis is described in brief.
I hope the above explanation was useful, now let me explain about energy flow.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Introduction to Animalia
INTRODUCTION TO ANIMALIA
Let us study about Animalia,
Kingdom Animalia is the world of animals,it is also called as Metazoa.Animals are living things whose cells do not contain chlorophyll to prepare their own food like the plants they do not make use of light to get energy and building materials to grow.
I hope the above explanation was useful, now let me explain about parts of a flower.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Explain Vacuole function
Let us study what is the function of Vacuole,
The term means "empty space". But in the cell they are many membrane bound sacs with little or no inner structure. Plant cells have very large distinct vacuoles. In fact this organelles often dominates the inside if the plant cell crowding all other organelles toward the cell wall. The membrane surrounding the plant cell vacuole is called the tonoplast. This a very active, dynamic membrane.
Plant cells use their vacuoles for transport and storing nutrients, metabolites, and waste products. In a sense, the vacuole can be regarded as equivalent to the extra cellular space of animals. The simple space-filling function of the vacuole is of great importance to plants, which capture energy from the sun rather than move to capture food.
I hope the above explanation was useful.
The term means "empty space". But in the cell they are many membrane bound sacs with little or no inner structure. Plant cells have very large distinct vacuoles. In fact this organelles often dominates the inside if the plant cell crowding all other organelles toward the cell wall. The membrane surrounding the plant cell vacuole is called the tonoplast. This a very active, dynamic membrane.
Plant cells use their vacuoles for transport and storing nutrients, metabolites, and waste products. In a sense, the vacuole can be regarded as equivalent to the extra cellular space of animals. The simple space-filling function of the vacuole is of great importance to plants, which capture energy from the sun rather than move to capture food.
I hope the above explanation was useful.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Energy Flow
Let us study about Energy flow,
The branch of science which deals with the flow of energy into the ecosystem and its transformation into the living organisms is referred as a bio-energetics. The energy is essential for the existence of organisms. It helps to overcome entropy and to perform various life activities. The energy occurs in multiple forms and the one form of energy can be converted into the other form. Sun is the main source of energy.
There is a need of constant flow of energy from the sun to earth. The flow is unidirectional. It occurs from the sun to plants and from the plants to animals leading to the microbes with the dissipation of heat. The radiations from the sun can be short wave or long wave. The short wavelength radiations include the gamma rays, U.V rays and cosmic rays. The long wavelength radiations include the infrared waves. The very short wavelengths are very harmful to the organisms.
They cause the breakdown of inorganic components. The harmful radiations are filtered by the ionosphere and ozonosphere. The ionosphere is formed of the gamma rays, x rays and cosmic rays. The ozonosphere is formed by the U.V radiations.
I hope the above explanation was useful.
The branch of science which deals with the flow of energy into the ecosystem and its transformation into the living organisms is referred as a bio-energetics. The energy is essential for the existence of organisms. It helps to overcome entropy and to perform various life activities. The energy occurs in multiple forms and the one form of energy can be converted into the other form. Sun is the main source of energy.
There is a need of constant flow of energy from the sun to earth. The flow is unidirectional. It occurs from the sun to plants and from the plants to animals leading to the microbes with the dissipation of heat. The radiations from the sun can be short wave or long wave. The short wavelength radiations include the gamma rays, U.V rays and cosmic rays. The long wavelength radiations include the infrared waves. The very short wavelengths are very harmful to the organisms.
They cause the breakdown of inorganic components. The harmful radiations are filtered by the ionosphere and ozonosphere. The ionosphere is formed of the gamma rays, x rays and cosmic rays. The ozonosphere is formed by the U.V radiations.
I hope the above explanation was useful.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
WHAT IS LIVING
Let us study 'what is living',
When we try to define ‘living’, we conventionally look for distinctive
characteristics exhibited by living organisms. Growth, reproduction, ability
to sense environment and mount a suitable response come to our mind
immediately as unique features of living organisms. One can add a few
more features like metabolism, ability to self-replicate, self-organise,
interact and emergence to this list. Let us try to understand each of these.
All living organisms grow. Increase in mass and increase in number
of individuals are twin characteristics of growth. A multicellular organism
grows by cell division. In plants, this growth by cell division occurs
continuously throughout their life span.
