Essays Tagged: "Algae"

Man and Ocean

two kinds of resources are reborn resources and it will never be end. For marine plants we have the algae's family, like seaweed. During ebb tide, you can find the seaweed between rocks. For the marin ...

(5 pages) 121 0 5.0 Mar/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

The world 100 years from now

4 billion people would eventually perish. The main source of oxygen for this Atlantis would be the algae, and the predominant source of food would be fish. Most of the power would com from nuclear re ...

(2 pages) 115 1 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Some general info on the plant kingdom... & ... info about bryophytes & seedless vascular plants.

organisms.A widely held view of plant evolution is that the ancestors of land plants were primitive algae that made their way from the ocean to freshwater, where they inhabited alternately wet-and-dry ... true roots, stems, and leaves. The subkingdom Thallobionta is composed of more than 10 divisions of algae and fungi (once considered plants). The subkingdom Embryobionta is composed of two groups: the ...

(7 pages) 57 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Variations in ocean tides.

ves and rolling pebbles. Sea plants also need adaptations. Plants along the coast consist mainly of algae called seaweed. Algae are important because it provides most of the oxygen supply and it takes ... rovides most of the oxygen supply and it takes in huge amounts of carbon dioxide. If it weren't for algae, we would pretty much not be able to breathe. Algae and seaweed are not like other plants thou ...

(3 pages) 33 0 0.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

I Drown is a descriptive paper of a rainstorm.

could fish for hours and hours, although we didn't usually catch much except for loads of weeds and algae. We knew that snagging a few bass wasn't primarily the purpose of our trips to the pond. The o ...

(2 pages) 43 0 0.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Water Classification

to many different contaminates such as animal wastes, pesticides, insecticides, industrial wastes, algae, and other organic materials. Few of the sources that recharge the supply of underground water ...

(1 pages) 37 0 4.2 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Symbiotic Relationships - Mutualism

om this relationship. An example of this kind of relationship would be one between the crab and the algae. Algae live on crabs, and with algae covering the crab, the crab is hidden from its predators ... a camouflage and cannot be seen. By this symbiotic relationship of mutualism both the crab and the algae benefit because while the algae gets a place to live where as the crab gets a chance to live b ...

(2 pages) 22 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Symbiotic Relationships - Mutualism

om this relationship. An example of this kind of relationship would be one between the crab and the algae. Algae live on crabs, and with algae covering the crab, the crab is hidden from its predators ... a camouflage and cannot be seen. By this symbiotic relationship of mutualism both the crab and the algae benefit because while the algae gets a place to live where as the crab gets a chance to live b ...

(3 pages) 38 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Litterature review: Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the distribution of freshwater macroinvertebrates

uatic macroinvertebrates are an important part of the food chain, especially for fish. Many feed on algae and bacteria, which are on the lower end of the food chain. Some shred and eat leaves and othe ...

(7 pages) 78 0 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Water Penny Beetle

n 12 to 15 days.After hatching, larvae grow rapidly, feeding on small crustaceans and free-floating algae. The larvae don't feed or molt during the following winter but pupate during the next spring o ...

(1 pages) 23 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Woodland Succession in Britain Josh de Salles

fe. The only type of life that can inhabit these areas are hardy pioneer species such as lichens or algae which are autotrophic and provide a base for food chains and food webs. These plants are resil ... rnivorous or scavengers and feed on what they can catch or dead organisms.Over time the lichens and algae aid the build up of soil by the gradual biological weathering of the parent rock and accumulat ...

(7 pages) 28 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Fox River Ecosystem

at I have found at the Fox River are crickets, ducks, seagulls, birds, fish, geese, grass, seaweed, algae, flowers, trees, and bugs. Although I couldn't find them I know that there are definitely tons ... couple of examples of interactions would be that the seagulls eat the fish to live and the fish eat algae to live. The seagulls and other birds also use the environment by using trees and wooded areas ...

(3 pages) 89 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Cell Membrane

composed of cells. The cell is the basic unit of life.Many organisms such as bacteria, amoeba, some algae, and yeast are composed of only a single cell. The single celled organisms are described as be ...

(5 pages) 71 1 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Clone Yourself

ople think it is wrong? Never theless, natural cloning occurs everywhere. All plants, some insects, algae, unicellular organisms that conduct mitosis or binary fissions, and identical twins are all cl ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.7 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

The Microscope: Science's Greatest Invention?

which are important. The smallest object a human can see with the naked eye is 0.2 mm, for example, algae cells. The light microscope, however, allows us to see things almost 1000 times smaller that w ...

(3 pages) 38 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Life in Antarcitca

o survive in the Antarctic winter, life has evolved and adapted to this environment. Plants such as algae, lichen and mosses can be found beneath an insulating layer of snow or in cracks in rocks whic ...

(2 pages) 29 0 4.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Diatomite

ry rock, that is white and yellowish in color. It is composed of fossilized skeletons of one-celled algae-like plants called diatoms. It is accumulated in marine areas. The Honeycomb sillia structure ...

(5 pages) 2626 0 3.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

How Acid Rain Affects Plants

n also prevents fish from reproducing. Acid also frees metals, which were held in rocks. Plants and algae also get affected from increased acid levels. Trees are also affected by acid rain; the acid r ...

(1 pages) 15 0 5.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Freshwater Biome

ater biome. It is the main way food and energy are obtained by most of the organisms. The plankton, algae, and weeds that produce their own food through photosynthesis are eaten by the smaller fish li ...

(2 pages) 14 0 5.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Carbon Cycle

assimilation and photosynthesis process takes carbon dioxide back from the atmosphere. As we know, algae and other plants need carbon dioxide for photosynthesis so that they can produce carbohydrates ...

(1 pages) 1873 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science