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This comic tells the story that leads up to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, the game! How did the "Zombossification" of surburbia begin? Where did all the powerful new plants and zombies come from? Here's where you'll find out! Written by Paul Tobin (Plants vs. Zombies: Timepocalypse, Bandette, Banana Sunday) and illustrated by Jacob Chabot (Mighty Skullboy Army, SpongeBob Comics), don't miss this hilarious, action-packed, all-ages, zombie fightin'...
83) Wings
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When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a faerie and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching enemy trolls.
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"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....
85) Virgin Birth
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Recently it was discovered that female Komodo dragons can reproduce without ever having contact with a male. Whilst in our own back gardens female aphids can clone themselves to produce thousands upon thousands of copies. How and why do these two very different creatures reproduce by virgin birth?
88) Extreme
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Extreme flowers that lure insects with tentacles, or with scents of nectar or rotting flesh. Some plants withstand freezing or extremely dry environments.
89) Scent
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The reasons for scent from survival for pollination or to attract food like flies. Humans also use scent to create perfumes, aroma therapy. . .
90) Color
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The Power of color. The use of pigments in the flower to seduce animals to pollinate. Colors are also used in patterns or clusters to attract certain animals.
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This video describes the characteristics of haploid and diploid cells. It discusses the differences between sexual and asexual reproduction, looks at gametes and spores, considers alternation of generations, and explains vegetative reproduction. It shows the stages of mitosis and meiosis.
92) Medicine
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Seeing what flowers can offer medicinally. From treating headaches, to anti-anxiety, to treating woods, rheumatism, anti-cancer drug. . . etc
93) Symbol
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Looking at the different types of meanings different flowers have. From symbols of love, loyalty, remembrance, honesty, secrecy and immortality.
94) Celebration
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Looking at how flowers are used in celebrations ranging from festivals, religions, ceremonies, parties.
95) History
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The history of flowers ranging from its evolution from coniferous plants to it being collected in travels to being farmed and harvested.
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Los niños observan las plantas, las flores y los arboles a su alrededor todos los días. En este libro entretenido y educativo, aprenderán cómo las plantas crecen. Participarán de un viaje mágico viendo la polinización de la semilla y el crecimiento de la planta, aprendiendo acerca de qué necesitan para vivir y crecer. Todo esto a través de un texto apropiado, con las imágenes maravillosas y actividades divertidas que caracterizan...
98) Plantzilla
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In a series of letters a boy, his science teacher, and his parents discuss the progress of a very unusual, sometimes frightening, plant that becomes more human as the summer progresses.
100) Food
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Chinese food is famous around the world. Its diverse cuisine dates back centuries, with classic cooking styles known as the "Eight Greats." Food remains a focal point of life today, but young people are less likely than their grandparents to spend time in the kitchen. Fuschia Dunlop, Crystyl Mo, and Paul Pairet explore changes to Shanghainese cuisine in this episode of On China with Kristie Lu Stout.