Post #4 Hope Vela
Our broccoli plant is affected by many things in the environment. Some abiotic factors are wind, water, space, sunlight, and the border walls of the flower beds. These either affect how efficiently they grow or where they grow. Some biotic factors that affect them are predators, competitors, bacteria, and humans.
The plants in the garden are competing for resources like sunlight, water, nutrients, and space. You can tell they are competing because if a plant is in a better area it will become bigger and taller. This plant may eventually become big enough to cast a shadow on another plant and reduce its growth even further. If both plants need the same resources and are in the same area, then they are automatically competing with each other. That is the definition of competition. Our plant specifically is competing with grass and a couple other broccoli plants in it's immediate vicinity.
Plants that grow quickly and produce the food as they're meant to are the "winners." The "losers" are plants that may be struggling to stay alive or aren't producing food. Sometimes, if plants are close in size and growth rate, it's hard to tell which one is "better." A plant that is growing successfully should continue to increase in size and production of food. It should also produce food that's the right size and not too small or lacking nutrition, at least during the optimum season.
The plants are involved in other interactions besides competition. Some plants have symbiotic relationships with bacteria. The bacteria process certain chemicals so that the plant can use it and the plant provides a shelter for the bacteria. This is a mutualistic relationship. Certain plants, caterpillars, some insects, and some small animals eat plants or their fruits or vegetables. A relationship like this where one organism is eating another is called predation.
I think secondary succession is occurring because we already had dirt in the garden but weeds started to sprout. The as we planted more veggies the grew and now there's insects, more bacteria, and more small animals. All these come into the garden and form a little community. If it were primary succession then the ground would have to start as rock. Then, lichens would grow and help produce soil so that other plants an small animals would come to the area.
The plants in the garden are competing for resources like sunlight, water, nutrients, and space. You can tell they are competing because if a plant is in a better area it will become bigger and taller. This plant may eventually become big enough to cast a shadow on another plant and reduce its growth even further. If both plants need the same resources and are in the same area, then they are automatically competing with each other. That is the definition of competition. Our plant specifically is competing with grass and a couple other broccoli plants in it's immediate vicinity.
Plants that grow quickly and produce the food as they're meant to are the "winners." The "losers" are plants that may be struggling to stay alive or aren't producing food. Sometimes, if plants are close in size and growth rate, it's hard to tell which one is "better." A plant that is growing successfully should continue to increase in size and production of food. It should also produce food that's the right size and not too small or lacking nutrition, at least during the optimum season.
The plants are involved in other interactions besides competition. Some plants have symbiotic relationships with bacteria. The bacteria process certain chemicals so that the plant can use it and the plant provides a shelter for the bacteria. This is a mutualistic relationship. Certain plants, caterpillars, some insects, and some small animals eat plants or their fruits or vegetables. A relationship like this where one organism is eating another is called predation.
I think secondary succession is occurring because we already had dirt in the garden but weeds started to sprout. The as we planted more veggies the grew and now there's insects, more bacteria, and more small animals. All these come into the garden and form a little community. If it were primary succession then the ground would have to start as rock. Then, lichens would grow and help produce soil so that other plants an small animals would come to the area.
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