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Scavengers like flies and wasps first eat dead animals, breaking them into small bits. Then decomposers like bacteria and fungi take over to fully decompose the remains. Decomposers are crucial for breaking down waste and recycling nutrients back into the soil, without which plants would not receive nutrients and waste would overaccumulate on Earth. Examples of decomposers include fungi that break down organic materials, molds, mildews that decompose plants, bacteria that eat and digest tissues, and insects like cockroaches and springtails that further break down waste to be consumed by bacteria or eat decaying organic matter.
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5. Factors like disease, weather, food and predators that influence population sizes.
6. Human activities that can disrupt ecosystems and steps to address effects on the environment.
Soil Biology
Soil is made up of particles of rocks, dead plants, and organisms and contains water and air. It supports plant growth by holding plants upright, providing nutrients, and allowing for water infiltration. Soil is teeming with life, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods, and earthworms. These organisms help decompose dead organic matter, recycle nutrients, improve soil structure, and support ecosystems both above and below ground.
living inhabitants of soil by Sarah Ashfaq 5th Semester.pptx
1. The document defines soil inhabitants as organisms that live in soil for part or all of their life. It discusses the different types of living organisms found in soil, including archaea, bacteria, fungi, protists, and various fauna ranging from micro to macro in size.
2. Soil organisms play an important role in maintaining soil fertility, structure, and nutrient cycling. They break down organic matter, release nutrients, and convert them to forms usable by plants.
3. The document discusses the different size groups of soil organisms from micro to mega, providing examples such as protists, microfauna including protozoa and nematodes, mesofauna including mites and springtails, macrofauna
Our environment pdf
This document discusses environmental concepts like biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes, food chains, food webs, trophic levels, and ecosystem components. It provides examples and definitions for each. Specifically, it defines biodegradable wastes as those that can be broken down by microorganisms, like cattle dung and compost. Non-biodegradable wastes cannot be broken down, such as plastics, metals, and chemicals like DDT. It also explains that decomposer organisms break down natural materials but not man-made ones.
Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a place where living and non-living things interact, and can exist in various environments from wet to dry and small to large. In an ecosystem, living things depend on each other and non-living things like water, soil and sunlight. Producers like plants make their own food through photosynthesis, while consumers like animals obtain food by eating other organisms, and decomposers like worms break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil.
Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a place where living and non-living things interact, and can exist in various environments from wet to dry and small to large. In an ecosystem, living things depend on each other and non-living things like water, soil and sunlight. Producers like plants make their own food through photosynthesis, while consumers like animals obtain food by eating other organisms, and decomposers like worms break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil.
Energy transfer in the ecosystems
This document discusses energy transfer in ecosystems through food chains, webs, and pyramids. It explains that producers like plants obtain energy through photosynthesis, and consumers obtain energy by eating producers or other consumers. A food chain outlines the sequence of energy transfer from the sun to producers to primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. Scavengers and decomposers also play roles in recycling nutrients and matter back into the ecosystem.
3 2 major components of an ecosystem
Organisms obtain nutrients in different ways: some produce their own through photosynthesis, others consume other organisms, and decomposers recycle nutrients by breaking down remains. Within ecosystems, producers use photosynthesis to make food, consumers obtain food by eating producers or each other, and decomposers release nutrients by breaking down waste. Nutrient recycling and energy flow from the sun allow ecosystems to be sustained.
PARA QUE SIRVEN LOS INVERTEBRADOS VERTEBRADOS
Invertebrates serve several important ecological functions:
1) They are a source of food for many animals including humans as we eat octopus, squid, oysters, crabs, and lobsters.
2) Invertebrates help with biological pest control and balance ecosystems. Some, like bees, also aid pollination which allows plants to reproduce.
3) Many invertebrates are used as a source of raw materials like honey, silk, and pearls that are used for food, clothing, and decorations.
