Symbiotic Relationships

3 interesting facts:

1.) Mutualism is a form of a symbiotic relationship where both of the organisms benefit.

2.) Commensalism is a form of a symbiotic relationship where one of the organisms benefit and the other is unaffected.

3.) Parasitism is a form of a symbiotic relationship where one of the organisms benefit and the other is harmed.

2 pieces of information i learned from another source:

1.) Neutralism is a form of a symbiotic relationship where neither of the organisms benefits or are harmed from the relationship.

2.) Competition is a form of a symbiotic relationship where neither of the organisms benefits.

My opinion:

My opinion on symbiotic relationships is that they are very important to the environment.  Certain Symbiotic relationships keep the organisms living and feed.  For example, human and pet cat would be mutualism because the human gives the cat a home and food.  The cat gives the human a friend. Without all the symbiotic relationships many animals would starve and die. 

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/symiosis.html

Alternative Fuels: Retooled approach may make bio-based butanol more competitive with ehanol

Who: Agricultural Research Service chemical engineer Nasib Qureshi

What: A modified method of producing biobutanol could make the fuel more competitive with ethanol as a clean-burning alternative to gasoline

When: In 2003 the research began

Where: Article does not mention

Why: This is to help stop poluting the earth

My Opinion: My opinion on this article is that it is good information to know.  Biobutanol can be transported in existing pipelines, it can be mixed with gasoline or used alone in internal combustion engines, it's less corrosive, and it packs more energy per gallon than ethanal. A modified method of producing biobutanol could help with decreasing the amount of polution in the earth.  This is because it packs more energy per gallon than ethanal.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031212844.htm

producers, consumers, and decomposers in the forest community

3 interesting facts:

1.) Producers make their own food.

2.) Consumers eat the producers and can not make their own food.

3.) Decomposers decompose the dead organisms back into the earth.

2 pieces of information i learned from another source:

1.)  Producers make their food by taking sunlight and useing the energy to make sugar also called glucose.

2.) The producers use this sugar to make many things such as wood, leaves, roots, and bark.

My opinion on this:

I think it is really cool how the producers can make their own food and how the decomposers can brake down dead organisms like humans.  When we die our body goes back into the earth.  So in a way the earth is like one big recycling can. I also think it's sort of strange  how the producer make sugar using sunlight  and then that can turn into so many other things.

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/forsite/2004presentations/Taylor/forsite/forsite.html

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