https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg AP Bio en-us 2016-08-15 01:47:40 UTC 2023-04-11 13:46:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118225823 By definition a taxi is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, such as light. Taxes are behavioral responses . Below you can see a bug being attracted to the porch light that was turned on. This is a positive taxi, where the organism moves towards the source of stimulation.]]> 2016-08-15 01:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118225823 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118225909 Monocots and dicots have specific characteristics that distinguish the classes. Typically, monocots have an embryo with a single cotyledon, pollen with a single pore, flower parts in multiples of three, and parallel leaf veins. Dicots have two cotyledons, pollen with three furrows or pores, flower parts in multiples of four or five, and reticulated leaf veins.Corn is an example of a common monocot, and an apple is a dicot.]]> 2016-08-15 01:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118225909 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118225970 All carbon based life-forms benefit from the calvin cycle. In plants, the calvin cycle begins at the pores of the leaf. Carbon dioxide enters the stomata and diffuses into the stroma of the chloroplast. The calvin cycle reaction takes place here and it is where sugar is synthesized.Carbon atoms are used to build up three- carbon sugars.]]> 2016-08-15 01:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118225970 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226050 Homologous structures are organs or bones that appear in different animals, yet have anatomical similarities that are from a common ancestor. The human hand and a dogs paw have similar bones, but they aren't necessarily positioned the same way.]]> 2016-08-15 01:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226050 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226128 Carrots use their modified root as a means for survival and adaption. They have large taproots that grows vertically down.These taproots have multiple functions, the main function being storage for carbohydrates. These carrots have been processed for consumption so the taproot is not visible.]]> 2016-08-15 01:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226128 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226190 There are seven main classes of proteins and they are : structural, contractile, storage, defense, transport, signaling, and enzymes. Human fingernails are made up of a protein named keratin. Nails are a structural protein. Eggs have storage proteins in them, which are essentially reserves of metal ions and amino acids.]]> 2016-08-15 01:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226190 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226278 Ethylene is a gaseous compound that can accelerate the ripening prices. It is used commercially to ripen bananas and other fruit.However, ethylene gas is produces naturally by plants.During the development period of bananas, ethylene triggers ripening.]]> 2016-08-15 01:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226278 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226337 Plants are made up of four main polysaccharides : starch, glycogen,chitin, and cellulose. Cellulose is the most abundant organic compound on earth. It is the essential component in cell walls that surround plant cells, and it helps strengthen plant stems and leaves.]]> 2016-08-15 01:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226337 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226404 Cellular respiration takes place in every cell in both plants and animals. Cells in both plants and animals use cellular respiration as a means of converting stored energy into a chemical that individual cells consume. Initially plants create a simple sugar through photosynthesis, than break down that sugar through cellular respiration.]]> 2016-08-15 01:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226404 chasebabuspj https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226500 Predation is of great ecological importance. In predation, one organism kills and consumes another.In the picture below you can see mosquitos and other bugs trapped in the spider's web. It is the Spiders main role in predation to suppress bug and small pests populations. ]]> 2016-08-15 01:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chasebabuspj/xlu9dlewpegg/wish/118226500