Intro
For this Project, we were tasked with finding a local site that we could make changes to in order to improve it. My group chose Little Mountain in O'hair park, a dry area with little plant life. We chose to add picnic tables to appeal to human activity, bathrooms, and changes to irrigation for increased plant and animal activity.
Our Presentation
Content
Biotic- living organism
Abiotic- non-living organism
Biology- the study of the living world
Ecology- study of the interactions between living things and their environments
Individual- a single living organism
Population- a group of homogeneous individual species that live in the same habitat
Community- populations of different species interacting with each other
Ecosystem- how the communities interact with their environment
Biome- group of ecosystem that have the same climate and similar dominant communities
Biosphere-where all of life exists in the world, earth
Food web- a bunch of mixed up food chains
Autotrophs- organisms that produce their own energy
Heterotroph- organisms that rely on others to get energy
Nutrient cycle- movements and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of living matter
Carbon cycle- series of processes by which carbon compounds are inter-converted in the environment
Nitrogen cycle- series of process by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms
Water cycle- journey that water takes as it circulates from land to sky to land
Weather- day to day condition of the earths atmosphere
Climate- the average year after year conditions of temp and precipitation in a particular region
Primary succession- succession takes place on surface where no soil exists
Pioneer species- first species to appear in succession
Secondary succession- disturbance changes existing community without removing soil
Abiotic- non-living organism
Biology- the study of the living world
Ecology- study of the interactions between living things and their environments
Individual- a single living organism
Population- a group of homogeneous individual species that live in the same habitat
Community- populations of different species interacting with each other
Ecosystem- how the communities interact with their environment
Biome- group of ecosystem that have the same climate and similar dominant communities
Biosphere-where all of life exists in the world, earth
Food web- a bunch of mixed up food chains
Autotrophs- organisms that produce their own energy
Heterotroph- organisms that rely on others to get energy
Nutrient cycle- movements and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of living matter
Carbon cycle- series of processes by which carbon compounds are inter-converted in the environment
Nitrogen cycle- series of process by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms
Water cycle- journey that water takes as it circulates from land to sky to land
Weather- day to day condition of the earths atmosphere
Climate- the average year after year conditions of temp and precipitation in a particular region
Primary succession- succession takes place on surface where no soil exists
Pioneer species- first species to appear in succession
Secondary succession- disturbance changes existing community without removing soil
Reflection
I think that our group worked really well together and we collaborated nicely throughout the project. All of our ideas were heard and taken into consideration, and we managed our time nicely. I think that we could improve on staying more on task, and being more thorough.