Friday, July 23, 2010

Collected items for AP Bio

An organism that is capable of making and storing food using the sun (or another nonliving) energy sources. Plants are autotrophs because they use water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from the sun to make the complex sugars they use as food.


Mammals, birds, and reptiles give birth to amniotic eggs, which contain a yolk to nourish the developing organism. Amniotic eggs protect the developing organism, as well as aid in gas and energy exchange. This shows a picture of a regular chicken egg. Chicken eggs are amniotic since it describes an egg has an amnion.

Annelid is roundish, wormlike organism having long, segmented bodies, a brain and ventral nerve cord, and a closed circulatory system. This picture shoes a picture of a earthworm which was found near my house. This earthworm has circular rings across its whole body and its round.

Exoskeleton the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs. Ants have a outer shell which makes them a common example of a exoskeleton.
Plants have adaptations to help them survive (live and grow) in different areas. Obviously this plant does not grow inside a house but the plant adapted so it can survive in a different environment

Fleshy Fruits with seeds can be subdivided into those formed from a single flower and those formed from a group of flowers. This fruit has fleshy surface with seeds inside.

Dry Fruits can be divided into those in which the seeds are contained in a seedpod of some sort which opens to release the seeds and those in which there isn't a seedpod which opens. This is a almond which is a seed from a fruit.


Pollen is tiny grains made by the male part of a flower. In order for seeds to form, pollen must reach the female part of the. Insects such as bees help this process by carrying pollen between flowers as they feed. This just shows pollen which i found near my house and they pollen is using for pollination


Thorns represent the modification of an axillary shoot system in which the leaves are reduced. This is a close-up of a thorn plant that i found in North Jersey. This plant uses its thorns to keep away herbivores


A pollinator is the biotic agent that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization. This bee would take pollen from other plants and pollinate.

1 comment:

  1. Nice examples. Your plant adaptation needs to be a specific adaptation, not just a statement that plants have adaptations. What allows bamboo to grow so well?

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