Organisms
Mutualism: Organisms work together for resources
Competition: Organisms compete for the same resources (food, shelter)
Exploiting: Benefits ones organisms but harms the other
Competition: Organisms compete for the same resources (food, shelter)
Exploiting: Benefits ones organisms but harms the other
Squirrels
Squirrels and trees are a mutualistic relationship, they spread left over seeds from the nuts they eat which helps trees.
Squirrels and trees are a mutualistic relationship, they spread left over seeds from the nuts they eat which helps trees.
Raccoon
Mutualism, "Raccoon and Poison Ivy.The raccoon eats the berries of the poison ivy and disperses the seeds as it poops, both benefit."
source: teachers.oregon.k12.wi.us/.../Symbiotic%20Relationships%20in%20Nature.
Mutualism, "Raccoon and Poison Ivy.The raccoon eats the berries of the poison ivy and disperses the seeds as it poops, both benefit."
source: teachers.oregon.k12.wi.us/.../Symbiotic%20Relationships%20in%20Nature.
Mocking bird
Mocking birds and trees are a mutualistic relationship, the birds benefit from the shelters trees provide in contrast trees are not harmed.
Mocking birds and trees are a mutualistic relationship, the birds benefit from the shelters trees provide in contrast trees are not harmed.
Blue Jay
Trees provide blue jays with shelter, blue jays neither harm or help trees they share a mutualistic relationship,
"A blue jay may move 3000 to 5000 acorns in a given year, only about one fifth to one third of those acorns will be recovered as food. Some of the remaining acorns will be foraged by turkeys, deer, squirrels, chipmunks, and other wild animals, but many will sprout and with a great deal of time grow into oak trees." source:http://wildramblings.com/?p=101
Trees provide blue jays with shelter, blue jays neither harm or help trees they share a mutualistic relationship,
"A blue jay may move 3000 to 5000 acorns in a given year, only about one fifth to one third of those acorns will be recovered as food. Some of the remaining acorns will be foraged by turkeys, deer, squirrels, chipmunks, and other wild animals, but many will sprout and with a great deal of time grow into oak trees." source:http://wildramblings.com/?p=101
Bees
Bees are mutualist organisms they work together with plants. Bees fly and collect food from plants but at the same time they are collecting pollution (on their hairs) which the spread as they continue to gather food from flowers and plants which allows the flowers to reproduce.
Bees are mutualist organisms they work together with plants. Bees fly and collect food from plants but at the same time they are collecting pollution (on their hairs) which the spread as they continue to gather food from flowers and plants which allows the flowers to reproduce.
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Ecology Experiment
Hypothesis
Decomposing plants will create a negative effect in the ecosystem of the decomposed pond water in comparison to the plants that do no consist of any decomposed plants.
Independent variable
Decomposing plants
Dependent variable
The ecosystem in the pond water
Controls
Ordinary plants that do no contain decomposing plants
We will be comparing the different organisms in the pond water of the controls and the pond water containing decomposing plants.
Decomposing plants will create a negative effect in the ecosystem of the decomposed pond water in comparison to the plants that do no consist of any decomposed plants.
Independent variable
Decomposing plants
Dependent variable
The ecosystem in the pond water
Controls
Ordinary plants that do no contain decomposing plants
We will be comparing the different organisms in the pond water of the controls and the pond water containing decomposing plants.
Plot without decomposing plants
Before the decomposing plants
Plants floated, mucky water, smelly but not so strong, clear water in some areas.
Plants floated, mucky water, smelly but not so strong, clear water in some areas.
- PHYLUM: Ciliophora
GENUS: Colpidium
transparent, long/oval
2. PHYLUM: Cyanobacteria
CLASS: Coccogonea
GENUS: Gloeocapsa
CLASS: Coccogonea
GENUS: Gloeocapsa
3. Ciliate (unable to find in book) fast, round, spins in circler motions
4. PHYLUM: Ciliophara
CLASS: Spirotrichia
GENUS: Bursaria
spins circular
CLASS: Spirotrichia
GENUS: Bursaria
spins circular
5. GENUS: Plagiopyxis
Decomposing plants
Strong smell, chunky water, no floating plants, waterer turned brown in color. Organisms were much faster and larger also contained more bacteria than regular plot.
1. PHYLUM: Chlorophyta (green protists)
GENUS: Phacus
had a unique pointed tail
GENUS: Phacus
had a unique pointed tail
2. PHYLUM: Ciliophora
CLASS: Spirotrichia
GENUS: Spirostomuim
CLASS: Spirotrichia
GENUS: Spirostomuim
3. PHYLUM: Chlorophyra
GENUS: Protococcus
GENUS: Protococcus
4. PHYLUM: Cilophora
CLASS: Spirotrichia
GENUS: Bursaria
CLASS: Spirotrichia
GENUS: Bursaria
5. PHYLUM: Ciliophora
Class:Spirotrichia
Genus: Blephafisma
Class:Spirotrichia
Genus: Blephafisma