In animals, this growth is seen
only up to a certain age. However, cell division occurs in certain tissues to
replace lost cells. Unicellular organisms also grow by cell division. One
can easily observe this in in vitro cultures by simply counting the number
of cells under the microscope. In majority of higher animals and plants,
growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events. One must
remember that increase in body mass is considered as growth. Non-living
objects also grow if we take increase in body mass as a criterion for growth.
Mountains, boulders and sand mounds do grow.
However, this kind of
growth exhibited by non-living objects is by accumulation of material on
the surface. In living organisms, growth is from inside. Growth, therefore,
cannot be taken as a defining property of living organisms. Conditions
under which it can be observed in all living organisms have to be explained
and then we understand that it is a characteristic of living systems. A
dead organism does not grow.
Hope the above explanation was helpful.
When we try to define ‘living’, we conventionally look for distinctive
characteristics exhibited by living organisms. Growth, reproduction, ability
to sense environment and mount a suitable response come to our mind
immediately as unique features of living organisms. One can add a few
more features like metabolism, ability to self-replicate, self-organise,
interact and emergence to this list. Let us try to understand each of these.
All living organisms grow. Increase in mass and increase in number
of individuals are twin characteristics of growth. A multicellular organism
grows by cell division. In plants, this growth by cell division occurs
continuously throughout their life span.
In animals, this growth is seen
only up to a certain age. However, cell division occurs in certain tissues to
replace lost cells. Unicellular organisms also grow by cell division. One
can easily observe this in in vitro cultures by simply counting the number
of cells under the microscope. In majority of higher animals and plants,
growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events. One must
remember that increase in body mass is considered as growth. Non-living
objects also grow if we take increase in body mass as a criterion for growth.
Mountains, boulders and sand mounds do grow.
However, this kind of
growth exhibited by non-living objects is by accumulation of material on
the surface. In living organisms, growth is from inside. Growth, therefore,
cannot be taken as a defining property of living organisms. Conditions
under which it can be observed in all living organisms have to be explained
and then we understand that it is a characteristic of living systems. A
dead organism does not grow.
Hope the above explanation was helpful.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
What are fertilizers
Let us learn what are fertilizers,
Fertilizers are commercially produced plant nutrients. Fertilizers supply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. They are used to ensure good vegetative growth (leaves,
branches and flowers), giving rise to healthy plants. Fertilizers are a factor in the higher
yields of high-cost farming. Fertilizers should be applied carefully in terms of proper dose, time, and observing preand post-application precautions for their complete utilisation. For example, sometimes fertilizers get washed away due to excessive irrigation and are not fully absorbed by the plants. This excess fertilizer then leads to water pollution.
Use of fertilizers in an area can destroy soil fertility because the organic matter in the soil is not replenished and micro-organisms in the soil are harmed by the fertilizers used. Short-term benefits of using fertilizers and long-term benefits of using manure for maintaining soil fertility have to be considered while aiming for optimum yields in crop production.
Organic farming is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides etc. and with a maximum input of organic manures, recycled farm-wastes (straw and livestock excreta), use of bio-agents such as culture of blue green algae in preparation of biofertilizers, neem leaves or turmeric specifically in grain storage as bio-pesticides, with healthy cropping systems. These cropping systems are beneficial in insect, pest and wheat control besides providing nutrients.
Hope the above explanation was useful, now let me explain you what is irrigation.
Fertilizers are commercially produced plant nutrients. Fertilizers supply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. They are used to ensure good vegetative growth (leaves,
branches and flowers), giving rise to healthy plants. Fertilizers are a factor in the higher
yields of high-cost farming. Fertilizers should be applied carefully in terms of proper dose, time, and observing preand post-application precautions for their complete utilisation. For example, sometimes fertilizers get washed away due to excessive irrigation and are not fully absorbed by the plants. This excess fertilizer then leads to water pollution.
Use of fertilizers in an area can destroy soil fertility because the organic matter in the soil is not replenished and micro-organisms in the soil are harmed by the fertilizers used. Short-term benefits of using fertilizers and long-term benefits of using manure for maintaining soil fertility have to be considered while aiming for optimum yields in crop production.
Organic farming is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides etc. and with a maximum input of organic manures, recycled farm-wastes (straw and livestock excreta), use of bio-agents such as culture of blue green algae in preparation of biofertilizers, neem leaves or turmeric specifically in grain storage as bio-pesticides, with healthy cropping systems. These cropping systems are beneficial in insect, pest and wheat control besides providing nutrients.
Hope the above explanation was useful, now let me explain you what is irrigation.
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