Thursday, September 3, 2009

Biogeochemical cycle


It is raining outside !!! It is really hard to see, this is my friend Lisa's Chasey house. I took this picture in Augusta, GA.
Address: 1209 Oakton Trail, Evans GA 30809
This is an example of a water cycle, rain.
08/12/2009

C3 plant

Rice plants are great examples of C3 plants. This is a picture of rice that can be bought at stores.
Address: 297 Turnpike Rd, Westborough MA, 01581
Date: 06/28/2009
Scientific name: Oryza Sativa

Organisms in the same class but different order


Daddy Long Legs Spider
Scientific name: Pholcus phalangioides
Address: 297 Turnpike Rd, Westborough MA, 01581 (Master bath)
Date: 08/27/2009

Angiosperm


Yellow Daylily
Scientific name: Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
Address: 295 Turnpike Rd, Westborough MA, 01581
Date: 08/10/2009

Bryophyte


Scientific name: Bryum argenteum (moss)
I took this picture at my mother's house in India. The address is Village-Post Alando, District Jagatsinghpur, Orissa, India, Pin 754130.
Date taken: 07/13/2009

Homologous structures



Humpback whale: Megaptera novaeangliae (08/25/2009)
Address: 10 Town Wharf Plymouth, MA 02360

Homologous structures: structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.

"Four limbs homologous structures, even though these animals have adapted for different functions, the forelimbs of all mammals are constructed from the same basic skeletal elements. One large bone attatched to two similar bones, attatched to several small bones, attratch to approximately five digits or phalanges. " (Neil and A. Campbel, 449)

Cat: Felis catus (06/28/2009)
Address: 297 Turnpike Rd, Westborough MA 01581


Organisms in different kingdoms


This is a picture of a button mushroom, it belongs under the kingdom fungi.
Scientific name: - Agricus bisporus
Address: 293 Turnpike Rd, Westborough MA, 01581 (My uncle's house.)



Escherichia coli, this is under the kingdom Monera.
Internet picture.
Link: http://www.microbelibrary.org/microbelibrary/files/ccImages/Articleimages/Atlas_LB/Escherichia%20coli%20TopView.jpg



Amoeba proteus, this is under the kingdom Protisa.
Internet picture
Link: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imagsmall/amoebafeeding3.jpg

These pictures were accessed, and taken on 08/25/2009.