Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Interactions Between Plants and Animals
Mimicry is the similarity of one species to another which protects one or both. This similarity can be in appearance, behavior, sound, scent and even location. Animals suck as the planthopper, who is disguised as a leaf, use mimicry to camouflage themselves. Other animals use mimicry to keep prey from eating them. Some animals even have camouflaged eggs that are considered mimics.
There is a common connection between plants and animals that most people have thought about at least a time or two. This connection is the relationship between bees and flowers. Flowers produce a sweet nectar that bees use to eat. In turn while the bees eat they spread pollen flower to flower. This leads to the pollination of the flowers and the rebirth of the life cycle.
A relationship most people don’t even consider to be a relationship is the interaction between animals and plants for food. All animals directly or indirectly eat plants. Plants provide plants with food and energy and in turn animals help keep the plants alive.
There is a common connection between plants and animals that most people have thought about at least a time or two. This connection is the relationship between bees and flowers. Flowers produce a sweet nectar that bees use to eat. In turn while the bees eat they spread pollen flower to flower. This leads to the pollination of the flowers and the rebirth of the life cycle.
A relationship most people don’t even consider to be a relationship is the interaction between animals and plants for food. All animals directly or indirectly eat plants. Plants provide plants with food and energy and in turn animals help keep the plants alive.
Economics and Botany
The soy bean is an essential part of the economy in many parts of the world. It is used for many things such as food, oil, cattle feed, flower, and baby formula. If you were to process a 100-pound bushel you would obtain about 18 pounds of crude soybean oil and 76 pounds of soybean meal. Soybeans are about 18% oil and 38% protein. Soybeans are used widely in live stock feed, because they are high in protein. There are over 70 million acres of soybeans in the U.S alone. That is over 20 billion dollars worth.
Indigo is used widely throughout the world. It comes from Indigo plants that grow between 1 and 3 meters tall. Indigo is used for clothing dye and food coloring. On average, a pair of blue jeans requires 3–12 grams of indigo. Much of the indigo used in the U.S is synthetic.
Cotton is another big provider in the economy and in our lives. U.S textile mills use about 7.6 millions bale of cotton per year. 57% of which is used ot make clothing and a third is used for furniture. Cotton is used to make virtually any type of clothing, in face 70% of the clothing purchased in the U.S is made of cotton
Indigo is used widely throughout the world. It comes from Indigo plants that grow between 1 and 3 meters tall. Indigo is used for clothing dye and food coloring. On average, a pair of blue jeans requires 3–12 grams of indigo. Much of the indigo used in the U.S is synthetic.
Cotton is another big provider in the economy and in our lives. U.S textile mills use about 7.6 millions bale of cotton per year. 57% of which is used ot make clothing and a third is used for furniture. Cotton is used to make virtually any type of clothing, in face 70% of the clothing purchased in the U.S is made of cotton
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