My micro ecosystem is part of the temperate deciduous forest biome. Characteristics of this biome are that the trees drop their broad/flat leaves each fall, the forest generally occur between 30 and 50 degrees north latitude, there are seasonal temperature changes, and it receives 75-250 cm of precipitation annually. To meet the ranges in temperature plants and animals needed to adapt. Adaptation is an inherited trait that increases and organism’s chances of survival and reproduction in a certain environment. Plants in my area increased their chances by being able to withstand drastic changes in temperature. Trees/plants go dormant during the winter months, while animals hibernate. These are adaptations these organisms made to increase their chances.

The water cycle has a very large impact on my location. The water covered about ¼ of my total location. The water cycle is continuous and has no starting or ending point. We can say that precipitation falls to the earth in the form or rain/snow/sleet/and or hail. From here the precipitation melts and flows down the earth surface and is either collected in the ocean or in ponds/lakes. The precipitation then evaporates and rises back into the clouds, where it then condenses and falls to the earth again as precipitation. At my location, the precipitation fell and was stored in the lake. The plants that I had in my location were able to uses this lake to gain water during those hot/dry months when little precipitation fell. Without the cycle, water wouldn’t be able to reach inland, and thus, only life would exist near the oceans or large bodies of water.

My small micro ecosystem was a habitat (place where an organism lives) to many organisms both big and small. The list of inhabitants includes the numerous bugs, birds, fish, insects, and many species of plants. These examples where the organisms that were viewed throughout the course of the observations, but also various organism were not view, either because they are at the microscopic level or that the were submerged beneath the ground.

I recorded a lot of the information I needed to do this project. I would have liked to go back and take notes on what exactly each major plant in my area looked like at the start of the project. I wish I had this information to compare it to what they look like now at the end of the report. It would have been helpful to see what progress the area was making, and what affected the growth of the organisms.

My area bordered the lake, so light was always present even if it was not direct light. From about mid-day on, my location was directly in the path of the suns rays. All life in my micro ecosystem starts with the presents of this light. The producers need it to survive and create food for those consumers who are fu

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Lake Ripple, , food chain, five square, micro ecosystem, five square meter, square meter, aquatic plants, human interaction, biotic components, energy survive, abiotic components, energy sun starts, affects ecosystem, food chain temperature, water carbon dioxide, rocks soil mud,