The Story of the Seed

1. Some abiotic factors that our plant depends on are the sun, water, nitrogen, air, carbon, and the dirt. Some biotic factors that affect our plant are nearby plants, which could eventually block some of the sunlight that our plant needs, or birds or other animals that might eat our plant. 2. I would be able to tell out plant is in competition if it was growing slower than the other plants or was making very little progress on making it to the size that it needs to be at. Our plants would be competing for water or sunlight, and it'd be competing with the other plants or maybe the tree nearby it. 3. "winners" and "losers" are determined by if the plant makes it to the expected size it needs to be, or if the plant ends up being too small, from what it's supposed to be. It's not always clear who the "winners" or "losers" are because they could be just a little bit under the required size, or maybe it's an internal growth issue, ...

                               Blog Post #4  An Ecological Analysis of the garden and your Plants 1) Abiotic  factors a plant needs for survival are sunlight, water, oxygen, soil and temperature. Biotic factors are amount of water, temperature and predators. 2) We can tell our plants are in competition because all around our plant are more plants that want more water and sun to grow. The competition are other plants and animals. And they have the same niche which is to get food and be healthy. 3) Winners and losers would be decided by who gets the most sun and water and which plant grows more and more. What makes it complicated is that  both plants get the same amount of sun and water and so it can be hard to call it even. 4) Other types of interaction would be interacting with other plants and animals who want what the want. This affects each organism because they can be hurt or in relief...