Pond Water Lab

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The park in which the pond water was gathered is in an urban area in providence Rhode Island. The current state of the park is slightly polluted with people traveling through it every day. Common activities in the park can be, but are not limited to, walking, running, or driving through the park, swimming, boating, or fishing in the water, or feeding the numerous amount of wildlife throughout the park. It is assumed that all of these activities affect the ecosystem negatively. A lab was conducted to study the very effects that humans have on this quant ecosystem. Two large buckets of pond water were gathered to the site of the lab. The individuals then studied the life in the buckets that could be easily sought out, such as, large snails, frogs, and even a fish. These organisms were sketched and noted. Then the individuals took out microscopes to view micro organisms in the pond. These organisms were so tiny the individuals couldn't see them with the naked eye. A lot of macroinvertebrates and algae were discovered and noted at this point. In the end, about 28 organisms were found in total and compiled into a large chart. This chart was then used to create a trophic level pyramid (a …show more content…

It is important that all these organisms are present to guarantee that this ecosystem run smoothly. If a certain organism was removed from the environment, another organism may not have food and will die as a result. To illustrate the importance of each organism in the environment, the individuals created a food web. The food web had arrows pointing to different organisms, the arrows always pointed to the consumer because they were the ones receiving the energy. After the individuals created and studied the food web, it could be concluded that all living things in the ecosystem do not only eat one thing, they consume a lot of different organisms to get their energy

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