Class Response

In class, we have been learning about ecology for a long time. Some of the things I have learned are:     1. A biosphere is the whole world and it is the biggest of the 5 levels of environmental graphic organizer.

            2. There are 3 forms of symbiosis: commensalism, mutualism and parasitism 

            3. Food chains and food webs are different. Food chains are just some animals, but food webs are all of the food chains overlapping each other.

On  the internet I found out 2 new facts: 1. There are many different types of jobs in ecology like, ecologists, ecotoxicologists, environmental economists, environmental consultants, science writers and many for.

2. The food chain always starts with the sun for the producers to get their energy. 

My opinion on this is that ecology is very important to the world because it helps us learn about the world and how we can make it better.

I got my info from: http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecology/careers.html and http://www.planetpals.com/foodchain.html    

Symbiosis

In class we have been learning facts about symbiosis for a while. One fact is that there are 3 different types of symbiosis: parasitism, commensalism and mutalism. Another fact we learned, is symbiosis is everywhere around you, and even on you! Finally, we learned that symbiosis can be good or bad depending on the relationship between the 2 oraganisms. When I went on the internet, I found out that a mycologist from Germany named Heinrich Alton de Bary, was the 1st to ever use the word, symbiosis. Also, I found a new word: symbiote which mean, an organsim living in symbiosis. After everything I've learned , I think without symbiosis, our world would be very different, because organisms would't be interacting with each other. That could mess up how the world works.




I got my info from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiosis