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Water Sheds

A.I noticed that the lowpoint, the water, ended up a mirky pool of blended colors. All of the water flowed to the pond, which was the lowpoint on site.

B.Yes, the water flowed as I would have anticipate, from the high to the low point, following the grooves in the paper.

C.The closest human structure is a road to the north of my site about 80 yards.

D.Carbon is entering my site through the gametes of the leaves on the trees. Plants use Carbon Dioxide and turn it into glucose. This sugar then puts carbon into the cell walls of the plants leaves, and when they are eaten by herbivores, the carbon cycles through the ecosystem.

 

Nitrogen is introduced into the ecosystem by nitrogen fixers that are able to sequester carbon and then cycle it through the ecosystem.

 

Phosphorus enters into my ecosystem by the weathering of rocks. These mineral deposits are absorbed into the roots of plants and cycled through my ecosystem that way.

 

E.These minerals are concentrated in the biomass of plants mainly.

F.These nutrients can be taken off of the site by water runoff or by the removal of lumber that contains large amounts of these nutrients.

G.The landscape affects where organisms are located because the pathways of water moved nutrients through the ecosystem and provides for plants and animals. Water governs life in the ecosystem.

H.An organism might effect this process by its ability to provide for other organisms in the ecosystem, and its ability to sequester and move nutrients through the ecosystem.

 

 

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Uploaded on June 12, 2009
Taken on January 20, 2007