Showing posts with label Final Lab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Final Lab. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2008

Final Lab







This final lab will list 20 species that i will interact with on any given day.
1.Fire Ant- Solenopisis invicta. Predation since they seek out food that is alive or dead.

2.Dog- Canis Lupos Familiarias. Mutualism because we both benefit but i have the overall advantage





3.Cat- Felis catus. Tricky because cats are predators, we both benefit with the attention given and received.








4.Hamster- sub family Cricetinae. Commensal, because my kids and the hamsters both benefit from one another.





5.earthworm- phylum annelida. Mutualism because the worm decomposes sediment.










6.horse-equus caballus- Mutualism for humans and horse because they provide labor uses and relaxation to humans.










7.house fly- musca domestica- Commensal because fly help to decompose organics, but they can make us ill.








8.quail-phasianidae or in the family odontophoridae- Symbiotic since they provide food and help keep insects in check.










9.rabbit- leporide, cotton tail genus sylvilagus- Symbiotic- mutually benefit as food source and helps with foolige.

10.plum- genus prunus, family rosaceae- Symbiotic since it is a food source and a source for pollination.










11.Russian sage- Perovskia atriplicifolia. Commensal since the bees use the pollination for many things in our eco-system.

12.rose plant- genus rosa, family Rosaceae. Same as the sage, Commensal

13.cheery tree- genus prunus, family rosaceae-Symbiotic due to food source and the pollen production.

14.grape vine- vitus, vitaceae. Predation, because its vines "choke" out any shrubs near it.

15. Spaghetti squash- cucurbitapepo, i find the interesting because out of the fruits and vegetables at my house, this is the only one that is an American native. Predation because of its aggresive vines.









16.tomato- solanum lycopersicum. Symbiotic because we benefit from the plant and it benefits from our "up-keep"

17.cattle- bovines. Parasitic, because they eat plants and then we eat them.

18.Corn/Maize- family poacea, genus Zea

19.wheat- family poaceae, sub-pooideae, genus triticum. Mutualsim since wheat grows and produce food we farm it then harvest it.

20.cricket- insecta, orthoptera, gryllidae. Parasitic to foliage but used as a food source in some countries.