Blog Post #5- Cole Miller Interview (Jesse Zalk)

Cole Miller thought that the story of the seed project was a fun and interesting project. He enjoyed learning how plants take place in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle. He also observed how the grass competed with his plant for space and water. He also learned about the limiting factors of the plant as well. He was surprised by how fast his plants were able to grow, and laughed when he saw the amount of grass that grew. He also laughed at all of the insects on the leaves. I really had to think about how our plant was able to grow so much in such little time, with all the competition and insects trying to eat it.

But what did I think about The Story of the Seed? I thought that it was a really fun project that made me think, as well as learn. I learned about all the cycles the plants go through, like water, carbon, and nitrogen, as well as how to properly plant a seed. I was surprised by how much our plant grew, considering it grew in such interesting conditions. I laughed at us dipping the seeds in flex seal, and thought about the cycle of life. Everything grows off of something, and nothing comes from nowhere. The cycle of life is truly a beautiful yet scary thing. But overall, I had a lot of fun and was happy that my plant grew.

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Fertilization occurs in flowering plants through the process of fertilization. The center of the flower has long thin filaments with anthers at the top. This is called the stamen. Four pollen sacks are located in the plants anthers which contain MMCs, Micro Mother Cells. Each of the pollen sacks produces eight pollen grains, the sperm cells from the MMC. Once the pollen grains inside each of the sacks are ready the anthers will burst open vomiting the sticky pollen onto the flowers stamen in a process called dehiscence. The flowers bright colorful pedals lure insects inside to drink its nectar, located at the flowers base. Once the insects climb into the flower the sticky pollen from the anthers gets stuck on its feet, legs, or body. In the process of cross pollination the insect that collects this sticky pollen will transfer it to another flower pollinating it in the process. In the process of self pollination the pollen will be moved from the stamen to the pistol/carpal of the flowe...

Blog Post #5: Lauren Shearer (By Colin Mccombs)

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