Biology is an amazing subject because it is the only thing that explains why and how things are supposed to function in life. This essay is going to identify the terrestrial and the aquatic ecosystem with details of the different organization. Also, it is going to explain the population and community. Lastly it is going to differentiate living from non-living by identifying and stating the characteristics of living. Terrestrial ecosystem is “the interaction between living organisms and non-living objects occurring in the land masses of continents” (Ghosh). For instance, like the forests called taigas. According to Derrick Arrington in the article “What is a Terrestrial Ecosystem”, “taigas are known for their sub-arctic climate with extremely cold winters and mild summers. They primarily consist of coniferous trees, such as pines. Taigas are home to large herbivores, such as moose, elk, and bison, as well as omnivores, such as bears” (Arrington). The Terrestrial ecosystem is part of the community organization level because there are many living populations formed in there such as, the moose, elk and bears. The aquatic ecosystem is “living and nonliving parts of a waterbody and the interactions that take place among them.” …show more content…
According to Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk and Bruce E. Byers in the book Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition), the characteristics of living things are organization, metabolism, responsive, reproduction, movements, growth, development and adapting”. In the other hand, the characteristics of a non-living things is unable to reproduce, move and grow (Audesirk, Audesirk, Byers,). Throughout the world there is many things that are consider living things and non-living things. For instance, birds flying in the sky and parents playing with their children are consider as living and sand and wood are considered a nonliving
The Taiga is a biome that originates from Northern Russia that means or describes a cool large land with many conifers. Upper North America, Northern Europe and Northern Asia all are mostly Taiga. It is the largest biome and contains mostly conifers but does not have that many animals. The climate is mostly very cold and snowy in the winter and warm in the summer while fall and spring are just transition seasons.
The next topic for discussion in this paper is ecology. This will include, preferred habitats and interactions with abiotic and biotic elements of the environment.
ES.10 The student will investigate and understand that oceans are complex, interactive physical, chemical, and biological systems and are subject to long- and short-term variations. Key concepts include:
The teacher will review with the whole class that living things must be able to move, grow, and reproduce and nonliving things cannot. She will then ask if any students still have questions and answer any questions they may have. The students will take a computerized multiplication test to assess their mastery (McCarty, Living nonliving assessment, 2015).
Ecology, according to the oxford dictionary, is “the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and their phy...
With more primitive ocean species occurring more in our oceans many problems are posed by them. One thing is that they interfere more and more with the cycle that our oceans go through the animal’s way of life is changing. For example the Australian algae has definitely disrupted ecosyst...
THESIS: Life on earth has been considered by some as a purposeful interaction tending toward ecological stability. However, when the scientific community led by James Lovelock tried to match this concept with science, it was (and continues to be) a dilemma.
The ecological model will be explained on the different levels, it is a set of ideas which include the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and the macro-system. The microsystem is the individual’s surroundings composed of the individual’s domain including home and school, so the individual interactions are relevant as he interacts with environment around during this particular life stage. The mesosystem is the environmental setting the evolving individual inhabits with other roles in the bigger community like school or work. Historically, the exosystem is an addition of the mesosystem including the media, broadcasting, transportation, and the diverse government agencies. The definition of macro-system is all the different systems surrounded by all the smaller microsystems; furthermore, an event can affect another system surrounding the individual. An example could be the recession affects the different members of the family.
The Boreal Shield is Canada’s largest ecosystem, and accounts for around 20% of the country’s total land area. At a total of 1.8 million kilometres squared, it is almost as big as Canada’s largest territory (Nunavut-1.9 million kilometres squared), and stretches from Saskatchewan in the west to Newfoundland and Labrador in the east. The Boreal Shield gets its name from the fact that it is part of the immense Canadian Shield, and that the majority of the surface is covered in Boreal forests. The intersection of these two enormous areas has resulted in the creation of the ecozone that many people think of when they imagine Canada.
An ecosystem is made up of all the biotic and abiotic features in a specific area, the living correlating with the nonliving, and vice versa. Depending on where the ecosystem may be, organisms may have different relationships with the things amongst them. The tundra ecosystem is an example in this case. Because of its location in the Arctic Circle and its infamous living conditions, organisms use the abiotic and biotic features to their advantage. These kinds of interactions are key to what makes the ecosystem what it is.
Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to investigate the various components of different ecosystems in a smaller representation and study the conditions required for the ecosystem’s sustainability as well as the connections between
A biome, also known as life zones, consists of all plants, animals, and other organisms, as well the physical environment in a particular area. A biome is characterized by its’ plant life, climate, and location. The climate and physical features determine the boundaries of a biome. A biome is made up of many different ecosystems. The ecosystems tend to have the same pants and animals as neighboring biomes around the boundaries. The major biomes are the tundra, taiga, tropical rain forest, temperate forests, desert, grassland, savanna, chaparral, and marine. Each biome has it’s own characteristics such as the tundra.
Life according to scientists is “the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death, also the way of life of a human being or animal.”("Life,”) In order for one to have life, one must have the nine characteristics to be considered a living thing. These nine characteristics are; all living things are made up of cells, living things are able to reproduce, living thing use energy, maintain homeostasis, respond and adapt to the environment, grow and develop, have a life span, evolve over time, and are interdependence. All of the nine characteristics have one thing in common, something that is needed for all living things to use, even if they do not know it. This beautiful thing that all living things should value is photosynthesis. Without photosynthesis there wouldn’t consist humans, animals, insects, and most importantly life!
Scientists have begun to say that we have to do more to protect our ecosystem, because our very existence is depending upon it. When the ecosystem is not functioning properly the continuation of plant, animal and human life ecosystems would be impossible. Life cycles can not function without ecosystems. The ecosystem provides us with clean air, water, habitats for fish and other services. They also aid in the mod...
The branch of science that deals with how living things, including humans, are related to their surroundings is called ecology . The Earth supports some 5 million species of plants, animals, and microorganisms. These interact and influence their surroundings, forming a vast network of interrelated environmental systems called ecosystems. The arctic tundra is an ecosystem and so is a Brazilian rain forest. The islands of Hawaii are a relatively isolated ecosystem. If left undisturbed, natural environmental systems tend to achieve balance or stability among the various species of plants and animals. Complex ecosystems are able to compensate for changes caused by weather or intrusions from migrating animals and are therefore usually said to be more stable than simple ecosystems. A field of corn has only one dominant species, the corn plant, and is a very simple ecosystem. It is easily destroyed by drought, insects, disease, or overuse. A forest may remain relatively unchanged by weather that would destroy a nearby field of corn, because the forest is characterized by greater diversity of plants and animals. Its complexity gives it stability.