Does a flower have chloroplasts

Answer 1

The tortoise (GUI)is one of the four spiritually-endowed creatures (Figure 1) described in the Book of Rites of the Confucian Classics, where it serves as an emblem of strength, longevity, and endurance, and symbolizes the Universe (1). Each of these creatures is associated with a direction and element, the tortoise, usually depicted in conjunction with a snake (Figure 2), represents the north, and is thereby associated with the water, darkness (the color black), and the earth (28), the element which was later put into the five element system in the center.The tortoise shell was long used in divination, by observing the patterns of cracks that developed when a hot instrument was touched to one of its many "divination points," and then interpreting the implication of the pattern. The prognostications and insights learned from the cracks were often written right onto the shells, and it is from buried fragments of tortoise shells (along with some mammal bones that were used similarly) that we know the most ancient forms of Chinese writing (2; Figure 3). The Chinese character bu (Figure 4), which means to divine by looking at the cracks in the tortoise shell as the heat develops them, is represented by two lines depicting cracks. This character became incorporated into numerous others as a radical. Thus, the tortoise and its shell have been an important part of Chinese culture.Further, the tortoise has been used as both food and medicine since ancient times, and is recorded as being used for these purposes since the Han Dynasty, 2000 years ago. Regarding their inclusion in the Chinese diet, E. N. Anderson comments that "Animals that are very tenacious of life, or very unusual-looking and -acting, are regarded as having special power; they are supplementing (bu). Notable supplementing foods are pangolin, raccoon dogs, soft-shelled turtles, tortoises, snake head fish, birds of prey....(3)" Although the tortoise is not a major food in China today (turtles have long been preferred over tortoises for food), it remains one of the foods included in some diets. Anderson also points out that "During Han, and throughout Chinese history, the boundary between medicine and food was so vague as to be non-existent in practice. Many things were purely medicines, but medicines often became foods if people learned to like them; many foods became merely medicines when people stopped relishing them...."

Answer 2

Yes, flowers contain chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are organelles that contain chlorophyll, the pigment responsible for capturing light energy to carry out photosynthesis. This process allows the plant to convert sunlight into energy for growth and development.

Answer 3

Petals are modified leaves. I suppose there may be a bit of genetic leftovers within a petal.

Answer 4

Because skin is not photosynthetic.Only eukariyotic photosynthetic organisms have them.

Answer 5

Does a tortoise's skin cell have chloroplasts