Science - Reproduction (continued)

~Asexual production~

What is asexual reproduction? 

-  Asexual reproduction is when a off spring is produced by a single parent, it will gather all of the genes that its parent has.

How it occurs/happens?

- In plants & animals it can occur in a variety of forms such as budding (Budding is when a bud from one plant is transferred and grown on another plant to become one whole plant)  

What are different types of asexual reproduction in plants and animals?

- ~In plants~             ~In animals~
* Runners                  * Budding
* Bulbs                      * Fragmentation
* Tubes                     

What are the benefits of asexual reproduction for plants and animals?

- ~In plants~                                       ~In animals~
* No need for a mate                           *Animals dont need to hold off springs for a excessive amount of time                                                     *  Can expand the population
* Plant can get all the genes and characteristics
of its parent 

Science - Photosynthesis

In science we also learnt about photosynthesis!

What is photosynthesis? - Photosynthesis is a process that plants use, they do this to collect energy from the sunlight!

What are the substances required?  - Google definition - During this reaction, carbon dioxide and water are converted into glucose and oxygen. The reaction requires light energy, which is absorbed by a green substance called chlorophyll. Photosynthesis takes place in leaf cells. These contain chloroplasts, which are tiny objects containing chlorophyll.

What is the chemical equation for it? -  6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy = C6H12O6 + 6O2.

What is the word equation for it? - Carbon dioxide + water --- Carbohydrate + oxygen + Energy = photosynthesis

Substance formed? - Google definition - During this reaction, carbon dioxide and water are converted into glucose and oxygen. The reaction requires light energy, which is absorbed by a green substance called chlorophyll. ... The stored starch can later be turned back into glucose and used in respiration. Oxygen is released as a by-product of photosynthesis.

Structure and importance of leaf? - The importance of the leaf is not for us humans but for the trees they belong to, leafs collect sunlight and go through the process of photosynthesis so the tree can get food.

Science - Cells

Science - cell

In science we learnt about cells, things like their structure and functions of the organelles, and living and non-living!

Living and non-living things? - Living things have cells while non-living has none, living things breathe, grow, and move and consume foods which are all key traits to what makes something Living, Non-Living things cant do these things, take a car for example, sure it can move and it requires food but it cant grow therefore it is a non-living, now take a Human for example, is it Non-Living Or Living? Of course it would fall under the living category because it has all the traits of a living things, it breathes, grows, and consumes foods, and can move!

Cell structure? - You many think cells are all just circle but in fact the cell that resides in the plants are squared like this - 

Notice how the plant cell is very squared while the animal cell is circle! Also you can see that in the plant cell the Vacuole is much bigger than in the animal cell, though sometimes the Vacuole almost never shows in the animal cell!

Functions of cell parts? 

Nucleus - This is the control centre, it controls all activity in the cell

Cytoplasm - Jelly like substance that fills the cell holding the rest of the organelles 

 Cell membrane - This controls what comes in and what goes out

Cell wall - Hold the cells shape and strengthens it

Mitochondria - Energy of the cell

Chloroplast - Absorbs light for photosynthesis