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Citra Rizkia Agusni (19308141006)

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Question

1. Define the key biological concepts that represented

2. Find at least 5 terms of concept that explained in the video
3. Based on those terms (number 2), please try to make a description about biological
phenomenon relevant to each term

Answer

1. How plants behave, revealing a world where plants are as busy, responsive and complex
as we are.
2. – Leaves foraging their food
– a few plants will produce odors when they feel threatened, it is equivalent of a scream
for them
-It appears that the plant world might have its own set of social rules
- Plants aren’t sitting in the soil merely “being.” The researcher shows that they are
“doing,” and much more than you might imagine.
- They can send out alarms, actively look for the best place to grow, take care of their
“babies.”
3. Leaves that grow toward the source of light, underground time-lapse footage
reveals that young roots actively seek out and grow toward the most nutrient-rich soil, a
process that looks eerily like an animal sniffing for food.
The wild tobacco plant, for example, uses several defense mechanisms to fend off
environmental threats. It releases a toxin that instantly poisons most herbivores munching
on its leaves.
Invasive species ignore these rules, which make them the bullies of the plant
world. They engage in a kind of turf war with other plants that is rare in the “live and let
live” spirit of cooperation exhibited by most plants.
Plants aren’t sitting in the soil merely “being” because they really do just like we
used to do. They do respiration like absorbing the CO2 from the air and reintroduce the
O2 that we breath everyday. Moreover, the most plants that grouped in insectivore has
special characteristics like colorful petals and special scent that will attract its prey. This
thing more like prepared their trap to hunt it’s prey like the same way human did. If
humans has a leucocytes to heal their wound, plant has cytokinin hormones to promote
cell division and involved primarily in cell growth.
They can send out alarms, actively look for the best place to grow, and take care
their babies. Just like humans, the plant also looks for their home or a place to grow.
They usually find their home after passing a series of natural selection processes to match
their habits. One example taking care their babies or offspring care is observed in plants
is in Mammillaria hernandezii. This inhabits a semi-arid zone in Mexico, where rain is a
scarce resource and comes intermittently. The special characteristic about M. hernandezii
is that it is serotinous, which means that it will keep a portion of the seeds that it produces
inside the stem, and release the rest. Being serotinous has many advantages. It can help in
protecting the offspring from seed hunters, such as ants. It can also allow the delayed
release of seeds when conditions in the environment are best for germination.