Plants are the lifegivers of the planet. They play an important role within our ecosystems, and they have uncanny ways in which they do this. They are called producers, as they produce oxygen for us to breathe, and also provide sources of food in terms of salads, nuts and also some flowers. Plants require sunlight in order to survive, so without our Sun, they will not be able to photosynthesise.
The function of plants is fairly simple, but at the same time, quite complex. They are producers and require the sun to properly work.
There are different parts of a plant, and they each serve a purpose or function.
Photosynthesis is a process that enables a plant to grow, get energy and also provide oxygen to the atmosphere.
Once glucose has been created through the process of photosynthesis, it is used for growth and repair.
There are many factors that limit or enable photosynthesis.
Plants need to reproduce in order to make more, or to survive and live the following year.
There are living and non-living factors that affect photosynthesis.
Osmosis is a process that moves concentration from one area to another, but it uses a semi-permeable membrane. Diffusion is the same, but doesn't require the membrane and can happen anywhere.
The opposite of Osmosis and diffusion, active transport moves molecules from outside to the inside of a cell, using energy to do so.
Endothermic reactions pull heat into it, whereas exothermic reaction pushes heat out of it.
Humans conduct respiration on a cellular level, and the process is similar to how plants respire.
Transpiration is similar to evaporation, but where excess water is released from plants to go into the water cycle.
Tropisms is the direction that everything moves. Roots know to move into the ground, and the shoots of a plant know to move above ground.
Plants can get diseases just like humans can, and this can limit things like growth and photosynthesis.
Plants have a few tricks up their sleeves when it comes to combatting diseases.
Genetic modification happens because we want plants to grow to their full potential, sometimes to give us a bigger yield of crops or to be resistant to diseases.
Charles Darwin was a naturist that made us understand the evolution and origin of species.
An American geneticist, McClintock discovered that chromosomes can shift pattern to activate or deactivate the next one.
Considered the father of modern genetics, Gregor Mendel researched the way dominant and recessive genes worked.
A British naturist, Wallace depicted an imaginary line that shows evolution between two distinct types of biome.
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
