Post For Friday the 22nd

Photo 1: K-Strategist-- A buffalo is a k-strategist because they have a smaller but stable population. They are also classified as this because they have a larger body and produce few offspring. I took this picture at Yellowstone National Park.
Heterotroph-- A buffalo, and all animals, fungi, and many bacteria are heterotrophs that cannot fix carbon, so they must use organic compounds as a carbon source and energy source. They break down complex organic compounds like carbs, fats, and proteins that were orginally produced by autotrophs into simpler compounds in order to recieve the energy they need to thrive. Autotrophs on the other hand can form organic substances to use as energy from inorganic substances like carbon dioxide. Autotrophs are plants, and algae, and any other producer.

Photo 2: R-Strategist-- This is a picture of a mouse; mice are classified as R-Strategists because they have smaller bodies, rapid maturation, and they produce a large amount of offspring at one time. This is a picture of a mouse for sale at petsmart.

Photo 3: Prokaryote-- This is a picture of a colony of bacteria taken at Yellowstone National Park. Bacteria is an example of a prokaryote because it lacks a cell nucleaus and is a one celled organism.
Unicellular Organism-- Prokaryotes are single celled organisms as I mentioned above. They consist of only one cell. Bacteria tends to live in colonies, like pictured above, but that is just a colony of many single celled prokaryotes. Each cell carries out the life processes needed to survive. Most protists and some kinds of fungi are also unicellular organisms like prokaryotes.

Photo 4: Eukaryote-- This is my cat Bentley. He is an example of a eukaryote because he is an organism that contains many complex structures with membranes around them. All species of large complex organisms are eukaryotes.

Photo 5: Cellular Respiration-- These are my cousins. Humans gain their energy through the process of cellular respiration as plants gain and make their own energy through photosynthesis. Cellular Respiration is the reverse of photosynthesis. There are three main steps of cellular respiration: gylcolysis, citric acid cycle, and electron transport.
ATP-- ATP is produced in all living things in the mitochondria. It carries and stores energy in the body, but is not energy itself. It consists of phosphate bonds. A third bond must be created in order for the energy process to start.That third bond breaks and energy is released that fuels the living organisms. ATP is produced by cellular respiration in humans. However, it is produced by photosynthesis in plants.