bio final questions

describe at least 3 ecological interactions between the living organisms in your aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

1. fish in aquatic biome eats the plant

2. the worm ate the cricket

3. the cricket eats the flower

describe 3 ways the nutrients cycled as you predicted in your hypothesis use relevant vocabulary and identify the abiotic and biotic factors involved in your explanation

1. we predicted that the water from the aquatic ecosystem would travel up through the coffee filter using its cohesive, adhesive, and surface tension properties it is allowed to move against gravity from cellular respiration

2. we predicted that carbon would be released by the plants and animals from cellular respiration

3. we predicted that the plant in the terrestrial system would absorb nitrogen from the soil since it is used by the plant to grow process food and the creation of chlorophyll

describe 3 ways the nutrients did not cycle in your hypothesis

1. we did not expect our fish to die so quickly, so we did not think it would add additional waste to the nitrogen so early on

2. our aquatic plant was floating, but we predicted it to sink to the bottom, this means that the plant absorbed the nutrients rather than accumulate them

3. we also did not expect our cricket to die, and with our hypothesis that the worm the the cricket the worm broke down the matter and returned the nutrients back into the environment

explain how this models a real ecosystem on earth

1 abiotic and biotic factors that benefit from each other

2. living organisms in relationship with each other

3. trophic levels and energy transfer

4. water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle present

5. limited resources

explain how this project is different from a real ecosystem and what are its limitations

1. populations are not present

2. no predator/prey relationship

3. no competition for food

4. no reproduction

5. lasted a very short amount of time

explain how humans interfere with the water cycle

deforestation disrupts the natural evaporation and transpiration, leading to drier climates

explain how humans interfere with the carbon cycle

fossil fuels burning releases large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, this contributes to climate change and increased atmosphere CO2 levels

explain how humans interfere with the water cycle

urbanization decreased plant and animal life in an area and increases waste production this disrupts natural nitrogen cycles and gives new sources for nitrogen