Bio+Chem+research+paper

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 * __Title page __****: Alex Brown **
 * -Do earth worms effect on plant growth? **
 * -Honors chem per:2 **

**-I believe the nutrients worms have positive effects the plants. ** **-Plants depend on earth worms for their nutrients. ** **-Earth worms create small amounts of nutrients that help plants growth. ** **__Organism: __** The organism i choose to research is the Earth Worm. Earth Worms are very important to our ecosystem. It's crazy but there are many different types of worms. The basic body plan of a Earth worm is a tube, within muscle there outer skin is slimy and moist. They live in moist soil in many places such as North America and South America. Earth Worms need warmth to survive when the weather changes and starts to get cold Earth Worms hibernate like bears the dig deep into the soil to keep warm. There are females and males just like any other organism they can smell but they don't have eyes but they do process light. **__Classification __** Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Clitllata <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Order: Haplotaxida <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Suborder: Lumbricna **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cell type,organism and body plan __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Earth Worms are multicelluar creatures. Earths Worms have a eukaryote cell type. Earths Worms body tissues are mostly made out of muscle and slim. They have a simple circulatory system with two main blood vessels that extend the length of their body pumping blood into their series of hearts. Earth worms have a a digestion that starts as soon as it enters it mouth. Where food is sucked up and goes down and gets stored in a crop. A funny fact Earth worms poop thought there anus. **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reproduction __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Earth worms are hermaphrodites the amount of young they production depends on the type of worm they are. When worms are having sex they over lap each other. When the worm slips out the eggs are create and cocooned. Earth worms reproduce multiply times a year producing millions of eggs a year. A single Earth worm reproduces 3 to 80 times a year. They lay over thirteen eggs when they mate. **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evolutionary Information __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Scientists believe that Earth Worms came for intestinal parasites. They believe that they came though marine environments. Than adapted to different habitats and life styles. Scientist think that they were devopled from the family of parapods. **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interdepence __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Earth Worms are not placed high on the food chain. Birds and larger insects eat these worms even animals. Earth worms are decomposer so they eat waste and things such <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;"> as leafs and nutrients. Earth Worms do not communicate from my knowledge. They don't even have eyes to know what is going on. **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Homeostasis __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Earth Worms live in moist soil and damp mud .Earth Worms can be found all around the world such as North America and Australia. Their habitat is home to many other things that live in the soil. Dirt and rocks are biotic factors in their habitat. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Their habitat should have low ph levels and cool temps .If the environment of the Earth Worm outside the soil is to hot and dry it could be dangerous to it's life. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">A Earth Worm is a creature that lives in the soil. Earth Worms have a positive effect on plants by helping decompose large pieces of organic matter into rich humus which makes a good fertilizer. Earth worm’s nutrients strengthen plants the process in which this is called decomposing.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">I believe Earth worms are good for all plant life. There effects on soil are nothing but good. All plants need good soil to grow strong and healthy and with worms that goal is easier. For my project I will measure plant growth with and with out worms. I will measure the height of the plants with worms and there nutrients and measure the plant without worms.
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__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Resources **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Biolbull.org