Ecology

This is the study of the environments abiotic( non living) and biotic (living) elements and their relationships with each other that ultimately creates an ecosystem. in order to be able to understand these relationships we were taught about the trophic pyramid the food chain and food web. With the trophic pyramid we learnt why the bottom levels need to be bigger than the upper levels. This is because there needs to be more producers(green plant material) than primary consumers otherwise there would not be enough food to go around. this then applies to all the different levels. I can now easily identify relationships between organisms and explain the importance of these relationships.