Category: Science

Nectar is a sweet substance, produced by some plants to attract pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Bees collect nectar and make it into honey. While collecting the nectar, pollinators accidentally transfer pollen from male flowers to female flowers.

Pollen …

A poison is any substance that is harmful or deadly to living cells, even in small quantities.

A toxin, strictly speaking, is a poison that is produced naturally by living things.

However, in non-technical usage, the word toxin is often …

Poisonous describes any substance, natural or manufactured, that is harmful or deadly to living cells, even in small quantities.

Toxic, strictly speaking, refers only to poison that is produced naturally by living things.

In non-technical usage, the word toxic is …

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The main differences are:
1. Plant cells can be bigger than animal cells can.
2. Plant cells have cell walls, made of cellulose, which give them rigidity.
3. Plant cells have chloroplasts, which contain chlorophyl, the light-absorbing pigment needed for photosynthesis.
4. …