Most plants such as soybeans are called C3 species because they go through photosynthesis by using C3 carbon fixation, where CO2 is first incorporated into a 3-carbon compound called PGA, by using the enzyme RUBISCO for carbon fixation and Calvin cycle. Other plants, like pigweeds are called C4 plants because Carbon is first incorporated into a 4-carbon compound activating the PEP enzyme carboxylase for carbon fixation and RUBISCO for the Calvin cycle. The difference between the C3 and C4 species
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particular: moisture, light and oxygen availability, and soil temperature (Windham 2001). Plant species can have various influences on soil structure and nutrient content and/or availability (Corbin and D'Antonio 2012). Invasive plants can change the substrate nutrient cycling, by adding to or taking away from the current normal levels of nutrients involved in microbial respiration or the nutrients needed by the native plants directly, be it sulfur, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus or methane, of the previously
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I found the highest number of L. polyphemus in the Main Lagoon, although the difference in the number found in the Main Lagoon and Moon Pond was not statistically significant. The Main Lagoon seems to have favorable environmental conditions for horseshoe crabs, as it is the sub-basin with the largest area for them to inhabit, and it has the deepest water. However, not a lot of information is known about the habitat preferences and requirements of horseshoe crabs. Because they can tolerate and cope
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Isaac Walker Walker1 Mrs. Toth English 2 Honors Period 6 26 February 2016 Research Paper Imagine a world without animals... Eating would change and life in general would change. One may think that this is not possible, but it is. If poaching rates continue this could be a scary true future. Poaching is a deadly crime against wildlife. Wildlife officials say that legal hunters kill tens of millions of animals every year. For each of those animals, another is killed illegally, perhaps on
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At one time Mount Lofty was a range covered with wildlife and landforms. Nowadays Mount Lofty Range is uncared for and unfortunately causing it to slowly disappear. There has been amounts of trees cut down for industrial purpose when they cut down the trees it takes away homes of these birds, and that means the birds have nowhere to live. There are only around five hundred birds left in the Mount Lofty Range areas that were once covered in wood. The woods are being cut down and that will make the
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look at NaCl concentration, pH levels and wavelengths to determine which ones are more beneficial for growth of Russet Potatoes. In Lab 2.1 we looked at levels of NaCl in hopes to find the isotonic concentration for the potatoes. Plants do prefer hypotonic solutions. Plants prefer hypotonic environments because the water from its environment gets soaked up by the cells then is stored in their vacuoles. The vacuoles will apply pressure to the cell wall which
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the mouth where gas exchange can take place (but only at resting). 2. Identify one specific use by your animal of the nutrient. The inhalation of oxygen allows the daily functioning of the frog’s body, whereas the exhalation of carbon dioxide allows plants to keep on functioning so they can produce oxygen for the frog. 3. How does your animal pass on the nutrient (in life or death)? The nutrients (carbon dioxide and oxygen) are exhaled and inhaled respectively through every breath the frog takes. Oxygen
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Waccasassa Bay Preserve is a unique state park that comprises over 19,000 acres of tidal marshes that stretch over 20 miles of shoreline. The confines of the marshes and creeks create a estuarine habitat for much of Florida’s threatened and endangered wildlife. If you are a lover of nature, this treasure of a state park should not be missed. Take a look at all it has to offer. Location Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park is located on the western coast of Florida. It is a salt marsh that extends
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Mystery at Rocky Ridge Farm Early in the morning of January 10, 1977, William McCarthy noticed something strange about his horse pond. He went out to investigate and found a perfectly round hole three feet in diameter in the center of the frozen pond; a pond with ice eighteen inches thick. There was about eight inches of slush around the hole which led him to believe that something had melted the ice. When he looked in, he saw what appeared to be a black box approximately one foot square. He went
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Is bringing back an extinct species a moral or immoral idea for our environment? Many species that were once populous and thriving in our world are now gone and extinct because of poachers and hunters. Now, because of poachers, an increased number of different species remain on the brink of becoming extinct. The question is how can society help stop the extermination of various species? De-extinction could give us a chance to revive animals that have been gone for a long time and could benefit our
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