Evidence of Work:
For this project we had to research either a ecosystem or an organism that is negatively impacted by humans. We chose to do the green sea turtle. The main threat to the sea turtles is the trash in the ocean which is obviously caused by humans. Very few green sea turtles make it to adulthood. For this reason it has become endangered. To help this problem we organized 2 beach cleanups to prevent the trash from getting into the ocean and hurting more green sea turtles. |
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Content:
Carrying Capacity: the amount of life an ecosystem can support.
Abiotic Factors: Non-living things in an ecosystem
Biotic Factors: Living things in an ecosystem
Biodiversity: The diversity of organisms in an environment.
Individual: a single organism
Population: a group of organisms of the same species in the same area
Community: a collection of populations of different species that regularly interact within an area
Ecosystem: the surroundings or conditions of a group of populations within the same area
Biome: a group of ecosystems that share the same climate and similar dominant communities
Biosphere: the regions of the Earth occupied by living organisms
Symbiosis: any relationship between two organisms
Transfer of Energy: When an organism is consumed, about 10% of its energy is passed on the the next organism.
Biomass: The rules of energy transfer in ecosystems explains why there are more producers that primary consumers, more primary consumers that secondary consumers, and etc.
Carbon Cycle: Plants use carbon dioxide in the air in photosynthesis to make glucose. Animals then eat the pants and the glucose, which is where the carbon is transferred to, is used by them in cellular respiration and release back into the environment.
Nitrogen Cycle: Nitrogen-fixing bacteria change nitrogen gas from the atmosphere to nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb. Plants are either eaten by animals or decomposed. Other bacteria change nitrogen compounds back to nitrogen gas, which returns to the atmosphere.
Water Cycle: Water evaporates through evaporation. Condensation creates clouds. In precipitation the water vapor turns into water droplets. Then the water goes back to the bodies of water.
Carrying Capacity: the amount of life an ecosystem can support.
Abiotic Factors: Non-living things in an ecosystem
Biotic Factors: Living things in an ecosystem
Biodiversity: The diversity of organisms in an environment.
Individual: a single organism
Population: a group of organisms of the same species in the same area
Community: a collection of populations of different species that regularly interact within an area
Ecosystem: the surroundings or conditions of a group of populations within the same area
Biome: a group of ecosystems that share the same climate and similar dominant communities
Biosphere: the regions of the Earth occupied by living organisms
Symbiosis: any relationship between two organisms
- Mutualism: both organisms are affected positively from the relationship
- Predation/Parasitism: one organism is affected positively and one organism is negatively affected
- Competition: both organisms are negatively affected in some way
- Commensalism: one organism is affected positively and one organism is not affected
- Density Dependent: Limiting factors where size of population matters (resources, disease, etc)
- Density Independent: Limiting factors where size of population doesn’t matter (unnatural weather, natural disasters, etc)
Transfer of Energy: When an organism is consumed, about 10% of its energy is passed on the the next organism.
Biomass: The rules of energy transfer in ecosystems explains why there are more producers that primary consumers, more primary consumers that secondary consumers, and etc.
Carbon Cycle: Plants use carbon dioxide in the air in photosynthesis to make glucose. Animals then eat the pants and the glucose, which is where the carbon is transferred to, is used by them in cellular respiration and release back into the environment.
Nitrogen Cycle: Nitrogen-fixing bacteria change nitrogen gas from the atmosphere to nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb. Plants are either eaten by animals or decomposed. Other bacteria change nitrogen compounds back to nitrogen gas, which returns to the atmosphere.
Water Cycle: Water evaporates through evaporation. Condensation creates clouds. In precipitation the water vapor turns into water droplets. Then the water goes back to the bodies of water.
Reflection:
Overall this project went well, however with the peaks, there were also se pits. For example, since we chose to do an organism in an ecosystem instead of an ecosystem, some of the required material was more difficult to find. Also, a few beach cleanups is t going to be able to get rid of all of the already existing trash in the ocean, which is killing the sea turtles. One of theses peaks is that we were able to finish our project pretty early and could go back and revise it. Another peak is that for this project we were actually doing something to help the turtles rather than just addressing the problem and ideas to help.
Overall this project went well, however with the peaks, there were also se pits. For example, since we chose to do an organism in an ecosystem instead of an ecosystem, some of the required material was more difficult to find. Also, a few beach cleanups is t going to be able to get rid of all of the already existing trash in the ocean, which is killing the sea turtles. One of theses peaks is that we were able to finish our project pretty early and could go back and revise it. Another peak is that for this project we were actually doing something to help the turtles rather than just addressing the problem and ideas to help.