Blog Post #5

      This week our plant is thriving tall and taking up a lot of space. It is green and will soon sprout fruit. Our plant is living because it grows. Living things grow and survive and our plant is very alive. In the beginning our plant was just a few seeds in a plastic bag, then a leaf and a stem and now a full grown brussels sprout plant. The stages show how this plant indeed is living because it changed appearance, size and shape. Our plants need air, water and sunlight, just like humans. They are made up of cells and are aware of what's around them.

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1) Some abiotic factors that my plant depends on for survival are water, sunlight, also external temperatures. Some biotic factors are macromicro organisms or living things.

2) Plants seek rewards of nutrients, water, sunlight, and territory necessary for survival. If there are sufficient ingredients, the plants will compete by their performance for reproductive ability. Plants compete with everything around them.

3) The losers are the plants that don't get enough water, sunlight, and space so they eventually die. And the winners are the plants that get everything and don't die. Because all the plants have the same ability to get everything that's there for them.

4) Other interactions are that our plant is with different plants and they could be in competition. They affect each other because they are all fighting for sunlight, water, and space.

5) It seems like more primary secession because we planted it and the dirt looked new also the plants are growing pretty fast and aren't dying.

Blog Post #4

1. 6 abiotic factors that affect a plants growth are air, water, space, soil, light and temperature. Macro and Micro organisms are biotic factors that affect a plants growth.

2. We know plants are in competition because there is limited space for them to grow so they have to fight to survive. Plants are in competition for space, nutrients, water, and sunlight, plants are always competing with other plants.

3. The winners are the plants who get the most nutrients and space and the losers don't get enough sunlight and eventually die. It is usually clear who "wins" and "loses" because the loser dies and the winner thrives and grows. Sometimes when both plants get equal sunlight, space and nutrients both will grow normally and there won't be a clear winner or loser.

4. Plants are also involved in the food chain because they are food to other organisms.

5. Plants are involved in succession on the garden because they are all sharing sunlight, nutrients, soil and space. Our garden is primary succession.

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1) The plant this week got a lot bigger and is now up to six inches tall. The whole plant has grown and is one of the biggest in the garden.

2) The plant takes in water in it helps the plant grow and get taller. Also the roots soak up water and then gets evaporated by the sun.

3) Our plant takes in carbon to help it grow. This past week the plant has grown more because of the carbon cycle. It uses photosynthesis and takes in carbon from the atmosphere to make sugars.

4) The plant takes in nitrogen to grow and live, this week it has shown that. It participates in the nitrogen cycle because the bacteria found in soil converts organic forms of nitrogen to inorganic forms that the plants can use.

Blog Post #3

1. This week I noticed that my plant sprouted a lot and is growing at a fast rate. The plant has leaves and its stem is about 6 inches.

2. The plants participate in the water cycle because they go through transportation. This is when the roots soak up the water and then travels up the stem and through the leaves and then is evaporated by the sun. My plant participated in the water cycle this week because when we watered it the plant performed transpiration. The plant also used the water to grow taller.

3. Our plant participated in the carbon cycle because plants go through photosynthesis that lets them take carbon and water from the atmosphere to make sugars and oxygen molecules. Then animals eat the plants and it gives them energy and carbon dioxide molecules which then the carbon returns back into the atmosphere and the plants use it again. This week our plants used carbon and water through photosynthesis to grow taller.

4. Our plants participate in the carbon cycle because the bacteria found in soil converts organic forms of nitrogen to inorganic forms that the plants can use. The nitrogen is taken up by plant roots and combined into organic substrates in the plant, such as enzymes, proteins and chlorophyll. When our plant dies, it will decay and become part of the organic matter in the soil. This week our plant took nitrogen up through it's roots and used it as proteins to grow.

Hattie's Biography

My name is Hattie Bummer, I have lived in Evergreen my whole life and just recently moved to Willow Glen over the summer. Although I have never had a garden of my own, my grandma has a huge garden in her backyard. She plants parsley, mint, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes that we eat for dinner. When I was younger I used to plant and pick the foods, but not as much anymore. I personally like homegrown food because it's a lot more fresh and cheaper than food from the store. She also plants many pretty, colorful flowers in her front and back yard that I will help plant once in a while. My aunt has a grape vineyard and so does my uncle and they pick the grapes and make there own wine. My family is big on having gardens and vineyards and I think that's why there food tastes a lot better.