Heterotrophs

Picture 50 - Here's a picture of my friend Troy and a monkey. The monkey is the heterotroph because it can't make food by itself and eats other things to stay alive.

Organisms in different kingdoms

Picture 48, 49 - Plantae and Animalia. Two different kingdoms. Organisms from each. The Kingdom is split into six groups.

Different types of carbohydrates

Pictures 45, 46, 47 - Rice, Cereal, and Wheat. Carbohydrates are organic compounds consisting of a chain or ring of carbon atoms to which hydrgen and oxygen atoms are attached in a ratio of 2:1 having the generalized formula (CH2O) carbohydrates include sugars, starch anf cellulose.

Homeostasis

Picture 43 - In order to maintain homeostasis during the hot day, my cousins are sweating. Homeostasis is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal physiological environment in an organis. It invovles some form of feedback self regulation.

Picture 44- This picture was taken during the fall. In order to maintain body temperature at a steady rate, my cousin and his friends are wearing light jackets or sweatshirts to keep in their body heat.

Bilateral symmetry

Picture 41 - This is a picture of a leaf. When looked at vertically it is the same exact design on both sides. This leaf was found in my aunt's house. It's a house plant. I don't know what it's called.

Picture 42 - This is another leaf that possesses bilateral symmetry. Bilateral symmetry is when a body design has the right and left halves mirroring each other and have the same images. A bilaterally symmetrical body plan has a top and a bottom, known as the dorsal and ventral portions of the body.

ATP

Picture 39 - Within this plant, the process of photosynthesis is taking place. In order to carry out this process, the plant uses ATP (adenosine triphosphate). This gives the plant energy to carry out its life functions. The picture was taken at my grandma's house.

Picture 40 - This is a picture of a flower. This picture was taken at the park. ATP is a nucleotide consisting of adenine, ribose sugar, and three phosphate groups; ATP is the energy currency of cellular metabolism in all organisms. ATP is helping this flower live.

Autotroph

Picture 37 - This is a picture of an autotroph. It is a plant that was seen at my grandma's house. Autotrophs are able to make food for themselves through the process of photosynthesis. They take in sunlight and water, and carbon dioxide to change it into a useable food scource.

Picture 38 - This is a picture of an autotroph as well. This plant was from outside by a park. It is able to build all the comlex organic molecules that it requires as its own food scource.

Different Biomes

Picture 35 - This is a picture of a stream. In this stream exists crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, and many more animals. Animals also come by this stream to drink from it. A biome is one of the major terrestrial ecosystems, characterized by climatic and soil conditions.

Picture 36 - This picture was taken from the roof top of a building. Birds and other mammals live in these trees. It is a biome and provides its own ecosystem to its inhabitants.

Phloem

Picture 33 - What I aimed for in this picture was the stem in the center of the picture that is running diagonally across the picture. This picture was taken in the park. Phloem is a food conducting tissue basically composed of sieve elements, vasrious kinds of parenchyma cells, fibers, and sclereids.

Picture 34 - This is a picture of the stem as well. Inside this stem exists phloem which is responsible for bringing all the nutrients gathered in the roots around the plant. This picture was taken in the park.

Cambium

Picture 31 - Cambium is a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems and roots, originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood. This picture was taken in a nearby park.

Picture 32 - This picture was taken close to the picture above. The bark has been removed from this tree. Inside this removed bark and wood existed the cambium.

Niche

PIcture 27 - This is a picture of a spider and its web. A niche is the natural habitat of an animal.
This picture was taken by my grandma's house.

Picture 28 - This is a picture of fish. They are living in a pond and it is their natural habitat. The niche an organism occupies is the sum total of all the ways it utilizes the resources of its environment. A niche may be described in terms of space utilization, food consumption, temperature range, approriate conditions for mating, requirements for moisture, and other factors.

seed dispersal

Picture 25 - This is a picture of a butterfly. It was taken while I was walking around outside my grandma's house. Seeds can be dispersed through animals like this because after this butterfly is done feeding on the nectar of the flower, the seeds from the flower might cling onto the butterfly's leg and then brush off somewhere else.

Picture 26 - This is a picture of the flower floating along the water was taken near by a pond. This picture shows that seeds can also be dispersed through water. Water can bring seeds to various areas and spread the species wide and far.

Cuticle layer of a plant

Picture 22 - This picture was taken at my grandma's house. It is a picture of the cuticle layer of a plant. The cuticle layer of a plant is a waxy coating that helps prevent desiccation which is plants losing water to air.

Picture 22 - This is also another plant that belongs to my grandma. Unlike their freshwater ancestors, most land plants have only limited amounts of water available. As an adaptation to living on land plants developed this cuticle layer.

Genetic Variation Within A Population

Picture 21 - This is a picture of two different colors of the same species of flower. These flowers were found near a pond. This shows genetic variation within a population of flowers.

Picture 22 - This picture was taken on the side of a road. My cousin is standing in front of a population of flowers. They are all the same species but have different colors showing that there has been some variations in their genetic makeup.

Flower Ovary

Picture 19 - This is a picture of a flower that was found in the park outside my aunt's home. This picture shows the flower ovary of this flower. The lower part is known as the pistil and the ovary matures the seeds to bear fruit.

