Sulfur Cycle

Sulfur is an essential nutrient for plant as well as animal. It is one of the constituent of many proteins and co-factors. The major reserve of the element is the soil. Sulfur compounds can be used in various ways as oxidants or reductants in microbial respiration. The dominance of one or another transformation is governed … Read more

Differences between plant and animal cells

S.N Plant cell Animal cell 1. It is surrounded by a distinct cell wall made up of cellulose. It is surrounded by cell membrane or plasma membrane. Cell wall is absent. 2. Chlorophyll is present. Chlorophyll is absent. 3. Plastids are present. Plastids are absent. 4. Autotrophic in nutrition. Heterotrophic in nutrition. 5. Shows continuous … Read more

Modes of nutrition

Organisms obtain their food materials in different ways which are of two types generally. They are:  A)  Autotrophic nutrition             B) Heterotrophic  nutrition.  A)  Autotrophic nutrition Gr.autos=self, trophein=to nourish. Also known as holophytic. In this type, organisms synthesize their own nutrients from inorganic constituents of the environment. Typically found in all … Read more