INTERACTION?

food, water, shelter, protection

we depend on cattle for …..

food (meat, milk), clothing (leather, suede), fertilizer (manure)

domesticated cattle depend on us for …..

….. oxygen, lumber, pulp & paper products, food, medicines

trees provide us with …..

we provide trees with …..

….carbon dioxide

cattle depends on grass for …..

grass depends on cattle for …..

….. food

….. fertilization (manure)

cattle depend on soil for …..

trees depend on soil for ….. ….. nutrients, water, stabilization

….. growth of food

….. gases in the air

plants and animals need …..

plants ……

take oxygen from the air producing carbon dioxide (respiration)

take carbon dioxide from the air producing oxygen (photosynthesis)

animals …..

Ecology

What is Species ?

A group who’s members can breed and create new offspring that can reproduce.

Liger

ECOSYSTEM

BIOTICLiving

ABIOTICNon-Living

WaterSoil

TemperatureWindLight

others....…?

ClimateSoils, Water PlantsLight etc.

ProtistsMoneran AnimalsFungi

Humans as Manipulators

WHY DO HUMANS DO THIS......?

AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ECOSYSTEMS?

Deforestation

WHY?

•logging

•pulp and paper

•farming (agriculture)

•medicines

•urbanization (homes)

•mining

What are the results on ecosystems?

•habitat destruction

•nothing to remove carbon dioxide from air

•loss of our food sources

•death of animals

Air Pollution

WHY?

•energy

•transportation

• manufacturing industry

• farming cattle

• forest fires

• natural disasters

(unintentional)

How does it affect ecosystems?

• poor air quality – health problems

• acid rain

• climate change

Water Pollution

WHY?

•dumping of chemicals & garbage

(convenient and cheap cost)

•recreational activities

(boating, waterskiing)

•thermal pollution by industry

• untreated sewage

•transportation

How does it affect ecosystems?

•kills or harms aquatic like

•contaminates our food supply

Agriculture

WHY?

•food

•money

How does it affect ecosystems?

•fertilizer run-off

•pesticide run-off

•clear cutting for farmland

•habitat loss

Sustainable

To keep in existence forever.

The maintaining of an ecosystem without depleting its resources so that future populations can get the resources they need.

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