Ecology scavenger hunt
By spencer and hafsa
Abiotic
The rock is a abiotic part of an ecosystem because it was never living.
Biotic
A tree is a biotic part of an ecosystem because it is living.
Autotroph
A grass stalk is an autotroph because it makes its own food.
Heterotroph
A caterpiller is a heterotroph because it has to eat other organisms to obtain energy.
Predator and prey
The caterpiller is the prey because it gets eaten by the ants and the anys are the preditors because they eat the caterpiller.
Mutualism
The relationship between a person and a soda machine is mutualistic because the soda machine gains money and a person gains a soda.
Communalism
The relationship between a person and a library is communalism becase the person gets a book but library isnt really affected because it gets its books back.
parasitism
The relationship between a bully and a victim is parasitic because the bull relives stress while the victim is hurt.
Transpiration
The water is transpired directly from the leaves into the air simular to evaporation.
Evaporation
The water from my cup is evaporated out into the air.
Condensation
The water condences when it is in a cooler enviroment and the water molocules get coser together.
Precipitation
Once the water condences it falls down back to the earth.
Breathing
When an organism breathes it reaches carbon into the atmosphere.
fossil fuels
When fossil fuels are burned they release carbon into the atmosphere.
burns
When lee was burned his skin released carbon into the atmosphere.
plants
Plants remove carbon from the atmosphere when they undergo photosynthesis.
Nitrates
Nitrates in the soil make nitrogen useable for plants.
plants
plants absorb useable nitrogen from the soil.
animals
Animals get their useable nitrogen from plants and give nitrogen back to the soil in their waste.