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=** My Eat or be eaten page! **=
 * 1) My Definitions
 * 2) Review on my Endangered Animals assignment
 * 3) My Aquatic Biome
 * 4) Bibliography

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 * My Definitions.... **
 * **Ecology=** The study of science that studies the interaction between different organisms both biotic and abiotic and the environment they live in.
 * **Ecosystem=** The complex interactions between biotic and abiotic features in an area.
 * **Biome=** A major natural ecosystem charecterised by a specific climate, flora and fauna containing many habitats such as a rainforest.
 * **Abiotic factors=** Having to do with non living organisms.
 * **Biotic factors=** Having to do with life or living organisms.
 * **Habitat=** A place where an organism lives and gets all it needs for survival.
 * **Predator=** A organism that hunts down and eats another organism for its survival.
 * **Prey=** A organism that is eaten by another organism.
 * **Herbivore=** An animal or living thing that eates a diet of greens and plants.
 * **Carnivore=** An animal or living thing that eates a diet of meat and other animals.
 * **Omnivore=** An animal or living thing that eates a diet of both greens and plants and meat and other animals.
 * **Population=** The amount of one species of organisms living in a certain area.
 * **Parasitism=** The relationship between two organisms in which one clings on to another to cause it harm.

1. Hookworms and any Animal 2. Humans and Mosquito eg.
 * **Mutualism=** The relationship between two organism is which one clings to another but both benefit from it.

1. Termites and Intestinal Flagellates (GUT MICROBES) 2. Clown Fish and Sea Anenome

**Review on my Endangered Animals assignment....**

I read the local newspaper top find out how to lay out a newspaper article. I layed out my information in a correct order becasue I answered the questions in order of how they were given to us.
 * WRITE ABOUT SOME SKILLS THAT YOU HAD TO USE TO COMPLETE THEIS ASSIGNMENT:**

I definitly thought that the best part of this assignment was the actual written words. This was the easiest part becasue I answered the questions given to us.
 * WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOOD ABOUT YOUR ASSIGNMENT:**

I found difficult the diagrams and describing how they relate to my topic. At first I couldn't find any helpful tables/diagrams/graphs but then I searched further and I found them.
 * WHAT DID YOU FIND DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS PROJECT:**

I think next time I should definitly imporve becasue I can not stay the same next time. I would definitly put in more effort on my diagrams/tables/graphs.
 * WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME YOU DO A RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT:IF YES, WHAT:**


 * My Auquatic Biome..... **

I have chosen the aquatic biome as my major study of research. I am specifically picking the Indian Ocean as it lies in South east Asia. There are other biomes in the world and the left diagram below shows all of them. Have a look it is very interesting and you might find out what biome you live in and what biomes are near where you live. To the right there is a picture of the indian ocean. It covers a very large space of the earth.






 * INTRODUCTION ABOUT AQUATIC BIOMES.....**

====The aquatic biome has lots of habitats and many ecosystems that make this biome so fasinating. The ocean is the largest of all ecosystems and it covers a very large section of the earth. The marine life that live in this area of the world are just amazing. Ther are two types of marine biomes and they are salt water regions and fresh water regions. The fresh water regions mainly consists of cor al reefs and oceans. Oceans are the largest of the ecosystems, the cicle of this ecosystem is the salt water evaporates and turns to rain which then falls on the land. Algae is very responsible for the absorption of large amounts of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.  Algae is a very important part of many ecosystems and habitats. There are four zones that I will be talking about and they are the inter-tidal zone, thje benthic zone, the pelagic zone and the abyssal zone. The first section that I am going to talk about is the section of the ocean thats connect to the land is called the inter-tidal zone. Because of the tides rising and falling this section of the ocean is constantly changing. In the shallow waters of the ocean lots of marine life including coral. Coral is a living organism made up of animal and algae tissues. Coral feeds like plants do through the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process of how green plants make there own food by using the sunlight, carbon dioxide and water they can produce there own food for them to survive. Coral also use their tentacles to catch micro-organisms as another source of food. The coral reef is also host to other species such as starfish, octopi, and other mollusks. The section that is out in the open is called the pelagic zone. This sectionhas alot of marine life including many species of fish, plankton and some floating seaweed here and there. There is an area underneath the pelagic zone and it is called the benthic zone also known as the deep-sea this area is host to sand and other organisms that are decomposing. This certain area of the sea is very cold becasue it hardly gets any sunlight because of the depth.There are no that many plants at this level and the only animals that live down there are mainly strafish,anenomes,sponges and various micro-organisms. The deepest section of the ocean is called the abyssal zone. Inside this section there are several species of invertebrates and fish. This is the deepest section of the ocean which means it is very cold and dark as this part of the ocean is untouched from sunlight. ====

**LIFE DOWN IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.....**

 * Some animals, plants and microbes that live in my biome...**

1. Leatherback Sea Turtles 2. Blue Whales 3. Fish 4. Dugong 5. Fur Seals 6. Mangroves are on the coast 7. Eels 8. Sea grass 9. Seaweed 10.Phytoplankton


 * My chosen animals.....**


 * 1.** **Fur Seal**
 * What is there habitat?**Seven species of fur seals are found in the southern hemisphere. They live on the coast next to the ocean so they can hunt for food. The ocean is a vital part of the life for a fur seal.
 * What do they eat?**Fur seals eat fish but normally larger sized fish, squid and krill.
 * What eats them?** Sharks, larger sized seals, sea lions and orcas sadly all hunt for the fur seals as there source of food.


