I’ve noticed that my kale plants are growing rapidly amongst grasses. It’s green and starting to show the texture of kale. Our plants are contributing to the water cycle by removing water from the ground and providing transpiration to the air. Due to them contributing to the water cycle they’re given the very life essential liquid, water. Without water they would shrivel up quickly. Our plants also contribute to the carbon cycle by taking in carbon and producing oxygen for other organisms to breathe. Due to them taking in carbon they grow being able to provide their own food source along with sunlight. Finally they contribute to the nitrogen cycle by taking in nitrogen from the soil and use it to help make their own food. Nitrogen is also passed on to other organisms that eat plants or when a plant dies and decomposes that nitrogen is reused by other plants. Without our plants taking a part in the nitrogen cycle they would die of starvation. This is why when one of the plants die it helps grow others.
T he abiotic factors that our plant depends on are sun, which gives them the energy to photosynthesize, water, that keeps them hydrated, and temperature, so they don't burn up or freeze. Some biotic factors are soil, so they can get nitrogen, and other plants, because those other plants cold take away some nutrients. The plants we grew are also engaged in competition with the weeds around them. They are competing for sun, water, and soil. We know they are in competition because they are both trying to fill the same niche, and each plant wants the same resources. When two different types of organisms compete, sometimes it takes minutes, sometimes it takes eons, but most of the time there is a winner. The winner gets to keep the niche, and gets all the resources they were competing for. The loser dies, or has to emigrate to a different habitat. But sometimes it's not that easy. If the loser has children before it dies, and the winner stays childless, than who is the real wi...
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