It is also defined as the volume occupied by 1 mole of ideal gas under certain condition of temperature and pressure. These conditions can either be standard temperature and pressure (STP) or room temperature and pressure.
Symbiosis is the intimate relationship or interaction between two species. Symbiosis can be categorised into 3 main types, depending on the types of interactions:
Mutualism (+/+)
Commensalism (+/0)
Parasitism (+/-)
The parasite gains at the expense of its host
The most widespread symbiosis of all the above is still between plants and fungi. More than 80% of all higher land plant species benefit from fungus' ability to extract nutrients (mainly phosphorus) from the soil. In return, the fungi receives organic carbon molecules (glucose and amino acids) from plants.
If you don't understand why the stock markets are plunging and everything is so screwed up, let me explain.
Once upon a time in a village in India, a man announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10.
The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10, but, as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts. The man further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as buyer, on his behalf.
In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when he returns from the city, you can sell them back to him for $50.'
The villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeys everywhere!
I first watched this Discovery advertisement in the cinema, and it has ever since been playing repeatedly in the back of my mind.
I love the particular part where the scientist sang: I love Egyptian kings.
Just shows how much dedication and love a real scientist really has for his/her work. If only there are more of such scientists around.
Lyrics
I love the mountains I love the clear blue skies I love big bridges I love when great whites fly I love the whole world [Les Stroud] And all its sights and sounds Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da I love the oceans I love real dirty things [Mike Rowe] I love to go fast I love Egyptian kings I love the whole world And all its craziness Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da [Richard Machowicz] I love tornadoes [Joshua Wurman] I love arachnids [Bear Grylls] I love hot magma I love the giant squids I love the whole world It’s such a brilliant place Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da [Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage] Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da [Stephen Hawking] Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da
