An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in
conjunction with the nonliving components of
their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a
system.
Our eco-column is an eco-system to the extent in which
it has most, if not all the characteristics of an eco-system.
Fungal spores in
the decomp zone
Our eco-column has many growing plants
including aqua plants, thus keeping the water in our aqua zone from going
stagnant. The plants in our terra zone provide enough oxygen for the growing of
our plants and for our organisms. The plants in our terra zone
The soil in our decomp zone
The plants in our aqua zone
Yes, it has sustained itself without our interference.Our animals (snails) have sustained itself by chewing on our tomato plant. Our succulents and weeds (that we found in a garden) in our terra zone has been growing extremely quickly. Our eco-column has sustained life and we have kept the water from going stagnant by putting aqua plants in the aqua zone. Our eco-column has been successful and will continue to be.
Please look at the mouth parts of snails - really interesting and I think once you have seen a picture you will have a better idea of what they eat and how they eat - maybe chew is not the best word to describe this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics - all taken before the holidays??? More information would have been valuable. This section lacks detail which is a pity.