Photosynthesis

This is the picture of photosynthesis I drew.

Plant Classification

There are so many different kinds of plants all around the world. One of the things I was wondering is how all of these plants are classified. So I did some research and here is what I found:

All plants belong to something called the Plant Kingdom. The Plant Kingdom is one of the 5 kingdoms of living things. Plants are classified into smaller groups, according to shared characteristics. All plants share certain features and they are made up of many cells. Plants produce their own food by a chemicalprocess called photosynthesis using water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight. They also produce oxegen into the air.

Plant Experiment

Today in school, we checked on our plants. I took some pictures of the plants.

Cup #1 Distilled Water. This plant is still going pretty well, but has faded a little bit. It has no nutrients (food), so I think that it is going to die soon like I said in my previous post. 

Cup #2 Nitrogen and Potassium. This plant has faded a great bit, it is almost clear.

 Cup #3 Secondary Macronutrients. This plant has gotten brown. The top of the plant, however, looks okay. The preseason that the bottom part of the plant is brown is because it is being drowned in the liquid. It is pushed down under the water. It lacks air, and needs more sunlight.

Cup #4 Phosphorus. This plant is almost clear.

Checking On Our Plants

On Friday, we checked on our plants. I took some pictures of them. We ran out of time to do this on Friday so I did it on Monday

Cup number one got bigger. It seems to be growing very well. Although, I think that it will die down in the near future because it lacks most of the nutrients that plants need to grow. It is kind of like if you wake up in the morning, and run out of time to eat breakfast. You go to school, or do what ever you have planned for that day. You are fine at the beginning of the day, but then it all catches up to you, and you don't feel so good. If you continue on like this, you will get sick and not grow. I think that something close to this is going to happen to plant number one. Just like humans, plants need nutrients to grow, and live

We didn't notice many changes in cup number two. It is lacking a little bit of color though.

We did not notice many changes in cup number three.

We noticed some changes in the fourth cup. The fourth cup's plant has some holes in it as you can see in the picture below. This is the cup that contains phosphorus.

Plant Nutrition

During class today, we did started an experiment involving plants. Mr. Ampuja provided us with 4 clear plastic cups. We then numbered and labeled the 4 cups with what to put in them. We then filled them with the correct liquid, and put a baby plant in.

Cup #1 Distilled Water

 Cup #2 Nitrogen and Potassium

 Cup #3 Secondary Macronutrients

Cup #4 Phosphorus

What do plants need?

Today in class, I made a mind map. Here is the mind map I made.

Plant and Animal Cells

I have already compared plant and animals, but I thought I would go a little deeper and compare plant and animal cells. From my research, I have learned that animal cells do not have a cell wall or chloroplasts but plant cells do. The shape of an animal cell is round (irregular shape) and the shape of a plant cell is rectangle (fixed shape). Plants and animal cells both have cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, mitochondria, golgi apparatus, and more. As you can see, from reading this, plants and animal cells are alike and different in many ways.

What are the differences between plants and animals?

I learned that there are many similarities and differences between plants and animals. A big difference between them is that plants are generally planted in one place and can not move on their own. Animals, on the other hand, have the ability to move freely on their own. While animals depend on other plants and animals for food, plants contain cholophyl and can make their own food. A similarity of the two is that they are both alive and living. Plants and animals are alike and different in many ways.