Ecosystem Amazon
Amazon Rainforest
Part 1 1. The name of the ecosystem you are researching? Amazon Rainforest ecosystem. 2. A map of the area where the ecosystem is located.
3. An explanation of the key abiotic components of the ecosystem? That are non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment, which affect ecosystems. A good example is that a lot of small bushes and shrubs would not be able to live here because all the really tall trees would block most of the sunlight causing a lack in sunlight to the bushes and shrubs below them. This will cause the bushes and shrubs to die. 4. An explanation of the key biotic factors (species) that are found in the ecosystem? The biotic factors that are found in the rainforest are made up of the combination of heat and moisture makes the tropical rain forest the perfect environment for more than 15 million types of plants and animals. Biotic components are the living things that shape an ecosystem. A biotic factor is any living component that affects another organism. 5. An overview of interrelationships between energy transfers and flow of matter within the ecosystem? Energy does not cycle through ecosystems but instead enters ecosystems and is used up within ecosystems. Ultimately energy is lost from ecosystems primarily as waste heat, the most thermodynamically unavailable form of energy. "Energy enters most ecosystems in the form of sunlight. It is then converted to chemical energy by autotrophic organisms, passed to heterotrophs in the organic compounds of food, and dissipated in the form of heat. The movements of energy and matter through ecosystems are related because both occur by the transfer of substances through feeding relationships. However, because energy, unlike matter, cannot be recycled, an ecosystem must be powered by a continuous influx of new energy from the sun. Energy flows through ecosystems, while matter cycles within them." 6. A food web showing the major interactions within the
Part 1 1. The name of the ecosystem you are researching? Amazon Rainforest ecosystem. 2. A map of the area where the ecosystem is located.
3. An explanation of the key abiotic components of the ecosystem? That are non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment, which affect ecosystems. A good example is that a lot of small bushes and shrubs would not be able to live here because all the really tall trees would block most of the sunlight causing a lack in sunlight to the bushes and shrubs below them. This will cause the bushes and shrubs to die. 4. An explanation of the key biotic factors (species) that are found in the ecosystem? The biotic factors that are found in the rainforest are made up of the combination of heat and moisture makes the tropical rain forest the perfect environment for more than 15 million types of plants and animals. Biotic components are the living things that shape an ecosystem. A biotic factor is any living component that affects another organism. 5. An overview of interrelationships between energy transfers and flow of matter within the ecosystem? Energy does not cycle through ecosystems but instead enters ecosystems and is used up within ecosystems. Ultimately energy is lost from ecosystems primarily as waste heat, the most thermodynamically unavailable form of energy. "Energy enters most ecosystems in the form of sunlight. It is then converted to chemical energy by autotrophic organisms, passed to heterotrophs in the organic compounds of food, and dissipated in the form of heat. The movements of energy and matter through ecosystems are related because both occur by the transfer of substances through feeding relationships. However, because energy, unlike matter, cannot be recycled, an ecosystem must be powered by a continuous influx of new energy from the sun. Energy flows through ecosystems, while matter cycles within them." 6. A food web showing the major interactions within the