Friday, July 23, 2010



This spider is an example of an arthropod. An arthropod is an invertabrate having joined limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeloten made of chitin. This spider is an arthropod because your can see the segmented body and legs.







this pod is an example of fruit dry with a seed. Fruit is the matured ovary of a flower and in this case the pod is an example of the fruit with the pod being the protection for the seed.





This petunia has a TON of pollen in the center. (you may not be able to see it but its there) Pollen is the fine spores that contain male gamates created by the anthers of seed plants in flowering plants.















This lemon is an example of fruit fleshy with seed. The fruit is the matured ovary of a flower and the flesh is meant to protect the seeds like in this lemon!


These begonias are examples of autotrophs. An autotroph is an organism that obtains organic food molecules by use of the suns energy to make organic molecules from inorganic ones. Plants that use photosynthesis like these begonias are examples of autotrophs.


A conifer leaf is the leaf of a cone bearing tree of the pine family, it is usually an evergreen and needle bearing. You can see in this picture that there are not typical leaves like alot of trees but needles.





This is an example of a deciduous oak tree. Decidous leaves are leaves that shed at the end of a growing season and regrow and the beginning of the next. They shed their leaves to save energy during the winter. These trees are not needle bearing and have woody stems.


The stems of these petunias are and example of herbaceous stems. Herbaceous stems are the stems of a plant lacking any woody stem. Many are flowering plants you would find in a garden and may have various medicinal purposes.



The stems on this tree are examples of woody stems. Woody stems are presistant main stalks typically rising above the ground and is the support for the plant and may grow leaves or flowers.




This picture of a rose bush is an example of a plant with a thorn. A thorn is a modified branch in the form of a sharp woody spine. The thorns help protect the plant and can actually do some damage.

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