How Does Your Garden Grow?

1). The things that are keeping our kale plants alive, healthy, and thriving are the processes of the water, nitrogen, and carbon cycles, which all bring new nutrients the plant. Photosynthesis also generates energy for the plant and helps it grow through the production of ATP energy. The ATP energy allows the plant's cells to divide through the process of mitosis, which means the plants can multiply and allow the plant to grow.



2). Enzymes are proteins that help speed up reactions by lowering the amount of energy they need to complete the reaction. Just like all other enzymes, if the nucleus receives a signal saying that there needs to be more Rubisco and PEPC produced, then the ribosomes would synthesize a chain of amino acids, which are then folded into the protein or enzyme that was needed.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

1.)  The things that are keeping our Kale plant healthy and ever-growing are the processes of the water, nitrogen, and carbon cycles, which give the plant nutrients, and also photosynthesis, which is the main cause of the plant's growth. Photosynthesis is when the plant uses sunlight to produce ATP (energy which comes from cellular respiration).The ATP allows the plant's cells to keep dividing in a process called mitosis. This means that the cells multiply, and the plant gets larger.

2.)  Enzymes are proteins that speed up reactions by lowering the amount of energy they need. Just like all enzymes, If the nucleus receives a signal saying that there needs to be more Rubisco and PEPC, then the ribosomes would synthesize a chain of amino acids, which would then be folded into the protein/enzyme that was needed.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

1. Photosynthesis gives our kale plant ATP which  is needed for almost all other cellular functions.   During respiration, the plant needs oxygen and glucose, which are both created through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration need  each other to be complete. In the process of photosynthesis, the plant strives carbon dioxide and water which are both of which are brought out into the air during respiration. Because of the ATP, the cells are able to go through mitosis over and over  again until our plant is much bigger. 

2. The enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase which is called PEPC uses  bicarbonate to catalyze the B-carboxylation of PEP, to create the four-carbon acid oxaloacetate.Rubisco an enzyme that catalyses the carbon working with the  step in the  start of the  cycle. If more of it was made, this would speed up the process of the Calvin cycle.  PEPC does replenishing for the citric acid cycle.

Below is a picture of are kale plant

How does your garden grow?

1.   Our kale plant has been growing steadily ever since the day we planted it into the soil.  It has been adding biomass by going through mitosis.  This happens because the cells split and make more cells and the plant keeps growing up and up.  The plant keeps feeding its self by turning sun light into food and this is called photosynthesis.  Cellular respiration has been occurring and the kale plant has been giving off ATP.

2. Rubisco an enzyme that catalyses at the beginning of the Calvin Cycle.  This mean if lots of Rubiso is produced it will seed up the Calvin Cycle. The enzyme PEPC uses bicarbonate to catalyze the B-carboxylation of PEP, to create the 4-carbon acid oxaloacetate. The PEPC in our kale plant it  helps give back citric acid to help the cycal, oxaloacetate, and malate.  IT is needed to compleate nitrogen assimilation and amino acid biosynthesis. If more PEPC is made it will help  4-carbon acid oxaloacetate would continued to be made, as well as citric acid cycle intermediates, oxaloacetate and malate.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

1.Our kale plant would not be able to grow without photosynthesis, cell division, and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis provides our plant with the ATP (this ATP is a product of cellular respiration) necessary for almost all other cellular functions. In a way, photosynthesis and cellular respiration help each other out.  During photosynthesis, the plant needs carbon dioxide and water-- both of which are released into the air during respiration. And during respiration, the plant needs oxygen and glucose, which are both produced through photosynthesis. Because of the ATP, the cells are able to go through mitosis over and over and over and over again until our plant is much larger. This is why our plants continues to grow larger and larger in biomass. 

2.  Rubisco an enzyme that catalyses the carbon fixing step at the beginning of the Calvin cycle. So, if more of it was produced,  the Calvin Cycle would be able to happen faster. The enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) utilizes bicarbonate to catalyze the β-carboxylation of PEP, to form the four-carbon acid oxaloacetate. In higher plants, PEPC plays the role of replenishing the citric acid cycle intermediates, oxaloacetate and malate, which are required for nitrogen assimilation and amino acid biosynthesis. If more PEPC was produced, more four-carbon acid oxaloacetate would be produced, as well as citric acid cycle intermediates, oxaloacetate and malate in higher plants. 

Below are pictures of our plants and what they look like as of January 17, 2017.