When we were first given the seeds for our plants, they were miniscule. The idea that they could grow large and eventually produce food seemed like a fantasy. However, just as promised, our plants have grown larger and larger, and are thriving in the garden. In fact, growth is actually one of the ways in which we can tell that a plant is alive. The plants are showing growth , and this is a characteristic of a living thing. Two other ways in which we can tell that a plant is alive, are its responsiveness and its adaptation. The plants show responsiveness as they change in color. For example, when the plants have been harmed by animals or insects nibbling on their leaves, the leaves turn brown where they have been affected. Another way to tell if the plants are alive is that they adapt to changes in light by moving to face the sun.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Assignment #5
Since we have first planted the kohlrabi plant into the garden, It has taken a purpleish tint to it. The stems and leaves have flourished a lot. I have also noticed that instead of growing upward it is now growing wide. In addition to the size and growth you can tell our plant is still living by measuring its root health. Seeing how many it has and length it is.
- Divina
Student Blog Post Assignment #5: Living or Not?
by Ryan Keeney
Our plants are currently flourishing in the spot where they were planted in the garden. Since we first transplanted the kohlrabi into the garden, the stems have gotten much longer and thicker, as well as taken on a strong purple color. If we wanted to show that the organism was alive in ways other than observing its growth, there are experiments that could be carried out to show that these plants react to external stimuli. For example, one could test if it actively grows towards a light source if isolated in a dark area. Another experiment could be designed to show that the roots of the plant grow towards water.
Our plants are currently flourishing in the spot where they were planted in the garden. Since we first transplanted the kohlrabi into the garden, the stems have gotten much longer and thicker, as well as taken on a strong purple color. If we wanted to show that the organism was alive in ways other than observing its growth, there are experiments that could be carried out to show that these plants react to external stimuli. For example, one could test if it actively grows towards a light source if isolated in a dark area. Another experiment could be designed to show that the roots of the plant grow towards water.
| Our plants are doing quite well |
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Assignment 4
Some abiotic factors the plant relies on includes the sun, soil, water , weather. All these factors support the plants growth and health. Some biotic factors that affect the plant are other plants stealing our plants nutrients and bugs eating the leaves and infecting the plant. Others also include human pollution destroying air and blocking the sun. Some insects do help the plant pollinate and grow. Most try to eat the plant or take its resources.
I know the plants are engaged in competition because two different species are living in the same space and want the same resources. All the plants are competing for nutrients, space, sun, water, and pollinators. The other competitors include weeds, other plant, trees, and bugs.
The winners of competition is the one that lives to grow and reproduce. The loser dies off and gives more nutrients to the others to live. Some times the winner and loser isn't always clear. Sometimes its just the winner lives and the loser dies. Sometimes its unclear who wins and loses because they both still live on and survive but one flourishes and the other doesn't grow as big.
The plant is also in a symbiosis relationship with multiple insects. Bees come and pollinate the plant so it can produce off spring and the bee also gets food so that is mutualism. Sometimes there is parasitism like weeds. Weeds root intp0 the plant and steal its nutrients so it cant grow. All these effect how the plant will grow and produce.
There is secondary succession happening in the garden because there was soil already her and there were weed everywhere. We can see this because more plants are sprouting up besides the ones we planted. They are now a community.
I know the plants are engaged in competition because two different species are living in the same space and want the same resources. All the plants are competing for nutrients, space, sun, water, and pollinators. The other competitors include weeds, other plant, trees, and bugs.
The winners of competition is the one that lives to grow and reproduce. The loser dies off and gives more nutrients to the others to live. Some times the winner and loser isn't always clear. Sometimes its just the winner lives and the loser dies. Sometimes its unclear who wins and loses because they both still live on and survive but one flourishes and the other doesn't grow as big.
The plant is also in a symbiosis relationship with multiple insects. Bees come and pollinate the plant so it can produce off spring and the bee also gets food so that is mutualism. Sometimes there is parasitism like weeds. Weeds root intp0 the plant and steal its nutrients so it cant grow. All these effect how the plant will grow and produce.
