What is the difference between animals and plants?
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I once heared this question, and I am honest, I did not know. So I ask you to be honest and to answer, before looking in books ore to ask wikipedia ore something else in the internet. It's such a simple question, I was not able to answer, but I would like to know - is it just me??
Yes...The difference is the rigid cell wall thing, and in addition chloroplasts and cholorophyll. Yes, Mushrooms are fungi and not plants. Those things at the bottom of the ocean are inbetween being plants and their own thing (if they aren't a completely different kingdom altogether (I don't remember)) They are called chemophages, from the greek for "chemical" (basically) and "eat" Locomotion has little to do with plant/animal, and neither does sneezing; however hiccuping is very important to distinguish plants from animals.
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Well, not all plants use chlorophyll, there are some plants they discovered down deep in the ocean where there is no light, and they synthesize what they need from the chemicals found around them. So... light is out of the question. Do Coral eat? Venus fly traps eat flies. I am so trying not to google. :doh:;P) This statement is false.
Chris S Kaiser wrote:
there are some plants they discovered down deep in the ocean where there is no light, and they synthesize what they need from the chemicals found around them
They aren't plants, they are actually primitive bacteria that feed on sulfur-based chemical compounds comming from thermal vents. And the things you saw are tube-worms(contrary to their name thay aren't really worms either) that grow around those vents in the ocean floor and feed on the bacteria. But like plants, those bacteria are autotrophes, that is producers. Animals are the consumers, and so are some bacteria (think E. coli), protozoa like amoeba, venus-flytrap type plants, coral (i believe those guys eat plankton, which are little one-celled ocean dwelling organisms, including diatoms). Roswell :)
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
there are some plants they discovered down deep in the ocean where there is no light, and they synthesize what they need from the chemicals found around them
They aren't plants, they are actually primitive bacteria that feed on sulfur-based chemical compounds comming from thermal vents. And the things you saw are tube-worms(contrary to their name thay aren't really worms either) that grow around those vents in the ocean floor and feed on the bacteria. But like plants, those bacteria are autotrophes, that is producers. Animals are the consumers, and so are some bacteria (think E. coli), protozoa like amoeba, venus-flytrap type plants, coral (i believe those guys eat plankton, which are little one-celled ocean dwelling organisms, including diatoms). Roswell :)
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Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CAAhhh... ok.. That's what I get for guessing. ;) This statement is false.
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Animals have a physical, etheric and astral body. Plants only have a physical and ether body. (Incidentally, man has an additional ego body). Marc Pensieve
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etheric? astral? :~ I can buy the astral aspect, as we're all star poop. But that includes plants too. :)
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I once heared this question, and I am honest, I did not know. So I ask you to be honest and to answer, before looking in books ore to ask wikipedia ore something else in the internet. It's such a simple question, I was not able to answer, but I would like to know - is it just me??
Plants do not have a brain. Nor do they have a memory, eyes (as we do, but they can still process light), ears, etc. Their only stimuli into this existence would be touch, I suspect (think of a Venus fly trap). I'd wager plants aren't self-aware by our standards (no memory makes it difficult), but they can be based on primitive standards. Jeremy Falcon
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etheric? astral? :~ I can buy the astral aspect, as we're all star poop. But that includes plants too. :)
-- From the network that brought you "The Simpsons"
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I can buy the astral aspect, as we're all star poop. But that includes plants too.
Occasionally I let loose with a bit of Anthroposophy. That question, and it's answer, is one of the core concepts of spiritual science. :) Marc Pensieve
Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
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I once heared this question, and I am honest, I did not know. So I ask you to be honest and to answer, before looking in books ore to ask wikipedia ore something else in the internet. It's such a simple question, I was not able to answer, but I would like to know - is it just me??
animals are mobile and plants are not simple :) QED Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
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Neither a plant nor an animal. Its a fungi. Different class altogether. Technically not alive in the traditional sense. This statement is false.
Different kingdom even (the currently recognized five kingdoms of organisms: archebacteria, bacteria, animals, plants and fungi). The point someone else made is the defining characteristic I think (been a loooong time since University): plants have cell walls, animals do not. Fungi have cell walls, but it is of a different material and there is usually a "hole" in them, allowing cellular material to pass between the cells. For completeness, bacteria also have cell walls (different material) and different ribosomes and DNA composition. Archebacteria are. just. weird. -------------- TTFN - Kent
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Ahhh... ok.. That's what I get for guessing. ;) This statement is false.
Chris S Kaiser wrote:
Ahhh... ok.. That's what I get for guessing.
feel free to ask me this type of questions :) I just finished a semester of Bio, so this stuff is fresh in my memory and it's one of the things i read about in my spare time Roswell
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etheric? astral? :~ I can buy the astral aspect, as we're all star poop. But that includes plants too. :)
-- From the network that brought you "The Simpsons"
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
we're all star poop
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
Ahhh... ok.. That's what I get for guessing.
feel free to ask me this type of questions :) I just finished a semester of Bio, so this stuff is fresh in my memory and it's one of the things i read about in my spare time Roswell
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Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CAI might take you up on that.. I'm a curoius sort of fellow. ;) This statement is false.