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Plants to Flowers (Plant timeline)

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  Plants introduction     Many people think that they plants we have on the earth now are the plants that were here a hundred years ago. However this in not the case and the plants that we have on the earth now are not the plants that were here a couple years ago. The plants we have seen now have went through years of different evolutions. Before the land plants were not the beautiful flowers you see in your front yard. These plants have evolved and changed through generations and have went through years of evolution. This would have changed how the plants would have looked and even interacted with the earth and nature during that time. Cuticles     First on the plants development timeline is the cuticle. The cuticle is a waxy covering thats covers the outer layer of plants.The development of a cuticle helps a plant to maintain moisture. It also regulates the closing and opening of the stomata which are special pores in the epidermis of the cell. This helps to p...
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Genetics

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  Figure 1- shows the crossing of a blue eyed individual and a brown eyed individual Intro     Have you ever wondered how you and your parents have same or different features.   Why you have curly hair but your parents do not or why you and your siblings have different eye colors. This is due to a little thing called genetics.Your genes are the code for what traits you will receive from your parents   Gregor Mendel was a well known scientist and teacher who used pea plants to show the sharing of genetics through hybridization.(Olby, 2023) He used yellow and green pea plants to cross hybridization. It showed that genes come in pairs and are inherited as a distinct unit one for each parent. This, also, showed that the offspring got traits in a specific pattern. Hybridization is the crossing of two true breed individuals that have different traits.  Traits     A traits is a variation in the physical appearance of a...
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Photosynthesis

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Figure 1- shows the reactants and products of Photosynthesis Introduction     When you get hungry you go to your fridge or pantry and grab whatever you want to eat. But have you ever thought about what do plants do when they get hungry. They cannot just find their own food (their a plant)  Well, plants are called  autotrophs which means they are able to make their own food. More specifically plants are called photoautotrophs which means they use sunlight and carbon to make their own food. They do this through a process called photosynthesis. (Figure 1)Unlike humans who are heterotrophs who cannot complete photosynthesis and have to get energy from other organisms to survive; plants rely on the process of photosynthesis for food. (Biology Dictionary, 2022)     Photosynthesis       Photosynthesis is a process that use sunlight, carbon, and water as a starter reactant which means it goes into the process. Many people believe that ...
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