Joe's journal #5

How we know that our plant is a living thing is because it is constantly growing and will keep growing until is dies. The seed have have a dramatic change from bag of water to the soil. The plant has grown in size and will continue to do and that is how we know it is alive because of the constant growth.

Joe's journal #4

Some abiotic factors are the soil and the water and even us because since we are in such a long an huge drought we are now watering the plants and the sky is not. Some abiotic factors that affect the plant in a negative way are caterpillars and also the wind can affect the plant because it can throw up the plant from the soil and therefore kill the plant.

The plants are competing for water from other plants and we can tell this because some plants are bigger than others which tells us that the plants are always in competition for water and sunlight which happens 24/7.

For my observations I believe that the plants have winners and losers because of the death of the plant and because if they do not have as much sunlight they will the  not grow as fast and therefore lose to the competing plant.

They can be involved in in the air that they produce which can be an interaction and also nitrogen going into the roots. The interaction ends up bad for the nitrogen because it is basically killed in the process.

I believe that the garden plants are undergoing secondary succession because we could end the plants life like that in the snap of a finger.

Zach's blog post assignment #5

The plant that me and my group planted is in fact alive for many reasons. One being the plant has grown from seed to plant in about a month. Non living things cant grow. Also the plant has gone through photothinsis which is responsible for the plant food and how it eats to grow bigger and bigger. And lastly, the plant has a large amount of chlorophyll giving the plant its green color. Naturally green means life. If something is green in nature it is more than likely alive

Zach's Blog post assignment #4

#1 Abiotic factors that my plant depends on to survive is the soil. Despite the many living things within the soil such as, Bugs, Bacteria, spiders and other insects.





#2 A big factor that plants compete for is the space of which they can grow bigger and bigger. Most importantly they are competing for sunlight for growth. The more sunlight the more nutrients your plant will get and the better result of growth.  They also compete for minerals in the soil to expand thier roots. They compete against other living organisms around it.


#3 Winners and loser in this situation are determined by which plant grows more and is bigger and has more biomass. But it is always not this simple because it is not always clear who wins and who loses both plants could have success.





#4 A way plant interact other than competing is they interact with carbon and nitrogen to go through photothinsisis. My plant is involved in sucking in water and using it for growth.
 



#5 It is secondary sucession because the ground and soil which the plant was planted was already firtle and had already been used for other crops and plants.

Haley Schlaick #5

The plants are still living because they have green leaves and they are big. The cute little plant is alive because its green. The plant is green because it has chlorophyll and chlorophyll is used in photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the plants way of getting energy so it can survive. If it produces energy to survive it must be alive. And if it's alive it will grow and that's why the leaves are big and green.

Joe's journal #3

The plants are much bigger to start and are competing for water and sunlight. The bigger plants are bound to grow bigger than the small plants because of the sunlight that they can get. Our plants are big but not as big as others. There is a big stem with big leaves coming of the stem.
The water first then falls and then they take in in the water and sunlight for photosynthesis. The water that comes in through the bottom of the stem is absorbed which makes the plant bigger. The more water that the plant gets makes it bigger and acts as a food source so the plants can geo bigger. The bigger the plant is the more photosynthesis it can complete which makes it bigger and bigger.
The carbon cycle is how the plant create its sugars. The carbon comes in through the plant and then exits in a sugar form. The plants are much bigger so that means that the sugars are increasing at a very high rate so the plants grows bigger.
Nitrogen is cycled through the plant and then through the plant it is then created into ammonia. The is an essential to the plants growth. More ammonia=more plants growth.

Zach's blog post assignment #3

#1.The plants that I planted are significantly bigger than when i first planted. That was the main change that I noticed, second of all i noticed was that the plot which the plant was planted was cramped and had less space due to a large amount of growth from the roots up to the leaves, 3rd there was bite marks within some of the leaves which indicates that there was caterpillars and other insects feeding on the plant.




#2 Plants suck in the water and go through the process of photosynthesis the water. The water then evaporates back up to the atmosphere







# 3 The carbon cycle is when carbon atoms are recycled over and over again on Earth. This process takes place in Earths biosphere between biotic and Abiotic things.
The plants i observed this week relate to the carbon cycle because the carbon recycles through the plants causing the plant to spread and grow taller and bigger though the carbon cycle and photosynthesis.



#4 Nitrogen is a element most likely limiting plant growth. Nitrogen has its own biogeochemical. Plants can not use Ntrogen in its gas form. Nitrogen is key when producing chlorophyll which is responsible for the plants green color of the plants my group and I observed. Nitrogen cycles through the plant responsible for anomia which is critical for plant growth

Haley Schlaick #4

The plant uses abiotic factors like the dirt, water, and sun. Some biotic factors that affect the plant are people and bugs. The plant uses the nutrients that can be found in the soil and if there are no nutrients the plant will die. The plant uses water to get hydrated and if it doesn't it will turn brown and die. The plant uses the sun to use photosynthesis to make energy and if it doesn't have sunlight it will die. The people eat the plants, and they step on them which is bad for the plant. The bugs eat the plants and some of them pollinate them. 

Their competition is with other plants. We can see this because some plants are bigger than others. They are competing for water we can see this because they change colors from green to brown. The winners are bigger and more green. The losers are brown and ugly. Yes. It can be hard to tell because they don't always turn green. Parasitism because humans eat the plants and the plants don't benefit. Mutualism because lady bugs eat the afid's off the plants. There is primary succession because there is no dirt or plants. 

About Our Project

Our clever subtitle is the groovy 2. This is a good name for us because we are in group 2 and our group is quite odd. The project that we are doing, "The Story of the Seed" is a work in progress over our freshman year in biology. The point of this project is to see where are plant that we planted (a type of broccoli) and see what happens to it periodically. Then at the end we hopefully eat it. Every couple weeks or so we check in on it and take pictures and also see what the stage of the plant is. Hopefully this post explains what we are trying to do with our plant and study the way it grows and lives.