scavenger 3 and part of four...wouldnt let me finish it on here

The life of a plant as all the AP bio students have learned is water, but in moderation. To get the water to the cells for photosynthesis, primarily flowering plants use something called the xylem to transport the water. The xylem looks and has a lot of the same traits as blood vessels. Just like blood vessels, their main purpose t=is to transport a fluid throughout the plants functioning body.

On the topics of lichens, I would love to talk about lichens specifically. Lichens are fungi that share a symbiotic relationship with organisms such as algae. This pair creates a very sustainable organism since a fungus lives off of other objects and algae uses water and photosynthesis to live. So with this it makes lichens very hard to die since they can live basically anywhere.

This tree that we saw in the everglades has a very weird looking shrubbery on itself. This thing is  a lot of times called an air plant because it floats around looking for a host that is sustainable enough for it to survive. Even though it needs a host it doesn't actually affect the tree. This is what you would call a commensalism relationship. Without the host the plant wouldn't survive but even with the plant the tree doesn't get harmed

The life of a lichen is a long and hard fought life for survival. One way lichens like this one do to survive with the environment is they coevolve with the surrounding environments. By doing so, it allows them to adjust and advance so that their lives aren't cut short by new environmental changes.

The fungus growing on this bark has something in it called amylases . This chemical found in fungi is an enzyme. Enzymes are used in chemical reactions to create and speed up chemical reactions. Without enzymes a lot of parts of digesting would not be possible, since enzymes are needed to break down food and energy. 

The petal of a flower, or the outermost physically showing part of a flower , has a special thing on it called an epidermis. This epidermis is also called the cuticle of a plant. This cuticle is used to protect the cellular levels of the plants so chemical reactions like photosynthesis can occur unharmed. Also the job of the cuticle is to stop UV rays from entering into a plant.