Loose Creek High School - Marial Yearbook (Loose Creek, MO)

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BIOLOGY Blology as the study of the thmgs of nature lt tells about lwmg things and teaches us how to thmk sclentlflcally of ourselves and our surroundings If we understand nature and xts ways we w1ll have a re spect for life and wlll try to protect and conserve xt joseph Cam Blology IS the study of plant and anlmal llfe It deals wlth the orlgm structure functlons and life h1story of plants and anlmal life also wlth the growth and reproduction of plants and anxmals One of the most lnterestlng parts of Biology IS the study of the use ful and harmful msects and blrds Insects whxch are useful llve on the msects which are harmful to men Birds also l1ve on other msects and anxmals which are harmful to man This helps to give man a safer place in whlch to live and helps to prevent dlsease whlch IS carrled by some of the lnsects Another mterestmg study IS the reproductxon 1n plants and anzmals Plants reproduce by various means but by seed the most common bulbs such as onlons and runners such as the strawberry Many celled an1 mals are formed in much the same way as are many celled seed plants Wxlfred jansen The thlngs that mterest me most are the constant struggle and search for food by anlmals and how plants and animals get thelr food how each nature how the different anzmals and msects help or harm man Ralph Boessen Biology helps us to protect our crops and get the most of lxfe xf we know how to protect our crops The blrds are the natural enemy of msects lt can klll mlllxons of msects m a day If xt were not for the blrds we would have so many msects around that we couldn t ralse a crop Where bxrds are few the msects are more numerous Francls Schaefer The most mterestmg thmgs I studled were the ways whlch plants bxrds, and anlmals lwe together There are many useful 1nsects such as the snout beetle and bees whlch fmd food on flowers yet do not harm them but asslst lh the polxnatlon of the flowers The dragon fly and the ground beetle de troys many harmful msects There are many harmful msects The potato beetle and the codlmg moth destroys useful plants and trees and ter n1tes destroy wood ln bU.11dlD.gS The chapter l xke best is the one that tells how every llV1I'1g thmg depends upon another for hfe Man depends on plants and anrmals for llfe Ammals depend on plants and smaller anxmals for exlstence Plants de pend on decayed mxneral matter ln so1l for llfe and the sunshine and the raln Henry W mgrath type of animal has its natural enemy which, helps keep the balance of

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Blology contmued The most mterestxng thlng ns how lnsects and animals have natural enemxes When there IS no natural enemxes the one SPCCIC reproduces and soon ousts man and plants For example ln Austraha where there IS no natural enemy for rabbits a paxr was taken there and soon repro duced so rapxdly that they soon became menacing to the people That I5 how easy lt IS to upset the balance of nature But the most mterestlng chapter IS about the plant lts roots leaves stem and branches It IS very mterestmg how plants obtain food water and axr necessary for lxfe Albert ansen We study Bxology to fxnd out ln whxch envxronment plants and am mals can best lxve ln what klnd of soul and cllmate plants must be grown to fmd out how plants get food from the 5011 and get sunllght through thelr leaves Another mterestmg thmg IS to note how lnsects develop from one stage lnto another and the destructlon and harm that some do also the good that others do We also learn that all llvxng thlngs must have axr water heat and light Bernard Backes By makmg use of the science of Blology man has been and wxll be able to brmg about many changes ln the anlmal and also the plants for The most lnterestlng moments 1n the class are those when puplls of the class gxve us an experiment to prove thlngs whxch I am sure that none of us knew about except our teacher Blology should be studled because It poxnts out better ways m whlch one can 11ve1f he just knows how lt teaches us the ways ln whxch btrds insects anlmals and plants llve and work together Rlchard Lecuru The most xnterestmg thlngs are the experiments It IS also interest mg to read about the aCt1V1tlCS of ammals and the dlfferent kmds of food each eats The opossum for example take very good care of their young They feed them and take care of them when they are sxck and they glve them a shelter The baby opossums curl their taxls around their mother s tall and hold on to her lt IS also lnterestmg to know which ammal or ln sect can camouflage themselves llke the walkmgstlck or the preymg mantls Another lnterestmg study lS the one about the human body We learn about the dlfferent parts of the eye ear and how the blood carrles food and oxygen to all parts of the body the dlfferent jomts of the body the ball and socket Jomts We also learn how men died worklng on ex perxments to fmd out more about a certam disease We learn about all of the pressure pomts where they are and how to use them We learn whlch blrds help the farmer most by catchmg harmful insects and the ones that do the harm to the farmers' crops james Cain ' K ' J . . . --- J which he has found much use. ---Elizabeth l..eCure