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Title: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: PurpleKnife on June 05, 2009, 08:07:48 am
In Ecology, I don't understand the food chain which demonstrates energy flow.

Please explain.
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: nid404 on June 05, 2009, 08:12:01 am
Grass-->Goat--->Fox

in the following food chain energy is transferred from the grass to the goat and then from the goat to the fox.

Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: goin4dakill on June 05, 2009, 08:14:00 am
In Ecology, I don't understand the food chain which demonstrates energy flow.

Please explain.

ANDDD as each organism is eaten, it looses 90% of the energy. So each trophic level, wil have less and less energy, hence the biomass getting smaller, as it goes up
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 08:18:53 am
if sewage leaks into the lake
can someone tell me wot happens?
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Post by: goin4dakill on June 05, 2009, 08:21:07 am
if sewage leaks into the lake
can someone tell me wot happens?

oxygen level will decreease.
plants will die.
so will fish.
disease. ***
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 08:22:35 am
if sewage leaks into the lake
can someone tell me wot happens?

oxygen level will decreease.
plants will die.
so will fish.
disease. ***

but algae increase right?
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: sanity_master on June 05, 2009, 08:25:03 am
sewage as a source of nitrate (nitrogen compounds) it will be considered as fertilisers which will be used by aquatic plants as algae to grow with high rate...they will grow to a great extent where they will block light from reaching the aquatic plants on the river bed or underwater....they will eventually die, so the aerobic bacteria will on them and so they will consume oxygen in the water......decreasing its concentration so the aquatic plants or animals will die due to suffocation or migrate. This is call EUTROPHICATION.
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Feva on June 05, 2009, 08:26:32 am
algae increases i think..

Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: sanity_master on June 05, 2009, 08:33:13 am
yes they DO!
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: camel on June 05, 2009, 08:41:38 am
if sewage leaks into the lake
can someone tell me wot happens?

oxygen level will decreease.
plants will die.
so will fish.
disease. ***

but algae increase right?


Algae increase, and they rot, on the sea bed. therefore the bacteria use up all the oxygen therefore the fish dont have enough oxygen and die, this is called eutrophication
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Bani on June 05, 2009, 08:46:52 am
please help:O/N 2007, paper 1, Question No.29
And can u please tell me the reason the answer is not B, because I  think since there is light, the plant should bend, as auxin will be destroyed....
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: goin4dakill on June 05, 2009, 08:47:22 am
Whos been -repping me.
What did i do??!
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: camel on June 05, 2009, 08:52:24 am
Whos been -repping me.
What did i do??!

hello little girl... r u ready?
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 08:52:56 am
Whos been -repping me.
What did i do??!

someones been doing the same thing 2 me
its very annoying

anywayz thank u all
now i got it
+rep
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Feva on June 05, 2009, 08:55:46 am
Whos been -repping me.
What did i do??!

hello little girl... r u ready?


im sorry but that just sounded wrong  :P
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: camel on June 05, 2009, 09:04:48 am
Whos been -repping me.
What did i do??!

hello little girl... r u ready?


im sorry but that just sounded wrong  :P

AHAHAHA QUESTION 27 JUNE 2005 explanation please anyone??
someone has been repping me too :(
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: sanity_master on June 05, 2009, 09:06:13 am
+ rep for u :)
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Post by: camel on June 05, 2009, 09:07:33 am
+ rep for u :)

thank you :) could you explain q. 27 june 2005
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Post by: fatihligs on June 05, 2009, 09:10:48 am
+ rep for u :)

thank you :) could you explain q. 27 june 2005




the answer is D BECAUSE plant bends toward the light that is positive phottropism
and the invertebrates is in dark place which is negative phototaxis
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 09:12:43 am
can someonle tell me

if u increase humidity and temperature etc

will the rate of transpiration increase?
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: AS girl on June 05, 2009, 09:14:17 am
Increasing humidity=decrease transpiration
increasing temperature (not to much)=increases transpiration
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Bani on June 05, 2009, 09:14:45 am
Someone, please answer my question....
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 09:15:10 am
Increasing humidity=decrease transpiration
increasing temperature (not to much)=increases transpiration

thx
+rep
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Post by: omfg.natalie on June 05, 2009, 09:17:48 am
+ rep for u :)

thank you :) could you explain q. 27 june 2005

It is D. This is because when Invertabrated move away from a light source, this is negative phototaxis.
When a plant bends towards the light, this is positive phototropism.

Also, remember that when invertabrates respond to chemicals, this is called Chemotaxis
When they respond to gravity, this is geotaxis
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 09:19:56 am
bani

its B cuz leaves are green due to photosynthesis
its short cuz its too cold to grow
enzymes are not at their optimum
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: AS girl on June 05, 2009, 09:20:52 am
please help:O/N 2007, paper 1, Question No.29
And can u please tell me the reason the answer is not B, because I  think since there is light, the plant should bend, as auxin will be destroyed....


It has nothing to do with auxins..5 degree celsius is a low temperature..so enzymes are inactive..rate of photosynthesis is low so the plant will grow but not that high!
the answer is B By the way!

Hope u understood my explanation
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: camel on June 05, 2009, 09:22:58 am
+ rep for u :)

thank you :) could you explain q. 27 june 2005

It is D. This is because when Invertabrated move away from a light source, this is negative phototaxis.
When a plant bends towards the light, this is positive phototropism.

Also, remember that when invertabrates respond to chemicals, this is called Chemotaxis
When they respond to gravity, this is geotaxis

thnkss
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Bani on June 05, 2009, 09:36:42 am
please help:O/N 2007, paper 1, Question No.29
And can u please tell me the reason the answer is not B, because I  think since there is light, the plant should bend, as auxin will be destroyed....


It has nothing to do with auxins..5 degree celsius is a low temperature..so enzymes are inactive..rate of photosynthesis is low so the plant will grow but not that high!
the answer is B By the way!

Hope u understood my explanation
Oh I meant why is the asnwer not D....So its because it says the colour of the leaf is yellow, but in B its green.
So, since photosynthesis is happening in B, the colour is green, and thats why the asnwer is B
Ok, thanks, +rep :)
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Bani on June 05, 2009, 09:43:44 am
bani

its B cuz leaves are green due to photosynthesis
its short cuz its too cold to grow
enzymes are not at their optimum
Oh thanks, + rep :)
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Bani on June 05, 2009, 09:46:20 am
And can please someone explain me Q31 , O/N 2007, pleaseee. How do we work it out?
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 09:56:00 am
@bani

well a 1:1 ratio is the same as 50%
so which of them produced 50of each characteristic
so ans is C
gettit?
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: Bani on June 05, 2009, 09:58:43 am
@bani

well a 1:1 ratio is the same as 50%
so which of them produced 50of each characteristic
so ans is C
gettit?
Oh yaaa, thankssss so much I'll +rep again after 2hrs :D
Title: Re: Biology Help Please ??
Post by: kam on June 05, 2009, 10:00:58 am
haha
thx
glad that u understand