Fungi are one of the four kingdoms in the Eukaryotic Domain. They used to be classified with plants since they look like plants but they are not autotrophic (meaning they do not make their own food like plants do). They…
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To begin with, it was a common theory that evolution did not exist, and in fact every separate species had been made by God. It was believed; God created man, frogs, birds etc and they did not have a common…
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Flowers are always beautiful and are found year round in the tropics, and that is especially true in the Caribbean. They bloom in winter, spring, summer and fall, and in every color imaginable. You can always ask at hotels what…
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The Karri tree is one of four tree species that dominate the forest areas of south west Western Australia. The majestic karri is the tallest of Western Australia’s native trees and grows up to 90 metres in height. It is…
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Germination is an amazing event. It is when a potential new plant emerges from the seed – that seemingly dead organ which contains the embryonic plant. However, seeds are not dead but dormant. They wait for the right conditions of…
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Leaves are the above ground organs of plants which undergo photosynthesis, the process responsible for the color of the plants leaves. Because photosynthesis takes place in the plant leaves, it is thought that the shape of the leaf plays an…
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Bryology is the study of the plant order Bryophyta, (Philips, 1980) which contains the sub-classes of Mosses (Musci), Liverworts (Hepaticae) and Hornworts (Anthocerotophyta). In taxonomic classification terms these simple plants are contained within the sub-Phylum of bryophytes and are the…
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Our bodies are complicated and endlessly fascinating. It is estimated that there are roughly 10,000 trillion cells in the average human body, although estimates vary hugely and as many as 50 trillion cells has also been given as an average….
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The apple tree is one of the earliest known of cultivated fruits and its depiction has percolated down through the ages in our legends, folklore and traditions to symbolise such things as knowledge, sin, beauty, redemption, love and sexuality, youth…
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Botany, plain and simple, is the study of plants. The study of every form of living thing that comes under the Plant kingdom or Kingdom Plantae falls under the study of Botany. It comprises of plants such as algae, fungi,…
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