The Venus Fly Trap Brittanie Reedy Jared Webb

The Venus Fly Trap Brittanie Reedy, Jared Webb, Shaylee Werner, Brooke Lawrence, George Millar

The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula Counts Prey. Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake Written by Jennifer Bohm and others

CLASSIFICATION Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Vascular Plant Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Nepenthales Family: Drosereceae Genus: Dionaea Ellis Species: Dionaea Muscipula Ellis

What question are they asking in this paper? • How many trigger hairs have to be simulated for the fly trap to recognize an engaged object as food? • Making it worthwhile to activate the glands.

What is there hypothesis? • The Venus Flytrap uses a number of prey-triggered AP’s to identify visitors as food sources.

So how does the Venus Flytrap decide when to close and internalize the prey? Does it use a number of prey-triggered hairs to stimulate the digestive system (the “green stomach”)?

Obtaining Materials And Energy • The Venus flytrap acquired its resources from the insects they eat and the gases in the air. • They also used photosynthesis to gather/ store chemical energy

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REPROUCDING

Method • Surface electrode measurements were used to test the electrical activity of the venus flytrap. • captured insects were used to stimulate the hairs.

Why is this interesting? • • • The fly trap grows due to the prey it encounters The trap starts out as a flower It will live as long as it has prey

Results • Two stimuli must be consecutively applied, both triggering action potential in order to close the trap. • It takes four or more action potentials for the cells to produce digestive enzymes.

The Conclusion • Dissolvents and nutrientes. • Processes and energy. • Its Cycle of energy and food consumption.

Works Cited Bohm, Jennifer. "The Venus Flytrap Dionaea Muscipula Counts Prey. Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake. " Current Biology 8 Feb. 2016: 1 -11. Print. Gorman, James. "The Venus Flytrap, a Plant That Can Count. " The New York Times, 2016. Web. 10 Oct. 2016. "The Mysterious Venus Flytrap. " The Mysterious Venus Flytrap. N. p. , n. d. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.