Introduction Cells are the structural and functional basis of all plants and animals. These cells control all the physiological activities in the body of plants and animals. Although the cell is the smallest unit, it plays a major role in the body of the organism. Prokaryotic cells are composed of capsules, cell walls, cell membranes, […]
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Introduction Water is an important part of all the organisms living on earth. In fact, all the big civilizations of the world have developed around the river. This shows how much water plays an important role in our lives. We all know that carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are the major macronutrients of our body. But
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Introduction Food is essential for our growth and overall nutrition. Different types of foods provide different kinds of nutrients required for good health and efficiency. Food is composed of various components, including important nutrients that serve vital functions in the human body. Therefore, in this discussion, we will explore the main components of food and
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Introduction Nutrition comes from the six components of the food that are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats as major components and vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water. All these elements perform various physiological functions in the human body like body preservation, body composition, production of heat and energy in the body, digestive tract contractions, control of heartbeat,
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Introduction There are 6 major ingredients present in food that control the growth, strength, and survival of the body known as nutrients. All of these nutrients increase the performance of the human body by being involved in various physiological functions, helping the organism to perform its basic function, and to maintain good health. The body
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Introduction Cells are the structural and functional units of the organism. They carry metabolic activity and hereditary information and hence an organism consists of one or more cells. A cell is so small that it is not visible to the naked eye and thus requires a microscope. At present small parts of the cell can
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Introduction The world is full of diversity and plants and animals are living together. A cell is the basic unit of life for all living things on this earth. Among all these living things, plants are a large group of the whole living world. The structure and function of the cell membrane of the plant
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Concept of photosynthesis Photosynthesis is a physiological process of plants. In 1898, scientist Barnes first used the term photosynthesis. Photosynthesis comes from two Greek words ‘photo’ means light, and ‘synthesis’ means, synthesize, or produce. Therefore, photosynthesis is the synthesis or production of any element with the help of light. In photosynthesis, solar energy from the
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Introduction Carbon is the main component of the animal and plant world. It is the fourth most abundant element. Carbon is a nonmetal that is located in group 14 of the 2nd period of the periodic table. The word carbon comes from the Latin word ‘carbo’, which means coal. Scientists Lavoisier was the first to
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Water hardness As we all know water is an elixir of life most of the living tissue is made up of water. Water is mainly odorless, transparent, colorless, and tasteless liquid and is required for the survival and growth of all living organisms. As per the chemical property, water is mainly categorized as hard water
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