Student Blog Post Assignment #4

1.  Some abiotic factors that our plants depends for survival are the climate, which is the weather and temperature, the soil, and the amount of sunlight the plant receives.  For weather, if it's very hot and dry, the plant would have a hard time surviving because of lack of water.  And for temperature, colder temperatures that are too hot or too cold could harm the functions of the plants.  Some biotic factors that affects the plant are competition with other plants, maybe some herbivores that could eat the plants, or worms that could benefit the plant.

2.  We know a plant is engaged inn competition because the plant is surrounded by other plants that share a similar niche, or job.  If two plants have the same niche, then they have to compete for resources like water and energy in order to complete their job.  In our situation, our plants competing with other plants in the same flower bed in the garden.  They're competing for water, sunlight, and potentially better soil.

3.  An example of a winner in competition would be if one of the plants in competition dies and the other one lives.  Those situations clearly demonstrate a clear cut winner.  However, this isn't always the case.  Other plants in competition could look the same or act in similar ways, make it much harder to sense which one is doing better in their of competition.

4.  Other types of interactions that plants could have together would be different types of symbiosis.  One of these types is mutualism, where organisms benefit.  A good example of this with the plant would the plant interacting with a worm.  In this situation, the worm create soil for the plant to live in.  On the other hand, the worm now has a good home and the plant could provide food and water to the worm.  Another example would be when bees collect pollen from the plant.  This case would be called commensalism.  The bee benefits greatly but the flower isn't harmed or benefitted.

5.  The garden seems like it is going through a phase like secondary succession.  At the beginning, all there was in the flower bed was soil.  However now, there are plants that are thriving and beginning to fully grow.  So in a way, the garden has developed quite a bit.

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