From cloned animals to herbicide-resistant seed, science-based technologies have never had a larger influence on agriculture than they are today and will likely continue to have in the future. The technological advancements in agriculture between 1960 and 1990 are often referred to ...

In my science experiment, it will be discussing, if mold grows faster in dark, wet or warm climate. I will be testing it with cheese. In my experiment I will be using the space in my house to test this. I will be putting some cheese in the basement. For the wet it will be put in a plastic bag with w...

The Living World How often is the soul of man, especially that of the child, deprived because one does not put him in contact with nature. There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees, and all the life to be found around them, in a real fore...

Australia has an alarming amount of endangered and extinct species compared to the rest of the world. Biologists have listed all plants and animals that they know are at risk of extinction in Australia. These are called endangered species. The list includes 10 species of fish, 12 frogs, 13 reptiles...

Diversity EssayAmerican biologist R. H. Whittaker in 1959 described a classification system of five primary kingdoms: plants, animals, fungi, protists, and monera. Kingdom animalia cover all taxonomic kingdom all living or extinct animals, an example of an animal is a human. Humans thrive off of on...

Ecology PaperOn the Planet Venus there is an eco system which produces food and makes food for all the animals on the planet. I am going to tell u about some of the animals and what part they have in this system. There are producer, consumers, carnivores, omnivores , and herbavores. Some of the Prod...

Pollution in our oceans is a serious problem. According to Marie Wild in her article "Ocean Pollution", "Ocean pollution is one of the major killers of our sea animals.". Most of the waste that is dumped is plastic, which takes hundreds of years to break down (Oceanic Research Foundation [ORF]). ...

Desert EcosystemsDesert ecosystems are one of the most extreme and diverse ecosystems of them all. Everything from the harsh climate changes, the animal inhabitants, and their creation make them the most unique. Even though this ecosystem is very intimidating it is very week. In this report we wi...

Tropical rainforests cover about 6% of the Earth's total land surface. They are mainly located around the belt at the equator. The climate of the rainforest is warm most of the year and has a lot of rain through most of the year. The climate is perfect for animals and plant growth. Even though the r...

The taiga is the largest biome. The taiga is primarily a coniferous forest like the temperate rainforest, but the taiga is located between 50 degrees latitude north and the Arctic circle. Many coniferous trees grow in the taiga. The taiga has fewer animal species than the tropical or temperate decid...

Greg Coffta Bio190/Costa Rican Adventures11/30/1999Part IBanana: Bananas were most likely picked up by the European traders in Southeast Asia when in search for spices. Soon, as the discovery of the Tropics arrived, traders took bananas to Central America.Breadfruit: this fruit commonly grows among...

VIDEO REPORT-A PORTRAIT OF EARTH-NEW WORLDS1.The earth is said to be in a state of perpetual change, meaning everything is constantly changing. Some examples of these changes are:·Volcanos are constantly erupting and by this they are changing the landscape around them.·Continental drift is happeni...

Ever wonder how life was created on earth and how we became what we are today? Was earth created by God or by the stars? Were we created by God's hand or did we evolve from apes? Throughout my life, I only know two ways how life, man, and earth we created. One of the ways is through my Catholic ...

TaxonomyTaxonomy is a branch of biology that pertains to the classification of organisms and their natural relationship to one another. There are seven categories: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, and Species. Carlos Linnaeus designed this system. In this paper, I will describe the ...

Endangered species are living things whose population is so reduced that they are threatened with extinction. Thousands of species are included in this category. The International Union for the Conservation of nature and Natural Resources publishes a list of threatened mammals, birds, reptiles, amph...

The definition of a deciduous forest is a biome characterized by the presence of trees that lose their leaves in the fall. I chose to narrow down this subject a little and do my report mainly on the Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest. It is mainly dominate in eastern North America. It is very well...

The Age of DinosaursThe "Age of Dinosaurs" also known as the Mesozoic Era began over 245 million years ago. It was divided into three periods call the Triassic (245 to 208 million years ago), Jurassic (208 to 145 million years ago), and the Cretaceous (145 to 66 million years ago). The earth durin...

Modern algae are decendents of early photosynthetic eukaryotes which began to appear on the Earth over 1.5 million years ago. Algae are classified into six divisions based on their photosynthetic pigments, reserve food supply, and cell wall composition. In these six divisions of algae, three group...

COASTAL SAGE ECOSYSTEMThe coastal sage scrub ecosystem that we researched in is a community of soft chaparral plants, which evolved either from trees or herbs in dry climates most similar to that of a Mediterranean shrub land. The climate has hot, dry summers with at least one month of protracted d...

Milfoil in the NorthwestIn Northern Idaho weed infestations of lakes, rivers, and streams have been increasing over the last few years. Doug Freeland is the Northern Idaho expert on a particular type of underwater weed, milfoil, that is rapidly spreading through many freshwater sources in Idaho as w...

Chlorophyll is the green pigment inside of plants that give them their characteristic green color. Chlorophyll absorbs violet -blue and orange- red light from the sun needed for photosynthesis. Composed mostly of carbon and hydrogen it is a necessary compound used in the complex process that a...

Angiosperms are flowering plants. Angiosperms are the biggest group in the plant kingdom. They have true roots, stems, leaves and flowers. They also have seeds. The seeds are formed when an egg is fertilized by pollen in the ovary. The ovary is within the flower. The flower contains the male or fema...

Christine Sweeney Luther BurbankLuther Burbank was born the thirteenth of 15 children in Lancaster,Massachusetts on March 7, 1849. He was a sensitive, shy boy with a curiosityabout the outdoors. His cousin, Professor Levi Burbank, took him on longwalks in the woods t...

The Plantae includes all land plants: mosses, ferns, conifers, flowering plants, and so on-an amazing range of diverse forms. With more than 250,000 species, they are second in size only to the arthropoda. The most striking, and important, feature of plants is their green color, the result of a pigm...