Assignment 4

1. The plant relies on abiotic factors such as the soil, sunlight, and water intake. Some biotic factors the plant relies on are animals not eating the plant, people watering the plant, and other plants not blocking our plant.

2. We can tell our plant is competing with other plants as it grows it's leaves to soak in more sunlight. It also competes with other plants because they are in close proximity with each other.

3. A plant "wins" when it outgrows the other plants it is competing with.

5. Succession occurs in the garden when old plants are replaced by new ones. This is more like secondary succession because the soil is left behind in the garden when the plants are taken out.

Assignment 3

1. Our cabbage plant has sprouted and now has grown some leaves.

2. The cabbage plant helps move water in the biosphere by absorbing water and using it to grow. The plant absorbs water, helping it grow it's new leaves.

3. Our cabbage plant helps in the carbon cycle by taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make glucose. The glucose also helps the plant grow.

4. The cabbage plant has nitrogen inside that gets released into the ground.