This document is a chapter-by-chapter summary of Johnny Bertoncello's ecology project. It covers topics like the carbon cycle, plant and animal adaptations, niches, biomes, and human impacts. Each chapter provides explanations and examples of key ecological concepts. For example, chapter 3 describes the steps of the carbon cycle, from photosynthesis to decomposition. It also gives examples of how plants and animals rely on resources like sunlight, water and each other in ecosystems.

1. What’s Your Message?
Introducing My
Ecology Project
By: Johnny Bertoncello

2. Chapter 3

3. The tree is giving the bird
a good vantage point so it
may be able to see
predators or prey

4. The water is giving
the vegetation of this
pond a good view of
the sun so it may
absorb the sun

5. The First Step of the
carbon cycle:
Photosynthesis
Plants take in sunlight
to make energy called
glucose

6. The second step of
the carbon cycle:
cellular respiration
Cellular respiration
is photosynthesis
backwards

7. Part third step of the
carbon cycle: death
 Death: an organism
stops breathing

8.  Other half of the third
step of the carbon
cycle: decomposition
 Decomposition: the
breaking down of other
animals by
decomposers

9. The fourth step in the
carbon cycle: fossil
fuels
Fossil fuels are
derived from the dead
organism and are
formed into other
things

10. The fifth step of the
carbon cycle:
combustion
Combustion is the
burning of fossil fuels

11.  Different
populations of
plants form the
community
 Community
forms ecosystem

12.  Starts out with the sun
 Sun gives organisms life
and starts off every food
chain

13.  The sun gives life to the
plant so it may do
photosynthesis and
survive

14.  Continues to the
worm
 The worm eats the
plant to survive

15.  Finishes with the
predator of the worm
 The Robin eats the
worm to feed not only
itself, but its babies
also

16. Chapter 4

17. An ant’s niche
Many tunnels inside of
the niche
The queen ant is the
leader
Most likely found in damp
areas

18.  These two slugs must
compete for the
resources in this
niche in order to
survive

19.  The ant makes fungus
and then eats the
fungus
 Fungus gets life and
ant gets food

20.  Humans and
plants
survive with
each other
by what they
give off

21. All fully developed
plants
Stable community

22.  Flooding
 The earth in this
picture will eventually
be back to normal

23.  The tall grass prairie
biome and the deciduous
forest biome
 Many trees and tall grass
and fields

24. Chapter 5

25. Many plants in
this area
Due to sunlight,
soil, water, etc.

26. Not many plants
growing in this area
Due to a lot of shade
and bad soil

27. Traveling or
migrating in groups
Common in birds,
elephants and
zebras

28. The plants in this
picture are evenly
distributed in this
area
Plants do this to
evenly share the
resources in the
area

29. The trees are evenly
distributed in this area
Due to random
placement of seeds

30. Shortage of water
Organisms would
not be able to
survive
Density dependent

31. Predation
This Robin will
eventually eat
worms
Density dependent

32. Shortage of plants
Greatly affects food
chain
Density dependent

33. Humans
destroying
animals habitat
Shortage of
habitat area
Density
dependent

34. Shortage of clean
air
Humans polluting
air with combustion
Density dependent

35. Chapter 6

36. Litter
May harm hungry
animals by making
them choke or may
cut them

37. Irrigation systems
Prevents flooding and
drying up of ponds
and lakes

38. Polluting the air
By combustion,
the vehicles we use
pollute the air

39. Additional
Information

40. Due to
undesirable
conditions
New leaves will
sprout when it
becomes warmer

41. Migration
Due to undesirable
conditions so animals
migrate to warmer
and more comfortable
climate

42. Domain-Eukarya
Kingdom-Animalia
Phylum-Chordata
Class-Reptilia
Order-Chelonia
Family-Testudinae
Genus-
Agrionemys/Testud
o
Species-Horsfieldii

43. Domain-Eukarya
Kingdom-Animalia
Phylum-Chordata
Class-Amphibia
Order-Anura
Family-Ranidae
Genus-Rana
Species-Catesbeiana

44. Found in Florida and
Pacific Coast of Mexico
Between 85,000 and
90,000 turtles left
(2004)
Poachers make it hard
for these turtles
Seagulls and crabs rely
on these turtles

45. These two birds are
avoiding competition
Sharing resources in
this area

46.  Russian Tortoise (Asia) [Internet]. [cited 2015 May 14] . Available from:
http://trgoru.weebly.com/russian-tortoise.html
 Adaptations [Internet]. [cited 2015 May 14] . Available from:
http://robinho.wikifoundry.com/page/Adaptations
 Species Profile for Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) [Internet]. [cited 2015 May
16] . Available from:
http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=C00S
 The Carbon Cycle steps [Internet]. [cited 2015 May 12] . Available from:
http://thecarboncycledio.weebly.com/the-carbon-cycle-steps.html
 American Bullfrog- Rana catesbeiana [Internet]. [cited 2015 May 17] . Available
from: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/schams_kell/classification.htm
 Classification of Russain tortoise [Internet]. [cited 2015 May 16] . Available from:
http://russiantortoisepictures.com/forum/index.php?topic=24.0
 The World's Biomes [Internet]. [cited 2015 May 14] . Available from:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/