An ecosystem is made up of a community of plants and animals and the environment that supplies them with raw materials for life. It can be as big as a forest stretching across a continent and as small as a tidal pool. The three major living ecosystems focused on are the mountainous regions, hot, dry deserts, and the tropical rainforests.
The conditions necessary to grow plants always depend on each plant. Not all plants are alike. They are all different and vary in color, shape, size, and how they live and produce food; yet they all have a few things in common. They all need water, food, and sunlight to stay alive and healthy, though, all plants need different amounts.
Factors of the environment can be good to plants, as well as bad. Just as penguins reproduce during the harshest weather of the arctic (to be sure of their young's survival in the better conditions), some plants do as well. Plants don't seek the survival of their offspring as animals do.
Some factors beneficial to the survival of plants are: rain, fertile soil, open areas allowing sunlight to reach the plants, and more. Plants in their natural environments, away from civilization, need rain to survive. Rain is every plant's main water source because there are no sprinklers or water systems in the wild.
Sunlight and soil help to restore minerals to the plant. It also helps it produce food. Without fertile soil, a plant is unable to grow, for its roots cannot soak in the minerals. Plants would also not be able to survive without sunlight because, for most plants, it is their source to carry out photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process of producing food and energy, by a plant, from the sun's rays.
The main two factors that may harm plant growth are: little water and little sunlight. More factors that may harm it are that of wind, cold weather, too much water, and too much sunlight.
The Rainforest and Plants Within .
Rainforests are found mostly near the equator because temperatures there are a lot higher.
Rainforest Report Plants There are many plants living on the Forest floor. Some plants are very tiny and some plants are as big as the trees. ... The plants have leaves that let the rain drip off because if they don't, it will brake the stalk of the plant if the water gets too heavy. ... Another type of plant is called Bamboo. ... Some vines, like the Liana, are climber plants. ...
Companies that are publicly traded make their annual financial reports available to the public once they have been completed. A review of the Kroger Company's 2012 financial report, more specifically the income statement and the balance sheet, will show where those finances are coming from and going. ... They are listed as follows: Cash and temporary cash investments, Deposits in-transit, Receivables, FIFO inventory, LIFO reserve, Prepaid and other current assets, Property, plant and equipment, net, Goodwill, and Other assets (Kroger Co., 2012). They are classified as current assets, pro...
In 1970, a scientist named Norman Bourlaug bred wheat plants with short stems with wheat plant that had long stems, thus creating a wheat plants with a medium sized stem. ... The opposition has been fueled by media reports that only reported half of the story. In 1999, reports emerged saying that pollen from genetically modified corn had been killing monarch caterpillars. ... A report came out later however, proving that the caterpillars did not die as a result of eating contaminated pollen, but the media decided not to run with that story.... They then take genes from these plants in infuse t...
This report will look at two different species of plants that function differently to each other. I will show reasons as to why these plants go about reproducing in diverse ways. ... The difference between ferns and flowering plants is, flowering plants are capable of exploiting much more habitats, due to them not being dependent on water for reproduction. ... Flowering plants are not dependent on water for fertilisation. ... Insects and birds are also vital to flowering plants, they transfer seed to same species plant. ...
Introduction In this report I am going to discuss the adaptations of 3 plants groups: xerophytes, hydrophytes and mesophytes relating to plant water balance and I will discuss how these adaptations allow the plant to survive in it's ecological niche. An ecological niche can be defined as the way of life of an organism in it's ecosystem, which allow it to survive and live successfully. 1Each of the three plant groups listed above have different ecological niches for example: xerophytes are able to survive in dry and humid conditions such as deserts, mesophytes can survive in habitats ...
Executive Summary - Valuation of Manufacturing Plant of American Chemical Corporation (ACC) Problem Statement This report discusses; 1- Determination of weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cash flows and NPV of ACC's Collinsville Plant with and without Laminate technology. 2- Evaluation of plant's acquisition proposal on economic grounds. 3- Evaluation of plant's acquisition proposal on strategic grounds. 4- Strategic issues associated with the proposal. 5- At the given price and terms, should the proposal accepted. ... Without laminate technology, present value of 10 years...
The Nuclear Accident in Chernobyl The day-care centre was located just two miles away from Chernobyl, a nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. ... Severe cracks have been reported, yet thousands of people continue to live and work there. ... The Ukrainian government simply explains, "it can't afford to close the plant and permanently seal the tomb without billions in Western aid.... If I was a leader of their country, there is no way I would even think of re-opening the plant. ... Even though the population is now mostly elderly people, and workers at the plant, local doc...
The Chernobyl plant did not have the massive containment structure common to most nuclear power plants elsewhere in the world. ... The core in the Shoreham plant was made of ceramic fuel pellets. ... The nature uranium fuel that are used in a commercial power plant make it chemically impossible for a plant to explode like a bomb. (Shoreham safety report) To create a chain reaction, that would be required for a nuclear explosion. ... (Shoreham safety report) These pellets would only melt at extremely hot temperatures. ...
International Financial Reporting Standards The IFRS is a financial reporting standard that resulted from increased globalization where the economy was involved in improved international trade and shareholding (Shamrock, 2012). ... According to the International Financial Reporting Standards, financial reporting is directed towards exposing the financial performance and position of business organizations (Shamrock, 2012). ... Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment are terms in financial reporting that describe an account in a balance sheet. The property, plant, and equipme...