Components of the Ecosystem

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The region of the earth in which all organisms live is the biosphere. The nonliving features of the environment are abiotic factors and the organisms in the environment are biotic factors. Populations and communities make up an ecosystem. The ecosystem is the base of the biosphere which influences the wellbeing of the entire earth system. … Read more

Virus : Definition, Characteristics and Classification

For proper survival of the plants and animals, they have to struggle against the environment, their different factors and other living organisms. Viruses are microscopic organisms and can be seen only under electron microscope. In nature, any living organism is affected by virus, then it will take a serious turn. Viruses are mysterious biological agents … Read more

Nutrition in Plants: Role and Deficiency Symptoms

Nutrition is the process by which living organisms take their food for maintaining proper growth, metabolisms and replacement of tissue.  Plants nutrition occurs in two phases such as synthesis and assimilation.  Generally, plants nutrition is of two types such as autotrophic plant nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition. Autotrophic Plant Nutrition In autotrophic nutrition, the plant gains … Read more

Feeding Vegetables to Aquarium Fish

Fish needs the proper supply of energy to maintain metabolism in their body. To stay healthy and for maintaining the aquarium, properly feeding your fish should be done.  Fish foods differ from species to species and you should know what types of foods your fish need and how much food they require.  There are many … Read more

How to Add Rocks to your Aquarium

Adding rocks to the aquarium truly perk up the attraction and make the suitable environment for your aquarium inhabitants. You need to ensure that the rocks you put in your aquarium will not harmfully impact the environment. Besides these, the rocks should not contain any metal. Generally, metals rust under water which is not good … Read more

Lysosome and Its Functions

Lysosomes are single membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelles of most cells filled with a wide variety of hydrolytic enzymes that are involved in intracellular digestion.  The term “Lysosome” comes from the Greek word ‘lysis’, to separate and ‘soma’ body.  Sometimes it can be described as the stomach of the cell. In 1950, Belgian Cytologist Christian Rene de … Read more