The Story of the Seed

Cell Analogies Presentation, by Sydney Stitt (period 1) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i9Ej07TiuXyDhcl2-2PqRRT3iKUo3iYoQGKH7hKgRRQ/edit#slide=id.p

This week, we noticed that our plant was consistently growing both in height and in width. There were a few bites taken out of our Brassica oleracea plant, and it is growing wider as well. The leaves are growing larger, and fanning outwards. Our plant has a total of nine leaves as of today, two more leaves than it last had about 2 ½ weeks ago. Our cabbage plant is taking up more room in the plant area, and spreading out its roots. In the biosphere, plants play a large role in the water cycle, much like our cabbage plant. As water precipitates, or falls from the sky as rain, it is absorbed and taken into the soil. After the water is absorbed in the soil, the plant’s roots take the water into its stem and leaves for purposes such as photosynthesis, to make food, and cellular respiration, where the plant releases the water back to the atmosphere. Throughout this week, our plant has used the water cycle through photosynthesis, where the plant takes sunlight, water, and carbon dioxid...

Student Blog Post Assignment 3 : Biochemical  Cycles and My Plants - Jessica Serrano For the last following week, I have noticed that our plant has been getting taller each and everyday. Our cabbage plant did have some bites taken out of t due to the chickens we live next door. This however did not severely affect our plant’s long large leaves which increase the width of our plant. The leaves are so long that they seem to spread out outward. We have seen the most growth in our plant through how long the leaves of our plant are. Our cabbage plant plays a major role in the water cycle just like many other plants in our biosphere. Precipitation cause water to fall from the sky as rain, hail, or snow. Since, San Jose, California doesn’t receive much snow or hail the water falls as rain. It is then absorbed by the soil which is surrounding our plant. This then cause our plant’s roots to soak up the water and carry it throughout the plant, such as to the leaves and stem. This wa...

Student Blog Post Assignment 4 : An Ecological Analysis of the Garden And My Plants - Jessica Serrano As we see our plant continue to grow more and more we realized that some abiotic and biotic factors are are affecting its survival in a positive and sometimes negative way.  Some biotic factors that affect our plants are animals such as the chickens , decomposers, and bacteria. Decomposers break down some of the dead plant molecules which can then turn into nutrients. Animals mainly herbivores eat upon our plants, leaving bite marks on our planet. Our plants are also in competition with other plants. Other plants may block our plant from sunlight and cause it to have a minimal growth. They may also be competing for space in our designated area of Story o the Seed Plants. This may also cause our plant to be limited in growth due to a shortage of space. Due to these limiting factors, some “winners” and “losers” are found in this situation. This all depends on how big th...

Abiotic factors that our plants depend on is sunlight, precipitation, temperature, soil, and space. These factors are main parts of the development of our plants because the sunlight and soil play a part in photosynthesis with our plant. Also, the precipitation and space are major parts of the growth for our plant because our plant needs space for its roots to expand along with the plant and for the plant to actually grow, water is required so irrigation, or precipitation is needed. Biotic factors that our plants depend on are parasites, other organisms, and their role with these organisms whatever they may be. This is because without some sort of competition or another organism having to do with our plant, the plant will be on its own, not receiving or losing anything from other plants, making it difficult for our plant to thrive. We know that our plants are engaged in competition because there are other plants growing in the same garden bed wanting to take up their own space...

Biogeochemical Cycles and Our Plants I noticed that our plants are continuing growing, and there are small holes in the middle of them. We assume that this is because of bugs or chickens, as our plant is in the garden area, in the sight and a close distance to the chickens. Our plant is growing outwards and spreading, getting larger, both vertically and horizontally, but its shape expanding as well. It is still green and long, kind of in a bunch, but starting to break apart, using a small amount of space in the garden bed. Our plants participate in the movement of water in the biosphere because of transpiration, our plants give off water in the water cycle, and our plants receive water, which spreads through soil and helps both itself and other plants grow. Our plants roles in the water cycle relates to the changes that we observed in our plant because of the absorption of water from the soil, our plant has grown much larger and is occupying more and more space in the garden b...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=15FgfSZXN93BTQB28XBD6kGfFrH3DlkSs About cohesion, adhesion and surface tension. Finished by 11/10/17, posted later.

Mysteries of Water, by Grace Slone and Sydney Stitt Demonstration of cohesion vs adhesion https://youtu.be/aQeDqnAFWaQ

Our plant has grown a tremendous amount over the past few weeks. This constant growth is dependent on many abiotic and biotic factors, such as sunlight, precipitation, and carbon dioxide. Sunlight, precipitation and carbon dioxide are important elements to the photosynthesis process. Since all plants are autotrophs, plants will completely depend on photosynthesis to create their own nutrient, thus, to survive. Some biotic factors that affect our plant are animals, bacteria, decomposers, and other organisms. Plants mainly recieve nitrogen through bacteria in the soil, as they cannot absorb it through the air. Decomposers break down some of the dead/dying plants molecular level. Organisms (specifically herbiviores, as they are the ones to eat the plants) will feast upon the plants. Other animals also can trample on the plants, breaking the structure and stopping it from growing properly. Almost every single organism engages in competition. This also includes our own plant. Due to t...

This week, we noticed that our plant was consistently growing both in height and in width. There were a few bites taken out of our Brassica oleracea plant, and it is growing wider as well. The leaves are growing larger, and fanning outwards. Our plant has a total of nine leaves as of today, two more leaves than it last had about 2 ½ weeks ago. Our cabbage plant is taking up more room in the plant area, and spreading out its roots. In the biosphere, plants play a large role in the water cycle, much like our cabbage plant. As water precipitates, or falls from the sky as rain, it is absorbed and taken into the soil. After the water is absorbed in the soil, the plant’s roots take the water into its stem and leaves for purposes such as photosynthesis, to make food, and cellular respiration, where the plant releases the water back to the atmosphere. Throughout this week, our plant has used the water cycle through photosynthesis, where the plant takes sunlight, water, and carbon dioxid...