Ecology Mini Scrapbook

Observe an Organism:

Maple leaf Tree

ATMOSPHERE: This organism interacts with the atmosphere because it produces carbon dioxide.
GEOSPHERE: This organism interacts with the geosphere because the tree grows out of the soil in the ground.
HYDROSPHERE: This organism interacts with the hydrosphere because it needs water to grow and live.
BIOSPHERE: This organism interacts with the hydrosphere because it is a living thing.

Biological Community:

PRODUCER

Buttercup flower

Buttercup flowers niche is to bring in bees and butterflies by attracting them with their pollen and nectar.

This organism uses photosynthesis

PRIMARY CONSUMER

spider

spiders niche is to control insect population by trapping them and eating them.

 

SECONDARY CONSUMER

crow

crows niche is to “clean up” dead animals and garbage that has been scattered by other animals.

TERTIARY CONSUMER

Human

humans niche is to have the unique ability to shape and impact the ecosystem.

DECOMPOSER

Mushroom

mushrooms niche is to break down dead organisims and decompose.

 

 

 

The food web will get affected even if one species is threatened because it will have a defect on all the other species. it will have an unbalanced food web.

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