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FocusQuestions

1. MyareaisaTemperateWoodlandandShrublandbecauseithastreesand
shrubsitalsohasunpredictablerain.theleavesinmyareaarealsosmallneedle
likeleaves.
2. Thereisanearbyhorsestablethatmayhaverunoffinthecreek.Thereisalso
signsofillegalactivitywhichmayputtoxinsinthesoilandriver.Thelimiting
factorisrocksandsand.
3. Bacteriaisimportantforplantsinanareabecauseitprovidesnutrientsandsuch
asnitrogen.Nitrogenisneededtobuildproteinandbacteriaitalsohelpsconvert
atmosphericnitrogenintoproteins.Bacteriaisimportantforanimalsbecause
theseanimalseattheplantsthatneedthebacteria.Itisimportantforsoil
becausewhenananimaldecomposesthesoilgetsnutrientsfromdeadanimals.
Bacteriaalsoequalizestheamountofnitrogeninthesoil.Fungiisfound
everywhereandtheroleofthemistoeliminateharmfulplantpathogensandit
helpsbreakdowndecomposedmaterial.Ihavealotoffungiinmyareabecause
thefungienjoysthedampatmosphereinmyarea.
4. Theinvertebratesfoundinmyareaarespiders,flies,andmosquitoes.Theirrole
istokillsmallinsectsandserveastobirds.Spiderscouldkillinsectsthatwould
bepotentiallyharmfultoplantsandtreesinthearea.Fliesareimportantbecause
theycanbreakdowndecayingmaterial.withoutfliestherewouldbenosoilfor
plantstogrowon.Thesefliescanalsoeatscatwhichisimportantinthearea
becausethereisalotofhorseexcretions.Thespidersarefoundinthetree
becausethat'swherealotoflittlesmallinsectsflyby.Mosquitoesareinmysite
becauseofthenearbywaterandialsobelievetheyareattractedbythehorses.
5. Thisweekweweresupposedtoidentifythedifferentspeciesofplantandput
themintodifferentclassifications.formyfirstplantwasavascularseedlessplant
becauseitsporesinsteadofseeds.Thesecondplantitwasanangiospermdicot
becauseitisafloweringplantwithveinsintheleaves.Thethirdplantwasan
angiospermmonocotbecauseitisfloweringplantandisatypeofgrass.The
fourthandfifthplantwerebothangiospermdicot.
6. Bacteriaisimportantforplantsinanareabecauseitprovidesnutrientsandsuch
asnitrogen.Nitrogenisneededtobuildproteinandbacteriaitalsohelpsconvert
atmosphericnitrogenintoproteins.Bacteriaisimportantforanimalsbecause
theseanimalseattheplantsthatneedthebacteria.Itisimportantforsoil
becausewhenananimaldecomposesthesoilgetsnutrientsfromdeadanimals.
Bacteriaalsoequalizestheamountofnitrogeninthesoil.Fungiisfound
everywhereandtheroleofthemistoeliminateharmfulplantpathogensandit
helpsbreakdowndecomposedmaterial.Ihavealotoffungiinmyareabecause

thefungienjoysthedampatmosphereinmyarea.Thethreetypesofpollination
inmyareaaregoodsmellingflowers(honeybees),badsmellingflowers(flies),
andwind.Poisonousoilssothingscan'teatthem.Spikessoanimalsdontstep
onthemorburrowintothem.Thickbarksothecankeeptheelementsout.

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