Complete question: While taking a walk in a park, Muskaan observed an insect on a pitcher plant (Nepenthes). Immediately the flower opened up and the insect slid down. To which of the following categories does the pitcher plant belongs?
a) Saprophytes
b) Insectivorous
c) Parasite
d) Symbiotic
Answer:
The correct answer is option b. Insectivorous
Explanation:
A carnivorous or insectivorous plant is the one that obtains most of its nutritional necessities from the capture and consumption of protozoans or animals, especially insects and arthropods.
These insectivorous plants grow in poorly nutritional soil, so they need to get nutrients from their prey. These species attract and trap their prey, and by the action of specific enzymes and digestive bacterias, they can absorb the insects' nutrients.
These insectivorous plants make use of their flowers to trap the prey. These tramp flowers are cup-shaped, and at the bottom of this cup, there is a liquid where insects get trapped and die.
Insects are attracted by aromas produced by the edges of the trap and when they land, they slip and fall inside, and once drowned, the enzymes digest them.
Answer:
light mice, because they blend in with their enviorment
Explanation:
Answer: The bacteria transformed with this particular plasmid will form white colonies on the plates containing ampicillin and Xgal.
Explanation: The lacZ gene produces an enzyme called β-galactosidase which is responsible for the breakdown of lactose into glucose and galactose. The lacZ gene is one of the three genes (the other two being lacA and lacY) of the lac operon which is responsible for the transport and mechanism of lactose in E. coli and many other bacteria.
In recombinant DNA technology, when a plasmid is to be used to transform a host cell, such markers are used to help screen the transformed cells from the ones that have not taken up the plasmid. Xgal present in the plates is an artificial substrate which is hydrolyzed by
β-galactosidase into 5-bromo-4-chloro-indoxyl which will dimerize and oxidise into 5,5'-dibromo-4,4'dichloro-indigo. This is a blue pigment which will give blue color to the bacterial cells. Introducing a DNA fragment in this lacZ gene will make it non-functional so it will not be able to produce the enzyme.
Therefore, when a bacterial cell is transformed with a plasmid containing ampicillin resistance gene and a DNA fragment introduced in the lacZ gene and then grown on plates containing ampicillin and Xgal, white colored colonies will appear. The white colonies will show the bacterial cells that have successfully taken up the plasmid with the DNA fragment incorporated in the lacZ gene as this will render the gene non-functional and will not produce β-galactosidase which will breakdown Xgal to give blue colonies. Since the plates contain ampicillin, only the bacterial cells that have been successfully transformed with the plasmid ( the ones that have the DNA fragment and the ones without it) will grow as the ampicillin resistance will give them resistance against ampicillin in the plates. The bacterial cells that have not taken up the plasmid will not be resistant to ampicillin and will not form colonies on the plate.
This is called blue-white screening which is used to identify successfully transformed host cells. A picture of this is given in the attachment, taken from the following website:
https://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Blue_&_White_Colonies.html
Answer: Option A
The primary function of DNA polymerase is to add nucleotides to the growing daughter strands.
Explanation:
DNA polymerase is an enzyme that synthesis DNA and its main function is to make DNA from nucleotides which is the building block of DNA. It is essential for DNA replication and work in pairs by creating identical DNA strands from the original DNA molecule. DNA copies are created by pairing the nucleotides to each bases present in the DNA molecule.The bases are thymine, cytostine,guanine, and adenine, the pairing occur with any of the above combinations forming two pairs respectively.
Graduating from high school this year makes me feel a bit sad. Biology was such a fun but crazy class.
Enough of my sentiments; I'm here to help, :-).
This answer is dependent upon what ecosystem you choose your project over.
So, abiotic factors are nonliving things in an ecosystem. Biotic factors are living organisms and anything alive.
For instance, if you choose a pond for your ecosystem then the water, soil, maybe trash would be abiotic factors. Some could argue there is living material within the water and soil but those abiotic factors are not alive. I mean water is not alive but it could be a home to biotic factors like microorganisms such as protozoans and worms. The grass and trees and animals around a pond would be biotic factors.
Hope you get the idea. if there's any questions then leave a comment and I'll help. Good luck!
