Thursday, April 28, 2011

Blog#12 What surprised you from the worm's dissection?

The thing that surprised me about a worm is that it has so much in its little body. I thought they were just a body and nothing much inside. As i found out they have lots of different body parts. They have a mouth a blood or vessels and there insides such as a gizzard.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Blog #11

This shows how a new seed or plant is made from a flower. The pollen is taken to another flower and forms a female spore and it produces eggs. It then grows into another plant or tree and grows to do the same process over again.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Blog #10

Dissection is important to biology curriculum because it is a study of animals or whatever is being dissected. For example if a frog was being dissected the person would learn about its insides and what special traits it has compared to something else. Many animals are good to disect such as frogs, snakes, worms, and more.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Blog 9; Define words

Competition : In a community, competition is always occuring, in situations such as food or looks etc.

Commensalism : is a class of relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits but the other is neutral.

Mutualism : is the way two organisms biologically interact where each individual derives a fitness benefit.

Predation :describes a biological interaction where a predator feeds on its prey.

Parasitism : is a type of symbiotic relationship between organisms of different species where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host.