To facilitate you pulling all the concepts of this course together and in lieu of a midterm exam you will create a
systems diagram of an ecosystem of your choice accompanied by a written narrative describing the system in
detail.
a. select an ecological system… agricultural fields… wetlands.. local parks… your favorite area to hike… family
farm/ranch… any ecological system you can visit.. take pictures on your visit.
b. make a list of detailed list biotic and abiotic components in that system.
c. make a list of interactions among those biotic and abiotic components
d. make a list of controls of the interactions between the biotic and abiotic components
e. draw a diagram of the system… components connected by interactions and controls. (see examples below)
f. write a narrative explaining the systems diagram… including a section on what might happen in the system if