Category: Biology

Factors Affecting The Rate of Respiration A number of factors affect the rate of respiration .  Actively dividing meristematic cells have the highest respiratory rate.  The rate of respiration …

Ecological Factors Environment is a complex of large number of living (biotic components) and nonliving (abiotic components).  Each part, substance or stage of environment is known as environmental factor …

Ecology Ecology is the study of living organisms with respect to their relation with environment.  The word “ecology” comes from two Greek words, oikos (house or dwelling place) and …

Edaphic factors The factors which relate to structure and composition of soil is termed as edaphic factors.  Soil is a major ecological factor.  It is the surface layer of …

Biotic Factors Biotic factors are influences, reactions and interactions of living beings not only amongst themselves but also over the environment.  All living beings are collectively termed as biota.  …

Ecological Adaptations in Hydrophytes: Plants grow in different environments.  They develop various useful morphological and anatomical characters to adapt themselves according to their environment.  Depending upon these morphological and …

ATP Synthesis The transfer of electrons to oxygen through complexes I to IV is coupled to the synthesis of ATP.  The number of ATP synthesized depends on the nature …

Electron Transport Chain An electron transport chain or system is a series of coenzymes and cytochrome that take part in the passage of electron from a chemical to its …

Respiration in plants : Glycolysis Respiration is the process by which living cells break down complex high-energy food molecules into simple low energy molecules, releasing the energy trapped within …

Krebs Cycle or Citric Acid or Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle (TCA) Hans Krebs discovered the cycle.  The cycle is also termed as citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle …