KAMERON GRIER hu 518) BIOLOGY 2 LESSON 2 ECOLOGICAL SCAVENGER HUNT PRE-LAB QUESTIONS +{1-What park will you be exploring? | will be exploring Heritage park \2.How old is the park? The park is 14 years* old 3.What existed in the park’s location before it was created? Nothing existed there before the park was located ANALYSIS ANSWERS +{ 7-The environment that | observed woukd probably be different if the area was untouched by humans Jt would probably be cleaner and eco-friendlier due fo the constant littering. 1{ 2: The change In season would probably not change the ecosystem that I observed due to if; being, constant littering and nobody cleaning it up 3.4 couple of biotic factors in this environment IE plants, animal's, fungi and 4 nacterta 2 couple of abiotic factors Is water sunlight, soil, air, and temperature {4 2. audaxviator is in organism that lives in complete isolation. This organism survives in a habitat where it gets its energy not from the sun but from hydrogen and sulfate produced by the radioactive decay of uranium. Living alone, D. audaxviator must build its organic molecules by itself out of water, inorganic carbon, and nitrogen from ammonia in the surrounding rocks and fluid. DATA TABLE +KAMERON GRIER BIOLOGY 2 LESSON 2 ECOLOGICAL SCAVENGER HUNT PLANTS SUPPORT ALL FORMS | plants form the basic food This proof Human-caused (OF ANIMAL LIFE staples, and this is just one reason why plants are important. They are the major source of oxygen and food on earth since no animal is able to supply the components necessary without plants. The fish we eat consume algae and the cattle we eat as beef feed on grass, so even if you're not a fan of salads, your food source relies on plants. 4 environmental changes are creating regional combinations of environmental conditions that, within the next 50 to 100 years, may fall outside the ‘envelope within which many of the terrestrial plants of a region evolved. These environmental modifications might become a greater cause of global species extinction than direct habitat destruction. The environmental constraints undergoing human modification include levels of soil nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium and pH, atmospheric C02, herbivore, pathogen, and predator densities, disturbance regimes, and climate. 4 HUMANS AND WILDLIFE SHARE ENVIORMENTS Humans are now responsible for causing changes in the environment that hurt animals and plant species. We take up more space on Earth for our homes and cities. We pollute habitats. We illegally hunt and kill animals. We bring exotic species into habitats. All of these activities take resources and habitats away from plants and animals. 4 The environmental constraints undergoing human modification include levels of soil nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium and pH, atmospheric C02, herbivore, pathogen, and predator densities, disturbance regimes, and climate. PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THE ENVIORMENT describe how people have changed the environment include pollution, damming, rivers, introduced species changing land through People changed the environment by pollution changing land and etc.KAMERON GRIER BIOLOGY 2 LESSON 2 ECOLOGICAL SCAVENGER HUNT ‘ANIMALS LIVE IN OR HAVE PASSED THROUGH THIS AREA There are many forms of pollution ad way too many effects to list Damning rivers floods areas, that would normally be dry, which destroyed many animal habitats and many acres of trees. 4 Damning rivers floods areas. that would normally be dry, ‘which destroyed many animal habitats and many acres of trees. 4 HUMANS AND WIDLIFE ARE ‘SUBJECT TO SIMILAR ENVIORMENTAL PROBLEMS ‘Why would we dare swim in crocodile territory in North Queensland, Australia? Why would we hike through Grizzly bear habitat without taking extreme precaution? Or why would we walk within meters of ‘wild elephant herd in Kenya just to geta better look? it certainly doesn’t take a genius to deduce the end result of such interactions, but yet we do them anyway. Are human's victims of the “It will never happen to me” syndrome, or are we simply not aware of the risks involved? (Or why would we walk within ~ meters of a wild elephant herd in Kenya just to get a better look? It certainly doesn’t take a genius to deduce the end result of such interactions, but yet we do them anyway. Are human's victims of the “it will never happen to me” syndrome, or are we simply not aware of the risks involved? 4 PREDATOR AND PREY RELATIONSHIPS EXIST IN THE AREA Human activity often changes or destroys the habitats that plants and animals need to survive. Because human populations are growing so fast animals and plants are disappearing 1000 times faster than they have in the past 65 million years. Scientists. estimate that in the 21st century 100 species will become, extinct every day. Because human populations are growing so fast animals and plants are disappearing 1000 times faster than they have in the past 65 million years. Scientists estimate that in the 21st century 100 species will become extinct every day. PLANT DISEASE OR INSECT DAMAGE CAN BE SEEN “Arthropod pests, including insects and spider mites, in the landscape produce characteristic damage related to the way they feed, which is | determined by the type of 11 4 ‘Arthropod pests, including insects and spider mites, in the landscape produce characteristic damage related to the way they feed, which is determined by the type ofKAMERON GRIER BIOLOGY 2 LESSON 2 ECOLOGICAL SCAVENGER HUNT SIMPLE FOOD CHAINS ARE SEEN IN THIS ECOSYSYTEM ‘Al living things need to feed to get energy to grow, move and reproduce. But what do these living things feed on? Smaller insects feed on green plants, ‘and bigger animals feed on smaller ones and so on. This, feeding relationship i ecosystem is called a food chain. Food chains are usvally in ‘a sequence, with an arrow used to show the flow of energy. Below are some living things that can fit into a food chain. This feeding relationship in an ecosystem is called a food chain. Food chains are usually in a sequence, with an arrow used to show the flow of energy. Below are some living things that can fit into a food chain. 4 ‘SECONDARY SUCESSION IS TAKING PLACE been cleared of existing vegetation (such as after tree- felling in a woodland) and. destructive events such as fires. is the series of community changes which take place ona previously colonized, but disturbed or damaged habitat.