Plant Biology Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (150) essays
Plant Biology essays:
Polysaccharides: From Waste Products to Smart Materials
... Chitosan, a polysaccharide quite similar to chitin, can be used as a coagulant, and to treat drinking water and the like because of its antibacterial, biocompatible, and coagulative properties. Polysaccharide ...
Evolutionary Adaptations to Flowering Plants
... vascular tissue of flowering plants includes tracheids, which function in both mechanical support of the plant, and water transport throughout the plant. In addition to these tracheids, angiosperm xylem also has fiber cells, specifically developed for support. Vessel elements, another type of xylem ...
Flowering Dogwood: Cornus Florida
... plants) Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons) Cornales Cornaceae (dogwoods) Cornus (dogwoods) Cornus florida Common names of the species include: flowering dogwood, cornel, false boxwood, Florida boxwood, arrow wood, and bunchberry (Wood Bin, 2005). Cornus florida is the aristocrat of native flowering trees ...
Compare the structure and function of the xylem and phloem
... phloem parenchyma (also known as companion cells) and phloem fibres. In the xylem tissue the vessel elements and tracheids are the cells that are involved with the transport of water. Fibres are elongated with lignified walls that help to support the plant. They are dead cells ...
Transpiration in Plants
... plant may absorb enough water into its system from the soil. Water may also be absorbed into the roots through osmosis. Water travels up from the roots, through the plants, and to the leaves. The water is carried by tubes called Xylem ...
Field study of biotic and abiotic factors affecting abundance and distribution of mangroves in Sydney Olympic park mangrove reserve.
... plant or to a group of unrelated plants, living in areas that are flooded by tides. So a mangrove may be a tree, shrub, palm, fern or grass - all of them able to live in salt water. The Badu mangrove reserve is home to two types ...
Apple Trees
... two ovules, female reproductive cells that can become seedsSeed DispersalThere are many ways in which seeds can be dispersed. Some of the ways are•Wind Dispersal•Water Dispersal•Animal Dispersal•Explosions•FireWind dispersal is when the seeds of a plant are carried to another plant ...
This is a self-disigned experiment on photosynthesis. Pretty self explanitory, right.
... photosyntheses in autotrophs, then the more light a plant gets, the more it will grow. Materials: Six 4-inch pots Two closed, clear, plastic containers Seeds (grass, or pea plant works well) soil Two heat lamps water Procedure: Set six 4-inch pots out. Fill ...
Comparison between Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis
... cells use this food to release stored energy. With that being said we can beginPlant cells retain chloroplasts. These functions within the plant cells use a compound named chlorophyll to obtain energy through the sun and combine with water and carbon dioxide to fabricate glucose (type ...
Carnivorous Plants
... different types of traps. The modified leaf traps of carnivorous plant can each can be categorized as either active or passive. An active trap is one that employs rapid movement as an integral part of the trapping mechanism ...