My entire life I’ve always loved gardening and growing indoor plants. I think it’s such a miracle that something so beautiful can evolve from being a tiny, little seed. The problem with growing flowers and plants is you don’t know what nutrients each type of plant needs. For example, I have a bamboo plant in my bedroom and it doesn’t even grow in soil. It grows in little pebbles with water. When I first got it the leaves started turning yellow because I wasn’t giving it the right type of water. As it turned out, bamboo plants are highly sensitive to salts and chemicals in regular tap water, and I discovered it needed distilled water. Although bamboo plants grow in rocks and soil, most plants grow in soil. But the question is what type of soil has the best nutrients for plants to grow in?
Throughout my research project I will be experimenting with two different types of soil, sterile potting soil and regular potting soil, to test my question of whether plants grow better in sterile potting soil or regular potting soil. My hypothesis is that plants will grow better in sterile potting soil.
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Plants go through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which water, carbon dioxide, and light create oxygen and glucose for plants to grow. Water and light go through light dependent reactions. In the light dependent reactions, ADP and NADP+ are converted into ATP and NADPH, which are energy carriers. The product of light dependent reactions is oxygen, which they release some into the air and use some for cellular respiration. In light independent reactions, also referred to as the Calvin Cycle, the ATP and NADPH created in the light dependent reactions are used to create glucose. With the glucose they produce, they transform it into energy, for growth, through cellular
Photosynthesis consists of two stages, the light reactions and the dark reactions. The light reactions convert light into energy (ATP and NADHP) Occurs in thylakoid stacks of grana Sunlight is converted into ATP (free energy containing molecule) and NADPH (high energy electron carrying molecule) Chlorophyll absorbs light energy and starts a chain of
+ ATP Although plants and animals have different methods of obtaining glucose, the cell respiration process occurs in both types of organisms. Many external factors in the environment may affect the organism's’ rate of respiration such as the temperature of the surrounding,
Introduction The purpose of this lab was to test one type of grass and four different types of soil in order to figure out which grass will grow tallest in 21 days. The hypothesis states that The Perennial Rye Grass will grow taller in the Miracle-Gro Organic Potting Mix than the other three grasses when given water over 21 days. The independent variable is the soil, the dependent variable is growth measured in height, and the control variables are as follows: 21 days of data collection, 1.5 mL of water a day, sunlight from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in greenhouse, temperature is about 70o F, 200ml of soil in each planter, five drainage holes made with a probe, .25 grams of seed, 1 cm into the soil, watered with 1.5ml twice a day and measured after the
The purpose of this lab was to measure the amount of CO2 gas given off by germinated peas under certain conditions of light. We conjectured that the more amount of light the peas are exposed to, the higher the respiration rate they will have. Our data supported this because it showed that the germinated peas that were exposed to light 24 hours before the experiment had a steeper slope (as seen in table 1), therefore having a greater respiration rate. The peas that were not exposed to any light 24 hours before the experiment had a reduced rate because of its lack of exposure to light. Both pea’s respiration rates showed that the more light the peas were exposed to, the greater respiration rate they would have (Figure 1).
The process of photosynthesis is vital for the survival of most life on Earth. Without photosynthesis plant life would be unable to create its own food and sustain themselves causing them to die. Earth would lack the oxygen and energy that plant life provides. Producers are the main source of energy for living organisms because they can directly absorb light energy and turn it into chemical energy. Animals then eat the plants which give them a portion of that energy.
How do some Archaea generate ATP using light? Under what conditions? Can they also make NADH by the same process? Some Archaea generate ATP using light by using a protein called bacteriorhodopsin.
Is this drought going to be the end of farming in California? If California’s agricultural industry doesn 't get any water, then California farming will be a thing of the past. Farmers need more water or many people will lose their jobs, businesses that depend on farming (grocery stores) will fail, and the rest of the country also won’t get fruit from California. First of all, if farmers don’t get enough water for their farms, then the employees that work on those farms will have to be let go (fired). In the serious informational text, “A Drought For Business: How Water Shortages Will Impact Your Bottom Line”, by Ashtyn Douglas, posted on May 27, 2015, tells from a farmer’s view how the drought affects agriculture, but really it is about how
All organisms use food molecules, like glucose to produce ATP. The production of ATP occurs during cellular respiration. ATP provides the cells with energy that is necessary to produce oxygen. The seeds/plants are autotrophic organisms, which produce their food from the energy that the light provides them. To release the stored energy within the food molecules, the germinated seeds carry out respiration and the release of carbon dioxide.
It's important that we take care of the environment. We want a nice healthy plant not the
Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts; green organelles inside plant cells. The thylakoid inside Chloroplasts absorb the sunlight energy needed for photosynthesis. The pigment in the thylakoid absorbs light; however, plants reflect green light. This gives plants their color. If different colors of light are shown on spinach leaves and CO2 consumption is measured, then the spinach leaves given green light will consume the least amount of CO2 due to reduced photosynthesis activity.
To have a healthy plant with good roots, you must cultivate the soil.
photosynthesis and cellular respiration are extremely important in the cycle of energy to sustain life simply because nutrients would not metabolize in a productive manner. Both have numerous stages in which the process of energy occurs, and relationships with organelles located in the eukaryotic cell. Photosynthesis is a process by which green plant and other organism manufacture their food using sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water while cellular respiration is the oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells, producing energy for cellular processes. Photosynthesis occurs within organelles called chloroplasts. These organelles can absorb light, and are located inside of leaves.
Introduction: Photosynthesis is a process where plants and other organisms transform the radiant energy of sunlight into the chemical energy of high-energy compounds by converting carbon dioxide and water into the simple sugar glucose. However, this process is not as simple as it seems. Photosynthesis occurs in two stages. The first stage is light dependent reactions and the second stage is light independent reactions. Each plant also has its own way to go through photosynthesis which is what makes plants different from one another.
The water moves up the roots against gravity through the dead xylem cells without the assistance of a pump. Water is absorbed by the plant through the roots through the process of osmosis, which then exits the plant through the openings of the leaves, known as the stomata. Water is able to move up the roots of the plants by cohesion and adhesion. This is an important process that plants must go through in order to obtain H+ ions from the water which are required to perform photosynthesis.
Introduction Plants are a major necessity in the balance of nature, people’s lives, and our terrain. We may not realize it, but plants are the ultimate source of food for almost 95% of the world population so says the National Group of Food. It’s a fact that over 7,000 species of plants are being consumed today. Plants are one of the reasons that we get clean water; as they help regulate the water cycle.