The garden ecosystem

By:Ken and Dan

Garden Ecosytem

•The garden ecosystem has three key components to it

•Producers

•Consumers

•Decomposers

Producers

•The main producers in the garden are plants

•They are able to produce their own food from the sunlight

Producers continued

• A producer is an organism that is self sufficient

• For example, a plant is a producer because it does not rely on other organisms to survive

Consumers: two typesPrimary consumers: Butterflies, Bees, and caterpillars

Secondary consumers: birds, snakes, and spiders

Consumers Continued• A consumer is an organism

that needs other organisms to survive.

• Without other organisms there would be an imbalance in the food chain

• Consumer does not make its own food; it eats other organisms.

Decomposers

The decomposers consist of bacteria, fungi, worms, and insects

Decomposers continued

• An organism that eats dead matter/other dead organisms.

• Without any dead organisms decomposers are nothing!

The abiotic factors in a gardenThe basic abiotic factors for a garden are: Wind, Soil, Temperature, Sunlight, rain, water.

Abiotic factors cont.•Abiotic factors can help your garden ecosystem

•Abiotic factors can also be extremely devastating to your garden ecosystem

The biotic factors in a garden•Theres dozens of biotic factors to consider but, here are the few you will find in your own garden

•Birds, insects, bacteria, plants, and weeds.

Biotic Factors continued

• Biotic factors can also be very productive

• Depending on how much you have of each can affect a garden dramatically

• If you have just enough the garden will function just fine in all of the areas it has.

Garden ecosystem wrap up• Producers, consumers, and

demoposers all need each other

• They follow a chain that would fall apart if one suddenly disappeared

• If there was no prodcuers the consumers would die off because they need to find food

• If there were no producers and consumers the decomposers would not be able to return nutrients back into the ground

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