Environmental Science Post One

Essay Questions:

Q1: What all organisms are in your house, (living, non-living etc.) and where they can be found in your home.
A1: List should include people, different plants, possible bacteria, pets, pests, different bugs and wildlife common to their area and where all of these things can be found.

Q2: (Continuation of question one) How would you describe your home? Would you call it a community, ecosystem, population etc? Why would you call it that?
A2: It would most likely be considered an ecosystem because it has both living and non-living elements. Also, all of these elements are living in one general area.

Q3: Describe the difference between an ecosystem and a population. Which one would you consider our classroom to be? Why?
A3: An ecosystem includes both living and non-living elements. These elements are all located in one general area and the surrounding area would be greatly altered if one of these organisms were removed. A population consists of one species living together in a specific area. Our classroom could be considered an ecosystem if you are including the snake, bugs, bacteria and other elements that live in or near the classroom. If you do not count those factors and only think of the people that are going to class, you could call it a population because it is a singular species temporarily living in the same space.