OCAMPO, CHRIS ALMER B. | BMSEE III-17 | PROF.

EISHA

INSIGHT PAPER #2: ANIMALS, PLANTS,

AND THEIR INTERACTIONS.

THE SESSION IS ABOUT BIOLOGY WHEREAS WE FOCUSED

ON THE PLANTS AND KNEW THAT THE ANCESTOR OF
PLANTS ORIGINATED FROM WATER NOT ONLY THAT IT
WAS AQUATICS DWELLING BUT IS ALSO A SOFT PLANT,
WHERE ITS NAME IS THE "ANCESTRAL GREEN ALGA".
THEN WE DISCUSSED STRUCTURE OF PLANTS, THE
XYLEM AND PHLOEM ARE TISSUES FROM PLANTS ARE
NOT THAT DISCUSSED IN DEPTHLY IN MY ELEMENTARY
YEARS THAT IS WHY IT CAME AS A NEW KNOWLEDGE
FOR ME THAT THESE PLANT TISSUES STRUCRURE IS
MOSTLY MADE FROM FIBRES/FIBERS. I REALIZED HOW
THE PLANTS GROW IS ACTUALLY GENIUS AS THE XYLEM
GOES UP THE THE PHLOEM GOES DOWN, SIMPLY
BECAUSE THE WATER IS FROM THE SOIL THEN
ABSORBED BY THE ROOTS THEN DISTRIBUTED BY THE
XYLEM TO THE REST OF THE PLANT THEN THE PHLOEM
DISTRIBUTES NUTRIENTS FROM LEAVES MEANING
FROM ABOVE TO THE GROUND BY PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
WITH REGARD THE ANIMALS THE DISCUSSION WERE
SOOTHER AS COMPARED TO THE PLANT DUE TO US
STUDENTS ARE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN ANIMALS
THAN PLANTS. PROFESSOR STARTED THE DISCUSSION
WITH A QUESTION THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED
UNLIKE IN PLANTS, MANY SECONDS HAVE PAST BEFORE
THE STUDENT ANSWER WITH AN UNSURE TONE. SO
WHAT I REFRESHED WAS THE ANIMALS ARE CONSUMER,
LOCOMOTORY, NON PHOTOSYNTHETIC, ETC. THERE ARE
TWO TYPES OF ANIMALS (VERTEBRATES AND
INVERTEBRATES). THE VERTEBRATES HAVE 5 CLASSES
WHILE THE INVERTEBRATES HAVE 7 CLASSES. THE LAST
PART OF THE SESSION TACKLES ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP AND INTERACTION OF THE PLANTS AND
ANIMALS IN THE ECOSYSTEM. SOME TERMS ARE THE
ONES I AM NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH LIKE THE,
HERBIVORY. BUT BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION I WAS
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHY IT
EXISTED AND WHAT ARE THE EXAMPLES.
ALL IN ALL THE SESSION WAS NOT AS INTERACTIVE AS
THE PREVIOUS SESSION.