Thursday, November 6, 2014

How Does Your Garden Grow?


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Our plant has gotten bigger thanks to mitosis, photosynthesis, and respiration. The plant receives the energy it needs from photosynthesis. This energy comes from the sun and glucose is eventually created. The energy created by photosynthesis is then used to start the cell division where the cells divide into new daughter cells. This process is known as mitosis. This will add biomass as the cells will be creating more duplicates and adding to the original form of the plant. Respiration is where the energy is released from photosynthesis.


Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) would be produced a lot for photosynthesis. These enzymes are categorized as proteins. The information for their creation is in the DNA. First the DNA is unzipped, a complementary copy is made, and then the ribosomes set off to work to look at the codons and add the correct amino acids. Then when the stop is reached,  the enzyme is sent off to start work.

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