Brent Ian Luis NASC5 Z-3R
Mrs. Faith Maranan Odessa Tumbali
The Interactions and Interrelationships among the Different Components of the Ecosystem
I. Introduction
Ecology is the study of environmental systems, or as it is sometimes called, the economy of nature (Hall and Weiss, 2010). It studies interactions between different organisms and their environments, including relations within its own species and members of others. Ecology focuses more on the population, community, and ecosystem ecology although it also includes a wide variety of fields. Both the living (biotic) and the non-living (abiotic) components of the natural world is its subject matter. Processes like primary production, nutrient
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In addition, people who work in the field of agriculture will be affected.
In Tables 1.2 and 1.3, results show that these two ecosystems, the freshwater and forest have a more diverse number of both autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms than a manmade ecosystem. These environments are less manipulated by a person that is why there are a lot of different species of plants and animals living in these areas. With many nutrients and food dispersed in the area, there is a random distribution for most of the organisms here.
Physical factors of the environment that interact with the plants are light intensity, temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity and wave velocity. Plants rely on these factors for many functions like growth, germination, flowering, and photosynthetic activity. Plants also adapt to some changes in the physical environment. In a forest ecosystem, little light is received by plants in the forest floor so plants have broader and greener leaves for better absorption of light. In an agro-ecosystem however, plants like rice are distributed evenly so no competition is present for the absorption of light. Instead, their leaves are composed of hair-like structures or cuticles to retain more moisture against the intense light of the sun.
Temperature controls growth, flowering, germination, ripening of fruit and transpiration of plants. Since the plants listed from the
Ecology is how organisms interact with each other and the environment. The Lion King is linked to ecology by showing how organisms interact with each other and the environment. My three topics are how symbiotic relationships are important to a community, how limiting factors affect a community, how communities respond to abiotic or biotic factors, and how this is linked to the movie and Ecology. Symbiotic Relationships are interactions between two species and how they affect each other. There are three different types of symbiotic relationships Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism.
Environmental Studies is the academic field, which systematically studies human interaction with the environment in which we live in. It is a broad field of study that includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them. Environmental studies takes into account many different factors that help provide an enjoyable, fruitful way of life, such as national policies, politics, laws, economics, sociology and other social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.
Plants are found everywhere on earth, up high on the ridge and down low in caves and caverns. The types of plants that live in these places depends on many factors. These factors are separated into two different categories, the biotic factors and the abiotic factors. Some of the biotic factors include, predation, competition, and habitat destruction. Plants with limited competition and large amounts of resources will be in a higher abundance than plants with limited resources and higher competition rates will be confined to areas and either out competed or will be the dominant species. Certain plants adapt to these factors and thrive and others don’t do as well. Some of the abiotic factors include, sunlight, water, temperature, and wind. These
As defined by “Environmental Science- 14th Edition”, an ecosystem is “a set of organisms within a defined area or volume that interact with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy.” I will be using the computer simulation to alter the interactions of the organisms in the ecosystem to see what changes occur.
Ecology is the branch of biology that studies the relationship between organisms and their environment. Ecology is a basic tool of environmental science.
Environmental pollution can adversely influence the ecosystem by minimizing the health and safety of the neighboring environment much needed for the organisms’ to existence. Habitat destruction is the second hazard that comes from human life increasing. To maintain human’s keep living, it is required to create regions for urban development, agriculture, and other much needed elements and pleasing living factors. Then again, the necessities to please the life of humans pose a threat to the life of organisms in the particular area. In the temperate forest ecosystem, numerous abiotic features play a part of its continued existence between the local organisms. The abiotic factors, which are nonliving factors that affect living organisms, are example things like its weather, light source, temperature, soil, minerals, air and water. The combination of these elements aid in the survival of the ecosystem alone and provide certain survival of the organisms in the environment (Viau, 2000). The organisms in the temperate forest ecosystem have undergone adjustments to assist or sustain the available resources and live through in the surrounding environment. Suitable modification ensures the survival of an organism in a particular
Ecological theory describes four levels of the environment that interconnect and impact people. Moving from the most intimate individual system to a broader inclusion you can identify the many systems that play a role in individual’s lives and well-being. These interactions could be harmonious and create homeostasis or could be disharmonious and cause stress.
Ecology: The study of the interactions between organisms and the other living and nonliving components of their environment.
Ecosystem: a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment
6. It influences how much of the sun’s energy is absorbed and released, thereby affecting temperature. Plants release water vapor and influence regional precipitation patterns.
Temperature influences the distribution of plants and this is another abiotic factor. In the Lions club tower I could feel the difference in temperature. Bottom at being cold and moist whereas the top is warm and dry. This is shown clearly on the average table. Temperatures such as snow or frost determines the distribution of plants as most plants cannot prevent freezing because of their tissues and this abiotic factor affects the plantae group. Other effects that could cause an establishment to particular plants due to temperature is the gemination of biennial plants, and this is during spring or summer known as vernalization. This is the cooling of seed in order to quickly adapt to the environment and the abiotic factors. As of the forest
-Ecosystem: any environment containing living organisms interacting with each other and with the non-living parts of that environment.
Ecology is the branch of biology that studies the interactions of organisms with each other, and with their physical and chemical environments. Another main topic discussed in this chapter is ecosystems. Ecosystems are habitats or areas that consists of two basic components. Ecosystems include such things as biotic and abiotic components. Biotic components are living organisms within an ecosystem and abiotic components are things like sunlight, temperature, and rainfall. Within an ecosystem are producer and autotrophs. Producers and autotrophs consist of plants, algae, and bacteria. These two organisms obtain food from inorganic materials and light energy. As to where consumer and heterotrophs obtain energy by eating plants or the animals that eat the plants. An ecosystem is made up of several different parts. Each part of an ecosystem is different from the other. None of these parts within the ecosystem rely on the other. They are all interdependent being either predators or
In order for an ecosystem to stay an ecosystem there are three aspects that interact with each other:
Ecology today can be defined as “the study of the interrelationships between living things and their environment”. It is important to understand that when we say that ecology includes the “environment”, we are talking about everything that is external to an organism, all the biotic and abiotic. Nowadays it also attempts to understand and explain the how and why of the origins and mechanisms of interactions.