Picture 20 - This is another picture of a flower that was found near the first picture. After fertilization, the ovule develops into a seed in the ovary. Sometimes the seed will develop into a fruit, depending on the type of seed.

Anther and Filament of stamen

Picture 17 - This is a picture of a flower with its filament sticking out. The stalk is the filament and the anther bears pollen. Each stamen consists of an anther and filament. This flower was found in a local park.

Picture 18 - This is another picture of the anther and filament of a stamen. The stamen is the male structures of the flower. The filament can't really be seen clearly here, but the long white stalks coming out of the flower and its petals is the filament and the anther is at the other end of the filament. This flower was found in the same park I found the white flower in.

Xylem

Picture 15 - This is a picture of a branch snapped in half. Inside this branch is vascular tissue. This tissue includes two kinds of conductiong tissues. One of these conducting tissues are xylem. Xylem conducts water and dissolved minerals.

Picture 16 - This is the picture of a tree trunk. It was taken by a building. Through this trunk the xylem would transfer water and dissolved minerals to the leaves and branches of the tree.

Gymnosperm Cone

Picture 13 - This is a picture of a gymnosperm cone. This cone is a ovulate cone to be specific and is a female cone. It produces seeds and are typically produced on the upper branches of the same tree that produced male cones, and their scales become woody.

Picture 14 - This is a picture of a pollen bearing cone. It is a male gymnosperm cone and it releases pollen that hopefully gets picked up by the wind and disperses it among the female cones.

Gymnosperm Leaf

Picture 11 - This is a picture of a pine tree's leaves. Notice the needle like shape of the leaves. This is what makes it a gymnosperm leaf. There are four groups of living gymnosperms. Conifers, cycads, gnetophytes, and Ginkgo. All these groups lack the flowers and fruits of angiosperms. In all of them, the ovule, which becomes a seed, rests exposed on a scale and is not completely enclosed by sporophyte tissues at the time of pollination. This pine is a conifer and has tough needlelike leaves produced mostly in clusters of two to five.

Picture 12 - This is another picture of a pine tree. The species of this pine is different than the one I posted right above it. Now to further describe pines...The leaves, which have a thick cuticle and recessed stomata, represent an evolutionary adaptation for slowing down water loss.

Frond

Picture 9 - This is a picture of a fern. Ferns are the most adundant group of seedless vascular plants, with about 11,000 living species. Recent research indicates that they may be the closest relatives to the seed plants. The leaves are referred to as fronds and usually develop at the tip of the rhizome which is a horizontal underground stem with roots emerging from the sides, as tightly rolled up coils.

Picture 10 - This is a picture of another fern hanging over a local pond. This is another example of a frond. Fronds are highly dissected and feathery.

Meristem

Picture 7 - This is a picture of a flower about to bloom. On the sides of the already bloomed flower, two flowers about to bloom are shown. Plants develop by building their bodies outward, creating new parts from special groups of self renewing cells called meristems. As you can see, the two new blooming flowers and jutting out of the already bloomed flower in their effort to grow and develop.

Picture 8 - In this picture is another flower about to bloom. In the center is the flower I'm talking about. This picture was taken in a nearby park. First, the plant grows through early cell division, tissue formation, seed formation, and then meristematic development and morphogenesis. The leaves of the flower have grown and the flower is trying to bloom.

Population

Picture 5 - This is a picture of pine trees. Individual organisms are ogranized into several hierarchicallevels within the living world. The most basic of these is population. This is when a group of organism of the same species live in the same place. This population of pine trees was found in a park outside my aunt's home.

Picture 6 - This is a picture of lilypads. Because it is gathered together like this and it belongs to the same species, it can be called a population of lilypads. This picture was taken by a pond by my aunt's home.

Exoskeleton

Picture 3 - This is a picture of beetles. Exoskeletons surround the body as a rigid, hard case. Arthropods, such as crustaceans and insects, have exoskeletons made of the polysaccharide chitin. An exoskeleton offers great protection to internal organs, resists bending, and provides attachment sites for muscles. However, in order for the arthropod to grow, it must molt and shed its old exoskeleton. During this period, arthropods are vulnerable. Exoskeletons also limit the growth of the arthropod. If these beetles grew to the size of humans, the weight and thickness of the exoskeleton would prevent movement.

Picture 4 - This is the picture of crabs. These crabs are crustaceans that were found along the shore during my stay in Korea. As you can see these crabs are fairly small, showing that the exoskeleton does keep arthropods to a certain size. These crabs were also very quick. Although these crabs are small, because their exoskeleton is also lighter and thinner, it allows for this quick movement.

Ectotherm

Picture 1 - This is a picture of goldfish. These goldfish are ectothermic. This means that they receive their heat from external scources. In addition, homeothermic animals have a constant body temperature and poikilothermic animals have a body temperature that fluctuates with ambient temperature. Reptiles are largely ectothermic poikilotherms.

Picture 2 - This is a picture of an amphibian. This amphibian was found by the shore during my stay in Korea. Just as the goldfish, this amphibian receives its heat from external scources as well, and is a poikilothermic animal that has a body temperature that is largely determined by its surroundings, and fluctuates.