Our class is learning about interactions and ecosystems, I think our class is doing this unit too become more aware on the effect us as humans have on the environment and how we can effect the food chains balance in positive and negative ways.
Some of the main things that really stood out to me are all the different kinds of niches. Niches are roles organisms have in their ecosystem. For example, in a Forrest a deer would be a herbivore and prey, a bear would be an omnivore and a predator. I learned there are lots of different niches in a single environment, and lots of animals have many different niches or roles in their ecosystem. here are some of the niches organisms have: they could be a...
So as humans we would be omnivores and consumers and in some cases a predator or prey
This unit has opened my eyes too see the ways we effect things like the food chain in other ecosystems, I'm more aware of the stuff us humans do to harm the balance in other ecosystems and how wiping out one type of organism can have a huge effect on several other organisms.