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Here is a drawing of my carnivorous plant using only plant parts:
[DRAWING OF A CARNIVOROUS PLANT USING LEAF SHAPES FOR THE TRAP AND STEM/VINES]
The trap is made of folded heart-shaped leaves. Smaller pointed leaves form the entrance. A long twisting stem holds the trap above the ground on a bed of flat round leaves.
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Food chains and webs
This document discusses food chains and webs. It explains that producers, like plants, are the beginning of the food chain and get their energy from photosynthesis. There are different levels of consumers that eat producers or each other, including primary consumers like squirrels, secondary consumers like cats, and tertiary consumers like wolves. Omnivores can be primary or secondary consumers. Scavengers and decomposers, like bacteria and fungi, break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil to complete the cycle. A food web is a more accurate representation than a food chain because organisms have multiple relationships in an ecosystem.
Unit 6 diagram (1)
The biosphere is the largest ecosystem, consisting of planet Earth and all living things inhabiting it. Within ecosystems, producers like plants generate food from sunlight, water and minerals, consumers eat other organisms, and decomposers break down dead plants and animals, returning minerals to the soil. Food chains show how species are connected through predator-prey relationships, while food webs combine multiple food chains. Humans are responsible for most recent biodiversity loss through activities like climate change, pollution, overhunting, and habitat alteration. National parks and biosphere reserves aim to protect endangered wildlife and environments.
Unit 6 diagram
The biosphere is the largest ecosystem, consisting of planet Earth and all living things inhabiting it. Within ecosystems, producers like plants generate food from sunlight, water and minerals, consumers eat other organisms, and decomposers break down dead plants and animals, returning minerals to the soil. Food chains show how species are connected through predator-prey relationships, while food webs combine multiple food chains. Human activities like climate change, pollution, overexploitation of resources and habitat alteration are responsible for most recent biodiversity loss through species extinction. National parks and biosphere reserves aim to protect endangered wildlife and environments.
Unit 6 diagram (1)
The biosphere is the largest ecosystem, consisting of planet Earth and all living things inhabiting it. Within ecosystems, producers like plants generate food from sunlight, water and minerals, consumers eat other organisms, and decomposers break down dead plants and animals, returning minerals to the soil. Food chains show how species are connected through predator-prey relationships, while food webs combine multiple food chains. Human activities like climate change, pollution, overexploitation of resources and habitat alteration are responsible for most recent biodiversity loss through species extinction. National parks and biosphere reserves aim to protect endangered wildlife and environments.
FOOD CHAINS UNIT 3 YEAR 3
Food chains show how organisms within an ecosystem rely on each other for energy and nutrients. Plants are producers as they produce their own food through photosynthesis. Herbivores consume plants and carnivores consume herbivores or other carnivores. Lions are an example of an apex predator, occupying the top of some terrestrial food chains, as no other animals prey on them. Disruptions anywhere in a food chain can impact the entire ecosystem.
Mini Beasts – Bugs And More
The document discusses mini beasts like bugs and their roles in ecosystems and food webs. It provides facts about different types of bugs like flies, caterpillars, and butterflies. It also discusses classifying organisms into a taxonomic hierarchy and identifying the main groups of arthropods like insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans. The document explores food chains and how energy is transferred between producers, consumers, and decomposers. It explains that food webs are more complex than food chains by showing multiple feeding relationships between organisms.
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Rotting log.
A rotting log provides habitat for thousands of living organisms that break down the wood and convert it into nutrients for the soil. Bacteria, fungi, insects, and other invertebrates each play a role in the decomposition process. As the log fully decays, it enriches the soil and supports a diverse ecosystem in the forest.
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Fungimold and mildew break down dead organic materials like plants, while bacteria such as saprobic bacteria eat and digest tissues and amino acids using enzymes like protease. Cockroaches and springtails also help break down decaying organic matter, with cockroaches breaking down food to be consumed by bacteria and springtails directly eating decaying organic matter.
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