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Copyright Notice! This PowerPoint slide set is copyrighted by Ross Koning and is thereby preserved for all to use from plantphys.info for as long as that website is available. Images lacking photo credits are mine and, as long as you are engaged in non-profit educational missions, you have my permission to use my images and slides in your teaching. However, please notice that some of the images in these slides have an associated URL photo credit to provide you with the location of their original source within internet cyberspace. Those images may have separate copyright protection. If you are seeking permission for use of those images, you need to consult the original sources for such permission; they are NOT mine to give you permission. Ecosphere What is the white mass at the top? What season is it in Connecticut? What are the white swirls? Where is the equator? http://www.solstation.com/stars/earth.jpg What is the big green-brown body in the upper half? What is one source for the water? http://www.theexplorationplace.com/eforest/satellitepic.jpg Biome: deciduous forest biome http://www.natureconservancy.ca/images/upload/ATLNB%20%20Saint%20John%20River%20Hardwood%20Forest%20-%20Aerial%20%20Communications%20NB%2072%20DPI%20RGB%20JPG.jpg Ecosystems: forest, riverine, old field, disturbed What are the different colors and shapes? What are we not seeing without a closer look? http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/forestry/images/panama_forest.jpg Forest ecosystem: a community of trees http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/blabea2s.jpg Forest Community: What do producer, consumer, decomposer mean? http://www.fountainforestry.com/Dunn.JPG Population of trees--OK only if ONE species? Is that valid? Why is this one tree so different from those individuals in the previous picture? http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/maple_sugar/tree.jpg Organism: one tree http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/images/acru6.jpg Organ System: branch with stem, buds, petioles, leaves blade petiole http://canada.culminis.com/canada/Silver%20Maple%20Leaf.JPG Organ: one leaf Tissues: epidermis, palisade and spongy mesophyll, xylem, phloem epidermis palisade mesophyll photosynthesis xylem water and mineral intake phloem sugar and amino acid export spongy mesophyll evaporative cooling (photosynthesis) epidermis regulates water loss and gas exchange http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/~lsola/Leaf/Leafxs.jpg window, lens Cell: a mesophyll protoplast (Cell wall was digested off by cellulase) cell membrane import/export chloroplast photosynthesis vacuole toxic waste processing cytosol fermentation glycolysis http://www.botany.wisc.edu/images/mesophyll-protoplast_lg.jpg nucleus transcription replication Biology is multidimensional Ecosphere Ecosystem Community Population Organism Organ System Organ Tissue Cell Organelle Molecule This array is an example of what dimension? Levels of Organization What fields of biology are at each extreme? Biophysics and Biochemistry In this course our focus will be upon… The Organism! Of course some organisms consist of just one cell! Some organelles are derived from an endosymbiotic organism! endoplasmic reticulum internal transport nucleus transcription, replication DNA http://www.tmd.ac.jp/artsci/biol/textbook/nucleus.gif Organelles: endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus, mitochondrion, oleosome zymogen granule enzyme protein storage and secretion compartment mitochondrion respiration Macromolecular: DNA ribose sugar (green white) phosphate nitrogenous bases (blue green white red) http://sbchem.sunysb.edu/msl/dna.gif (yellow red) Biology is multidimensional Bio 130 Bio 120 Bio 220 Che Ecosphere Ecosystem Community Population Organism Organ System Organ Tissue Cell Organelle Molecule This array is an example of what dimension? Levels of Organization What fields of biology are at each extreme? Biophysics and Biochemistry In this course our focus will be upon… The Organism! Of course some organisms consist of just one cell! Some organelles are derived from an endosymbiotic organism!