nemafakei Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 As to the intelligence bit, I'm sure that somewhere alog the line, some of the life-bearing planets will contain an intelligent species at one point.Given the vast number of opportunities through space and time for life to occur, the chances are it does, quite a few times. Somtime, intelligence must crop up, briefly, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Nema, an organism is a plant because it has certain properties ascribed to plants. What use is a brain if you can't move? If a plant evolves to be able to move so it can put his brain to good use, is it still a plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 "If a plant evolves to be able to move so it can put his brain to good use, is it still a plant?"That's just taxonomy, if you're trying to counter what I've said.If it's an interested question, then, provided it photosynthesizes for energy, it's still a plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Plants move...they grow in the direction of the highest concentration of photons to have more light-dependant reactions, and thus more ATP/NADPH and carbons = more calvin cycles to produce more G3P molecules to then create more sugars and so on and so on. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 "Feed Me Seymore" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Really... thankyou for your opinion, CiD...(What's he on?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 True. But plants have more properties then just photosyntheses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointybum Posted October 29, 2002 Author Share Posted October 29, 2002 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 what makes plants different is their photosynthesis and their cell walls that make the plant stiff and hard. That is what designates a plant.lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Like what Earth? Let's see, photosynthesis, mitosis (slightly different than animal mitosis *cell plate not cleavage furrow etc*), heh not much more than that that I can think of right now.Damn, I actually learning something some AP biology ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Cell walls have nothing to do with the fact that trees aren't easy to bend, if that's what you mean.Nema, if photosynthesis is what counts, is a solar power generator a plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 I think that's the usual way of distinguishing the multicellular kingdoms...--- MulticellularAnimalia - eat plants or animalsFungi - eat dead thingsPlantae - photosynthesize--- UnicellularProtoctista Prokaryotes ---Viruses - parasites on cells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 "Little Shop, Little Shop of Horrors... Little Shop, Little Shop of Horrors..."I know I'm not the ONLY one whos seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 I don't think I even mentioned cell walls ??? Only cell plates, which is what happens during telophase for plants, where a cell plate forms, rather than a cleavage furrow (since plant cells are rigid). Of course you are not alone! Someone one show me a way to get out of here, cause I constantly pray I'll get out of here, lah lah lah :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 no earthnuker. Photosynthesis is when a plant takes the power of photons to convert sugars into ATP molecules. The photons bounce off the green of a plant and absorbes light in the green spectrum. It then uses that heat to power the chemical reactions. That is a plant. Solar power is a completely different way of gaining power. Also cell walls are not found in other living organisms but plants. They are a beacon of plantlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 No, you're not. Plant that eats humans- I want one of them!Anway, if a carnivoric plant were to live in a place where there's not much sunlight (say, under the cover of dense forest trees), and it were to move around and eat animals while not using photosyntheses anymore, is it still a plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Heck yeah make me a dentist so I can use nitrus all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 yes because it still uses photosynthesis. The eating of organic matter is just an extra boost in feeding the plant. The cell walls again differentiate it from other organisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Plants have to use photosynthesis. If they don't, then they aren't plants anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 That's my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 no it wasnt earthnuker.lol geesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 You think I typed that question for my benefit ::)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilVirus Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 [quote author=Acriku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 no, I just think you are trying to come out clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Well there is only one Milky Way, I was joking a little but oh well. I am wrong, alas I can't be a genius all the time (hehe I love doing that). Of course I'm kidding again, ....or am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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