the wind, human dispersal, and animal dispersal are sources that contribute to very favorable environment for plants to flourish, and be able to grow. In order for plants to be able to survive, and grow they need to be in a separate environment from the parent plant so that they are able to thrive, and not become overcrowded. Essentially, a seed consists of a miniature undeveloped plant which, alone or in the company of stored food for its early development after germination, is surrounded by a protective
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JoTT CommuniCation 3(7): 1899–1908 Some aspects of the ecology of the Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777) in the tropical forests of Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India and their conservation implications Nagarajan Baskaran 1, S. Venkatesan 2, J. Mani 3, Sanjay K. Srivastava 4 & Ajay A. Desai 5 Bombay Natural History Society, Bear Bungalow, Kargudi, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643211, India Present Address: Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, Innovation Centre, Indian
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in an area farther from the house. In planning your garden, consider what and how much you will plant. It is better to have a small garden well maintained than a large one neglected and full of weeds. Diagram the garden rows on paper and note the length you wish to assign to each vegetable. Use a scale of a selected number of feet to an inch. Then you can decide how much seed and how many plants to buy. Consider also the possibility of working your vegetables in plots in front of your shrubbery
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A Detailed Lesson Plan in English (Reading) I. Objectives At the end of the lesson, the pupils are expected to: a. State the sequence of the story b. Identify the different seasons describe c. Appreciate the story read II. Subject Matter Topic: The Tiny Seed Reference: Reading Network, pages 103- 108 Author: Delia Hamoy Soroy Materials: Charts, pictures III. Procedure A. Preparation Teacher’s Activities Pupils’
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Except for that ‘face slap’ moment, Mama is mostly kind and patient with her family. Her nurturing personality is symbolized by the way she treats her houseplant. Though it is wilting, Mama loves it unconditionally. Just like her family, Lena's plant lacks the necessary resources to flourish. Rather than giving up, however, Mama does all she can for it and has faith that one day it will truly thrive. As a proud woman, Lena Younger does not have much material wealth, but she walks tall, exudes
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Pleistocene (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago). Individual plant and animal species of the tundra, however, probably first appeared in the Late Miocene (11.2 to 5.3 million years ago) or Early Pliocene (5.3 to 3.4 million years ago). Coniferous forests were present on Ellesmere Island and in northern Greenland, the northernmost land areas, in the mid-Pliocene (2.5 million years ago). Most paleoecologists believe that tundra flora evolved from plants of the coniferous forests and alpine areas as continents
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reproduction. Bryophytes: are plants that lack vascular tissue and require environmental water to reproduce. General characteristics of this group include: a waxy cuticle to slow down water loss and gametangia that protect developing gametes. The male gamatangium is called the antheridium which produces flagellated sperm. The female archegonium produces a single egg. Bryophytes need water to reproduce. They do not contain any vascular tissue for up right support. These plants usually form mats of horizontally
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poor plant has lost most of its leaves altogether. No longer looking strong and regal, it has developed a very sickly appearance. The plant looks as though it is on the brink of death. For there are three main reasons your plant may be on the verge of its demise, it could be that it is being incorrectly watered, it could need transplanting, or locating it to a new setting is necessary. How much water to give a houseplant can be one of the most frustrating aspects to its owner. When a plant gets
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allows us to live free of any pollutants or hazards that we might introduce into our environment. That leaves us free to try to survive in the "natural" environment which includes things like sharks, poisonous insects and reptiles, pollen, poisonous plants, viruses, bacteria, thousands of parasites, and other animals that compete for food and land. Protecting the environment allows future generations of humans to grow and live without having to deal with anything we've done to contaminate the environment
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is a tropical rainforest. A tropical rainforest biome primarily consists of warm weather, wet plants, and fungi ridden soils. There are three important layers of a tropical rainforest. The emergent layer, 50 m up; where vegetation grows in full sunlight. The canopy (middle) layer, 3-40 m up; provides protection of too harsh of sun to low light plants below. Finally the understory (ground level) where plants and animals only receive 2-3 percent of light from above. 2. What changes happening in
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