There is secondary succession happening in the garden because there was soil already her and there were weed everywhere. We can see this because more plants are sprouting up besides the ones we planted. They are now a community.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Blog Post Assignment #4
There are many factors that can, and do, affect the development of our plant. These factors can be separated into two groups: biotic and abiotic factors. Some examples of biotic factors include animals living in the area, insects, and even other plants. Animals in the area or insects might try to eat the leaves or stem, which will be harmful to the plant. This will affect the plant’s growth negatively. Other plants near our plant can also be affecting its growth, as they create competition for resources such as water. As stated previously, abiotic factors can also have an impact on the plant's development. Some of these factors are: water, sunlight, weather, and soil. If the plant cannot get sunlight and water, it will not be able to perform photosynthesis to create food for itself. This can also have an impact on the plant’s growth.
Our plant is in competition with other plants for the different resources that it needs to survive. We can know this because we already know that both our plants and the other plants all need water, sunlight, and space to grow. These are all sources that are intended to be shared by the plants in the box. However, this is not how it will work out. The plants compete to obtain the full amount resources that they need.
The winners in a competition are the plants that survive and continue being healthy. The losers in the competition are often are not as healthy, or are ultimately dead. It might not always be obvious to outside observers which plant is the winner and which plant is the loser.
There is not only competition in the garden however. There are some relationships between the plants and the animals that can either help, harm, or simply coexist with the plants. For example, the plants might have a parasitism relationship with insects that are eating the plant. This is only benefitting the insects, and not the plant.
Some evidence that proves that succession is happening in the garden is the fact that there is soil and a sort of mulch made from the previous plants old parts after they died.This is secondary succession.
Student Blog Post Assignment #4: An Ecological Analysis of Our Plants
By Ryan Keeney
The abiotic factors that our kohlrabi plants depend on include the amount of sunlight they get, the amount of water they get, as well as the soil they are planted in. Currently, the plants are in a position where they can receive lots of sunlight, and they are watered regularly. Biotic factors that may affect our plants include competition from other plants, including unwanted weeds, as well as insects that may cause damage to the plants.
We know that the plants are in competition with each other because they all require the same things, water, sunlight, and nutrients from the soil. Since the plants are growing close to each other, they are naturally competing for these resources. Our plants are competing with each other, as well as other lab groups' plants. They are also competing with weeds that have grown in the garden which were not planted by humans.
Determining which plants are winners or losers of this struggle for resources is based on which plant is the most successful. Success, however, is sometimes difficult to determine. It is sometimes difficult to define what success is. A plant may not grow as large as the other, but it may spread more seeds and have a higher chance of reproducing than the other. Sometimes, a winner can not be determined at all.
Some interactions which the kohlrabi plants have besides competition include the symbiosis between the roots and the bacteria in the soil, as well as parasitism with the local insects.
Slowly, the garden is becoming covered in plants, where there was once only the remains of dead organisms. This indicates that secondary succession is taking place, as there was already soil in the garden. An ecosystem is slowly developing in the garden where there was once only soil.
The abiotic factors that our kohlrabi plants depend on include the amount of sunlight they get, the amount of water they get, as well as the soil they are planted in. Currently, the plants are in a position where they can receive lots of sunlight, and they are watered regularly. Biotic factors that may affect our plants include competition from other plants, including unwanted weeds, as well as insects that may cause damage to the plants.
We know that the plants are in competition with each other because they all require the same things, water, sunlight, and nutrients from the soil. Since the plants are growing close to each other, they are naturally competing for these resources. Our plants are competing with each other, as well as other lab groups' plants. They are also competing with weeds that have grown in the garden which were not planted by humans.
Determining which plants are winners or losers of this struggle for resources is based on which plant is the most successful. Success, however, is sometimes difficult to determine. It is sometimes difficult to define what success is. A plant may not grow as large as the other, but it may spread more seeds and have a higher chance of reproducing than the other. Sometimes, a winner can not be determined at all.
Some interactions which the kohlrabi plants have besides competition include the symbiosis between the roots and the bacteria in the soil, as well as parasitism with the local insects.
Slowly, the garden is becoming covered in plants, where there was once only the remains of dead organisms. This indicates that secondary succession is taking place, as there was already soil in the garden. An ecosystem is slowly developing in the garden where there was once only soil.
