Since the Earth’s natural resources are limited, it necessary for species of all kingdoms to fight in order to gain enough nutrients in order to not only live but thrive and go on to produce future generations. There are two types of competition that can be observed between species: interspecific and intraspecific. Interspecific is the competition between organisms of different species, such as what would happen for food and survival in a predator-prey relationship. Intraspecific is the competition between organisms of the same species. This can include the competition for dominance and mating partners.
Mufasa is talking about the ecosystem. All animals in the ecosystem are connected, and therefore each requires all the others for its survival. If the balance is not respected - for example, if humans wipe out one particular species - the entire ecosystem will suffer as a result. 7) In an attempt to explain the Circle of Life, Mufasa says to Simba; “when we die our bodies become the grass……the antelope eat the grass……” How is this possible? Describe the process that Mufasa is referring to in detail.
The food web case study uses annotations that adequately provide models that depict the predator and prey relationship found in the ecological environment. This relationship is very competitive and discrete mathematics provides different assumptions and computational rules to maintain a natural balance. Competition within the food web describes the parameters needed for each element to exist and coexist within a given environment. These parameters consist of elements such as Ph balance, temperature (or climate), food availability, and so forth. For each animal or plant represented, these parameters provide a niche for survival in the ecological system of nature.
Insects eat plants, birds eat insects, bacteria and fungi in the soil decompose birds and other organisms when they die, and plants obtain vital nutrients from the soil. Food webs for ecological communities may be extremely complex. 4.How could human behaviors and rising human populations impact these cycles? Humans can eliminate species and life by pollution or killing. Humans need to monitor their actions by moving life to a new location
The Rideau River Ecosystem and Food Web Team A BIO/101 Brian Fox The Rideau River Ecosystems are biological populations of interacting organisms and their physical surroundings. Many are areas of lands that have changed due to the nearby water currents. These areas of land are home to many animals and plants that have adapted to survive. Each individual ecosystem is comprised of different features that make it conducive to certain plants and animals. That means each ecosystem is unique.
In mutualism both species benefit; in commensalism one species benefits and the other is not affected; and in parasitism the parasite benefits and harms the host. 2. Prokaryotes engage in all three types of symbiosis with eukaryotes, e.g., Rhizobium is mutualistic with plants, bacteria living within the intestines and on the skin of humans are mostly commensal but some are mutualistic, e.g., anaerobic, fermenting, bacteria living within the female vagina create an acidic environment hostile to yeast and other fungi. C. Pathogenic prokaryotes cause many human diseases 1. To be pathogenic, a parasite must invade the host, resist internal defenses long enough to begin growing, then harm the host in some way.
This hardening of the teeth would allow them to bite into other animals. Teeth are key to survival, because without food one would die, so the idea behind having teeth is to eat other animals. Shubin also stated the idea that embryos look very similar during development of an organism, no matter how different the limbs developing may be. It was found that a gene known as the Hox gene determines the basic structure and orientation in any given organism, which in the end is how embryos can appear similar. Other features Shubin said evolved are the abilities of sight, smelling, and hearing.
Michael Pollan suggests how industrial food system is unsustainable because of monocultures, which means a lot of the same species are grown together and that’s only possible by using antibiotics to keep them alive. To keep crop healthy, fertilizer is needed. For example, in Iowa, all the farms were corn and soybeans, which are for industrial use mainly. Separating the animals from the farms raises a huge sanitation problem and the animals are not happy with the conditions, a pollution problem occurs as well. Society is obsessed with productivity becoming cheap, which has made more problems regarding pesticides.
Biodiversity, known as the variety of all life forms on Earth, from the tiniest bugs living in the soil, to the birds in your garden, the plants they feed from, and the biggest sharks in the sea, are indeed the basis of our human existence and our life support system. The ecosystem depends on biodiversity to do a wide variety of processes that are fundamental to humans and life in general, such as regulating climatic processes, breaking down wastes and recycling nutrients, filtering and purifying water, buffering against flooding, maintaining soil fertility, purifying air, and providing natural resources such as wood, textiles, and of course food. The biological diversity we enjoy today is the product of millions of years of evolution, and
Each and every species has a significant role. It is this which allows humans, animals and plants to share the planet. If a population is not diverse enough, they will eventually die out, which could cause a domino effect, as many other species may follow too, and biodiversity is what creates stability in our ecosystems. An example given could be a rainforest, if it wasn't diverse, it