The Story of the Seed

It’s been a while since we saw our plant, but it has grown a significant amount since we last checked on it out in the garden! In order for our plant to have grown, it has been going through three main cell processes which are mitosis, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration. Our plant went through mitosis in order to add on new cells and add biomass. Mitosis is a process in which new cells are reproduced. First, the nuclear membrane in the cell would begin to dissolve and the DNA inside the nucleus would begin to make an exact copy of itself. The DNA copies itself through semi-conservative replication, meaning that the new strand of DNA and the old strand of DNA have both exactly 50% of the original strand. After the DNA is replicated, it then condenses into larger structures called chromosomes. This all occurs during prophase, which is the first stage in mitosis. Once the chromosomes are fully condensed, they then line up vertically in the center of the cell. It is during this stag...

It is now 2018 and our little cabbage plant has grown and is no longer a tiny plant anymore! Our plant has a tiny cabbage growing and there is a couple of holes in the leaves of our plant which are most likely from pests or from the chickens taking bits out of our plant !     Our plant uses photosynthesis in order to get food. Our plant uses carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen and sunlight. These are all used in order for our plant to grow. An organelle called the chloroplast  is responsible for making our planet green and for photosynthesis as well. Water and light energy combines to create oxygen. This then produces air which is needed in order for humans and animals to breathe.The plant then takes in carbon dioxide, and through the Calvin Cycle, it creates glucose which is a type of sugar. With the food, amount of sugar, and material that this plant is producing, it is able to grow because of the fuel that it has been provided with. Through cellular respiration, a...

Part 1               Our plant is growing bigger and adding biomass through cell division, mitosis, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration. This is because the more cells divide the more the plant grows because there are more and more cells.           Through cell division in plants, the cells are in the tissues, so if cells keep duplicating, the more space they will take up. Also with cell division, through mitosis, all of the material like DNA that the cell had was duplicated, therefore, expanding the plant. Through mitosis, all organisms included in a cell are copied, and keep on replicating, taking up space in the plant. DNA replication takes place during mitosis, so there is DNA being constantly added to the plant, forcing it to grow bigger. From interphase all the way through to cytokinesis, the mass is constantly growing larger because of mitosis and the two identical daughter cells being created. During interpha...

It's been about five months since my group began our Story of the Seed project. Our little cabbage baby, which I have nicknamed 'green boi', has grown so much over the past few months. From a tiny seedling to an actual cabbage, our journey has taught me a lot about the process of growing plants, and how plants add more biomass at the molecular level. How does photosynthesis, cellular respiration and mitosis aid in helping our plant grow? Like all plants, my plant grows with the aid of photosynthesis, subsequently with mitosis as well. Photosynthesis provides this plant with it's own food source, with using carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen and sunlight. The chloroplast is responsible for both the green coloring of the plant and the photosynthesis process as well. Water and light energy combines to create oxygen, which provides us as humans the air to breathe. The plant then takes in carbon dioxide, and through the Calvin Cycle, creates glucose (sugar). This sugar is...