 * 2.Tentacled Flathead**
 * What is there habitat?**They are found at the rocky bottom of the ocean in coral reefs. They are normally found in the western Indian ocean.
 * What do they eat?**The Tentacled Flathead are carnivorous which means they only eat meat. The Tentaced Flatheads diet consists of fish that can fit through there mouth.
 * What eats them?**


 * 3.Blue Whales**
 * What is there habitat?** Blue whales are marine animals and they only live in certain waters of the earth. Blue whales travel and they are normally found in the deep waters of the ocean. Blue whales spend some of the year in the icy water near the Artic or the Antartic and some of the year they travel all the way to the warmer waters of the earth near the equator.
 * What do they eat?**Blue whales are carnivores and the blue whales feed near the surface of the water and there diet mostly consists of very small shrimplike animals caled shrill. Sometimes in the year a Blue Whale can eat up to 4 - 8 tons of krill a day!
 * What eats them?** No other animal hunts down the blue whale oother than a man. Us Humans hunt then down these gentle giants for our own food. Sadly if the whale is sich or is very old a shark has a chance to hunt him down ut it is very hard for a shark to hunt down the largets mammal in the world.
 * Status:** Endangered


 * 4.Leatherback Sea Turtles**
 * What is there habitat?** Leatherback Sea Turtles are of course marine animals and they live in the water. The females and males mate in the water but the females lay there eggs on the sand. They are normally found in the open deep water but they have also been seen in the sight of land.
 * What do they eat?** Leatherback turtles are carnivores. Jellyfish are the main part of the turtles diet but they sometimes also feed on sea urchins, squid, crustaceans, fish and floating seaweed.
 * What eats them?** While the turtles are still in there egg burried in the sand sand crabs go down and eat them. Whent the turtles are just little hatchlings birds swoop down and eat them but when they are fully matured turtles sharks are there biggest threat.
 * Status:** Endangered


 * HABITATS.....**

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT HABITIATS FOUND IN THE OCEAN AND AROUND THE OCEAN....

There are several habitiats that are found in the ocean. Most people thing the ocean is all the same all over but that is incorret as there are several different sections of the ocean. I have also included the different habitats that suround the ocean including the shore. Some of the habitats include:


 * **Sandy shores:** There is a rapid change in the leyout of this type of habitat as the oceans waves move everything around. They also pick up shells form one section of the sea and then depart them on the shore. If you just look at the sandy shore you might not see much life but actually alot of life is happening hidden underground. Some of the animals that live in this habitat includes Hernit crabs, ghost crabs and the smooth bay shrimp. Many brids also live in this area as there are alot of crabs that they can eat.
 * **Rocky shores:** Having so many rocks alows many animals to nest and live in. It also allows alot of hiding places for the animals hiding form there predator. Some of the animals that live in this area include different types of algae, barnacles and black mussels, Grainyhand hermit crab, yellow shore crab, different types of starfish and shrimp.
 * **Mangroves Swamps:** Mangroves require a warm environment as they do not survie well in the cold. Mangrove swamps also dont work well on a cliff for example. Burgers Fidler crab, Halloween crab and many other crabs can be found in this habitats some other animals that can be found in this habitats includes oysters, sea stars, many species of birds, different types of fish and if you are lucky you might even find a crocodile.
 * **Coral reefs:** There are many different living things in this habitats and I am going to share some of the plants, animal life and microbes that live in this area. Turtle grass, Sea hare, Manatee grass, Sea urchins, Sun anenome, Baracuda and many othe species of fish are found in this area along with Sea turtes. Thsi area of the ocean is a very spectacular part of the ocean biome as there are so much life in just one small area.
 * **Open ocean:** The open ocean is very still and carm and only some animals live in this area of the ocean. Some of the animals and microbes that live in this habitat includes whales, phytoplankton and ctenophores.

These are only some of the different types of habitats that are in this area and I hope you have learnt something about each habitat. I have explained some of the main facts about the different habitats and what types of animals and plants that live in a certain area.


 * BIOMES......**

WHERE ARE SIMILAR BIOMES THAT EXIST IN THE WORLD.....

The most similar biome to the aquatic biomes that exists in the world is Tundra biome as it is made up of water and when the weather gets hot some of the ice turns into water and fish and other marine animals can live there. The tundra biome already inlcudes some sections of water which allows a home for marine animals to live there or to provide a hiding spot away form there predators. Having both the aquatic and tundra biomes sharing one similarity which is they both have water and marine animals must mean they are connected in some way.

THREATS TO MY BIOME AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVE IN THIS BIOME...

The main threat to my biome is the human effect. This includes hunting for animals for food, decoration and just for fun. Sadly humans also hunt down animals that are not fully matured which means they haven't mated or had babies which means the population of the animals will decrease as the humans haven't though about their capture well. My biome is also getting destroyed becasue of pollution and some animals think it is a fish and choke and sadly die just becasue a silly human polluted the area by not putting there rubbish in the bin.


 * ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS IN THIS BIOME.....**

ABIOTIC FACTORS... Abiotic factors are factors of an area that are non-living and some of the factors in my biome that are abiotic include the sand, rocks,shells, water, dead animals, dead plants, sunlight and pollution. These factors are all non-living but they are a major part of my biome as they provide light, food and a home for many living animals.

BIOTIC FACTORS...

Biotic factors are factors of an area that are living some of the factors are the animals, microbes and plants. All of these things all live but once they die they are classified as abiotic factors.


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