on deer and smaller animals and the bear are omnivores and eat anything organic they can get such as grass, berries, mushrooms, small animals, and carrion [dead animals]. A deciduous forest typically has three to four, and sometimes five layers of plant growth. This is a forest of some angiosperms such as fruit trees and berry bushes. Most deciduous forests have mild summer averaging 70 F. Summer months usually begin in early June and ends late August. Winter months don’t start until December
Words: 319 - Pages: 2
has a massive impact on the levels of biodiversity, as this determines what flora and fauna can survive. Sunlight, temperature, water and CO₂ are all limiting factors for plant growth. Places with very few limiting factors, such as a tropical rainforest, have high biodiversity because the conditions are good, meaning many plants can grow there because they do not need to be specialised. These conditions are also favourable to many animal species, due to resources being widely available and many niches
Words: 894 - Pages: 4
Basic Tree Thinking Assessment David A. Baum, Stacey DeWitt Smith, Samuel S. Donovan This quiz includes a number of multiple-choice questions you can use to test yourself on your ability to accurately interpret evolutionary trees. Insofar as real biological examples have been used they are accurate based on current knowledge. 1) By reference to the tree above, which of the following is an accurate statement of relationships? a) A green alga is more closely related to a red alga than to a moss
Words: 1474 - Pages: 6
this ecosystem is the fact that most f the plants living mass is above ground. There are plenty of cycle in the rainforest that make sure the flow of energy and nutrients through this ecosystem is continual. Photosynthesis is the process which energy is harnessed from the sun and used along with carbon dioxide and water to produce energy and food. This allows plants to provide food for the wildlife by distributing the energy. This cycle is completed when plants and animals die and decompose, making nutrients
Words: 364 - Pages: 2
These are very important because without the right amount of water and sunlight the trees in the rainforest would not be able to grow and would die. These factors also affect the types of plants and animals that can live in this area. (inforforest.tripod.com) The biotic components of the rainforest are animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. Abiotic and biotic are essential to life in the rain forest. The carbon and nitrogen cycle in the rain forest is made up of
Words: 330 - Pages: 2
The cannabis plant, most commonly known as marijuana does not have the sole purpose to only produce a drug. Hemp comes from the cannabis plant as well but is grown, not for the intoxicating element THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), yet for the hemp fiber it produces. Hemp has been cultivated not only here in the United States but all over the globe dating as far back as 12,000 years ago. In the past our first president George Washington required many colonists to grow and cultivate this plant in order to
Words: 814 - Pages: 4
kingdoms: animals and plants. Driven by DNA characterizations and other modern analysis, fungi and bacteria have now been removed to separate kingdoms; in particular, fungi have cell walls that contain chitin rather than cellulose. Lichens, which are a symbiotic association of a fungal and photosynthetic organism, are generally not considered plants in the purest sense of taxonomy, although earlier classification schemes viewed them as plants. Viruses are also not considered to be plants, since they do
Words: 1295 - Pages: 6
Mission Foods streamline transportation costs and develop key performance metrics to be used in several production plants. Problems faced by the company The company’s plant in Fresno, California, realized the need to change their distribution & transportation processes. In an effort to increase productivity & reduce transportation costs, mission foods decided to outsource the plants transportation operations. Mission Foods saw the opportunity to drive down overall transportation costs while
Words: 786 - Pages: 4
beginning of time, there has always been wildlife. The animals and plants of our wildlife contribute to what makes this life so interesting. If all wildlife were to go extinct, then we would not have a way to replenish the oxygen to survive off of. All animals and plants are a part of our lifecycle and should be respected as such. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was put in place to protect threatened and endangered animals and plants. There are two agencies that equip this program, the U.S. Fish
Words: 326 - Pages: 2
because the Kudzu plant takes over the ground, and competes against other plants for sunlight, driving them out. Luckily enough, there are many different uses for the Kudzu plant, unlike the common dandelion. Firstly, the Kudzu plant can be used as animal feed. Secondly, the Kudzu plant can be used as fertilizer. It can also be used as food, and most importantly, scientists believe that the plant could be used to treat multiple illnesses, as well as alcoholism and depression. The plant has a large
Words: 308 - Pages: 2
