Assignment 4

      Some abiotic factors the plant relies on includes the sun, soil, water , weather.  All these factors support the plants growth and health.  Some biotic factors that affect the plant are other plants stealing our plants nutrients and bugs eating the leaves and infecting the plant.  Others also include human pollution destroying air and blocking the sun.  Some insects do help the plant pollinate and grow.  Most try to eat the plant or take its resources.

      I know the plants are engaged in competition because two different species are living in the same space and want the same resources.  All the plants are competing for nutrients, space, sun, water, and pollinators.  The other competitors include weeds, other plant, trees, and bugs.

      The winners of competition is the one that lives to grow and reproduce.  The loser dies off and gives more nutrients to the others to live.  Some times the winner and loser isn't always clear.  Sometimes its just the winner lives and the loser dies.  Sometimes its unclear who wins and loses because they both still live on and survive but one flourishes and the other doesn't grow as big.

      The plant is also in a symbiosis relationship with multiple insects.  Bees come and pollinate the plant so it can produce off spring and the bee also gets food so that is mutualism.  Sometimes there is parasitism like weeds.  Weeds root intp0 the plant and steal its nutrients so it cant grow.  All these effect how the plant will grow and produce.

     There is secondary succession happening in the garden because there was soil already her and there were weed everywhere.  We can see this because more plants are sprouting up besides the ones we planted.  They are now a community.