1. Some abiotic factors our plant needs to survive are water, sunlight, oxygen, soil and temperature. Some biotic factors that affect our plant include animals, insects, bacteria and other plants.
2. We know our plants are engaged in competition because there are many other plants surrounding it nearby. Our plants are competing for nutrients, water, sunlight and space to grow with the other plants.
3. "Winners" and "Losers" are determined by whoever's plant grows the best. It's not always clear on who "wins" and who "loses" because it one may be changing in ways that we can't see or notice. The fact that the competition may be occurring underneath the soil surface, inside the plants or other places we cannot really see makes the determination complicated sometimes.
4. Our plants are also involved in mutualism and herbivory. They are involved in mutualism because they work and benefit from the other plants in the garden. The plants also participate in herbivory because our plants has been producing a food source for little insects or organisms. The organisms are affected by the new sources coming in.
5. In the garden, an example of succession is how close and the amount of plants that are planted. In each planter box, a plant from each group is planted less than a foot away from each other. It seems more like primary succession because our plants weren't grown on damaged land.
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