Unit 7 Reflection

In this unit, we learned about ecology, interaction with organisms, and the interdependence organisms have on each other. For example, giant land snails could not exist without plants and algae to eat, and the plants and algae could not grow without bacteria and other organisms helping recycle nutrients in the water and soil. We also learned about the relationships between the different levels of organization in an ecological system including Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, and Biosphere. In the future, I hope to learn more about the ecological pyramids since we were not able to go over them as much as I had wanted to. As we finish this unit, I still want to know about the importances of each different trophic level. I wonder why 90% of transferred energy is lost as we go up each level of the energy pyramid. The vodcast we made went well because everybody said everything correctly and our presentation was put together nicely. Unfortunately, one thing that did not go well understanding the concept of biodiversity. I learned about the poaching in the African savannah. The collaboration went well because everybody researched their information.