Assignment #4
There are a few factors that affects our plant. First is abiotic factors, this is what the plant relies on. Some are the sun, soil, water, and depending on how the weather is like. These factors help the plant sprout and maintain healthy. Another is biotic factors that affect the plant When other plants competing with our plants for nutrients. Also, the bugs eating the leaves to corrupt the plant. In addition, all this global warming lately is destroying our air and blocking the sun for our plant to nourish. But, there are some insects that do help the plant. Mostly they try to eat the plant or take its resources.
It is clear to me that the plants in competition because it makes sense that two different species are living in the same area and want the same resources. All the plants are competing for nutrients, territory, sun, and water. Other competitors would be weeds, other plant, trees, and bugs.
The vanquisher is the one that gets lives to grow and reproduce. The opposition ends up dying and provides more nutrients to the others that continue to live. On occasion the loser is nit always benifictial. Sometimes its just the winner lives and the loser dies. Other times its unclear who wins and loses because they both still live and survive but one flourishes much more than the other.
The plant is also in a symbiosis relationship. In this with relationship is Bees. They come and pollinate the plant so it can create offsprings. With that the bee also gets food, so that would be a mutualism relationship. Other relationships include parasitism, like weeds. The weeds root go into the plant and steal its nutrients so it cant grow. All of this contributes to how the plant will develop.
There is secondary succession happening in the garden. I know this because there was soil already there. I also observed the weeds spread everywhere. We witness this when plants sprout up besides the ones we planted. Now they can be a community.
The plant is also in a symbiosis relationship. In this with relationship is Bees. They come and pollinate the plant so it can create offsprings. With that the bee also gets food, so that would be a mutualism relationship. Other relationships include parasitism, like weeds. The weeds root go into the plant and steal its nutrients so it cant grow. All of this contributes to how the plant will develop.
There is secondary succession happening in the garden. I know this because there was soil already there. I also observed the weeds spread everywhere. We witness this when plants sprout up besides the ones we planted. Now they can be a community.
Divina Rodriguez
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Student Blog Post Assignment #3
When we observed the growth of our plants this week it was apparent that the seedlings were already starting to grow, and utilize the open area of the planter. The plant has begun to grow and has become slightly more sturdy compared to its flimsy state when it was first transplanted into the garden. The body of the plant is purple whereas the leaves are green.
Our brassica oleracea plant takes part in the water cycle as it absorbs the moisture from the soil but then releases a portion of it again in the transpiration process. This is something that helped our plant to develop, as the water and the nutrients from the soil were absorbed through the roots. The sun helped to evaporate the liquid from the plant and some of the water is re-released back into the atmosphere where it begins the cycle again.
Our plant takes part in the carbon dioxide from atmosphere during photosynthesis. The plant then uses the carbon dioxide to help it grow. This means that when an herbivore goes to eat the plant it also consumes that carbon. Later if that animal or the plant die, the carbon goes back into the atmosphere. For now our plant is taking in the carbon dioxide around it and using it to build up its stem and leaves.
Our plant begins its role by taking in the atmospheric nitrogen after it has been processed by the nitrogen fixing bacteria in the roots of the plant. The plant then uses the nitrogen to assist in growing. The nitrogen is actually a necessary part in creating chlorophyll. Our plant uses the atmospheric nitrogen to create this chlorophyll so it can use it in photosynthesis.
Student Blog Post Assignment #3: Biogeochemical Cycles and Our Plants
By Ryan Keeney
The plants are beginning to grow larger, and the stems are taller. For our plant, the stems are becoming a purple-lilac color. The leaves on the plant are also growing broader.
Our plants participate in the water cycle by taking water out of the ground and bringing it to the leaves, where it evaporates back into the atmosphere.
The plants participate in the carbon cycle by absorbing atmospheric carbon and using photosynthesis to convert it into sugars and oxygen. If the plant is eaten by an animal, the carbon in it will be passed on to the animal. If another animal then eats the herbivore, the carbon will be passed on again. When the plant dies, it decays, releasing CO2 back into the atmosphere. Some carbon in plants is kept out of the carbon cycle temporarily by becoming a fossil fuel.
Atmospheric nitrogen is turned into nitrates by nitrogen-fixing and nitrifying bacteria. These nitrates are taken in through the roots of the plant. After the plant dies, it decomposes and the nitrogen goes back into the soil, where it is either absorbed by other plants or it is converted by denitrifying bacteria and released back into the atmosphere.
The plants are beginning to grow larger, and the stems are taller. For our plant, the stems are becoming a purple-lilac color. The leaves on the plant are also growing broader.
Our plants participate in the water cycle by taking water out of the ground and bringing it to the leaves, where it evaporates back into the atmosphere.
The plants participate in the carbon cycle by absorbing atmospheric carbon and using photosynthesis to convert it into sugars and oxygen. If the plant is eaten by an animal, the carbon in it will be passed on to the animal. If another animal then eats the herbivore, the carbon will be passed on again. When the plant dies, it decays, releasing CO2 back into the atmosphere. Some carbon in plants is kept out of the carbon cycle temporarily by becoming a fossil fuel.
Atmospheric nitrogen is turned into nitrates by nitrogen-fixing and nitrifying bacteria. These nitrates are taken in through the roots of the plant. After the plant dies, it decomposes and the nitrogen goes back into the soil, where it is either absorbed by other plants or it is converted by denitrifying bacteria and released back into the atmosphere.
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| Our plants now |
Assignment 3
This week our plant has grown a couple inches taller and has more and bigger leaves. It is growing more upward more than outward. The leaves were more spread out and the veins were more prominent. The whole plant was purple too.
Our plant contributes the the movement of water in the biosphere by absorbing water and breaking it apart the releasing the oxygen back into the air. The plant then uses the new hydrogen to grow bigger and taller and get more leaves. This is what our plant did over the week and continuously.
Also the plant helps move carbon around the atmosphere. The plant takes the carbon from the sun using photosynthesis. The plant then stores the carbon and uses it to grow bigger. When the plant dies it will be buried the turn into fossil fuels and when we burn those fuels, carbon is released into the air to start over again.
Another cycle my plant contributes in is the nitrogen cycle. My plant absorbs the nitrogen from the soil and then when we eat the plants we absorb the nitrogen from the plant. Then when we defecate the nitrogen goes back into the ground to be used by plants again.
Posted by Zachary Wright
Our plant contributes the the movement of water in the biosphere by absorbing water and breaking it apart the releasing the oxygen back into the air. The plant then uses the new hydrogen to grow bigger and taller and get more leaves. This is what our plant did over the week and continuously.
Also the plant helps move carbon around the atmosphere. The plant takes the carbon from the sun using photosynthesis. The plant then stores the carbon and uses it to grow bigger. When the plant dies it will be buried the turn into fossil fuels and when we burn those fuels, carbon is released into the air to start over again.
Another cycle my plant contributes in is the nitrogen cycle. My plant absorbs the nitrogen from the soil and then when we eat the plants we absorb the nitrogen from the plant. Then when we defecate the nitrogen goes back into the ground to be used by plants again.
Posted by Zachary Wright
Assignment #3
This past week our plant has grew a few inches. It has more and larger leaves. It is growing more skyward than out. The purple veins on the leaves were very much more noticeable as well.Our plant supplies for the movement of water in the biosphere by taking in water and breaking it apart the releasing the oxygen back into the atmosphere. The plant then uses the new hydrogen to flourish and gain more leaves. That is all our plant did over the past weeks.
In addition, the plant helps the carbon circulate in the atmosphere. Using the process of photosynthesis, the plant takes carbon from the sun then stores the carbon and uses it enlarge itself. When the plants life is over it will be buried then turned into fossil fuels. When we burn those fuels, carbon is released back into the air to start over again.
A second cycle my plants apart of is the nitrogen cycle. Our plant consumes the nitrogen from the soil. Then, we eat the plants and take in the nitrogen from the plant. Then when we ejaculate the nitrogen returns into the ground to be used by plants again.
In addition, the plant helps the carbon circulate in the atmosphere. Using the process of photosynthesis, the plant takes carbon from the sun then stores the carbon and uses it enlarge itself. When the plants life is over it will be buried then turned into fossil fuels. When we burn those fuels, carbon is released back into the air to start over again.
A second cycle my plants apart of is the nitrogen cycle. Our plant consumes the nitrogen from the soil. Then, we eat the plants and take in the nitrogen from the plant. Then when we ejaculate the nitrogen returns into the ground to be used by plants again.
Posted by: Divina Rodriguez
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Kohlrabi Transplantation
Plants before transplantation
Digging the holes
Our flag
Transplantation complete!
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