Rainforest Self-Sustaining Ecosystem

Marissa D’Amico, Mary Kate Hardiman, andDaniel Miles

energy and building

materials for ALL organisms

Plants=Source to Create Food to Provide Energy and Building Materials

Spotted owl Harpy Eagle

Plain Xenops Red-eyed tree frogSpiny mice

Organisms Depend on Each other-

energy passes from one living thing to

the next

Needs of Organisms are Related to Age and Health

In order for the jaguar to stay healthy and fit it needs to be able to catch it’s pray so it can eatit. If the jaguar is young than it has it’s mom anddad need to hunt for it in order for it to get the nutrientsit needs to survive and grow up to one day catch it’s own food. The jaguar needs to have strong leg musclesin order to catch animals like crocodiles, rodents, monkeys,birds, and sloths.

In order for the toucan to maintain a well-balanced organism, it needs to consume the right amount of energy to receive cells. These cells are built up from the food that is eaten and is used in the form of it’s energy.

The tree frog, in which the toucan eats, gives the toucan the proper build up of cells.

Needs of Organisms are Related to Needs of Cells

http://www.livescience.com/health/080114-life-extension.html

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/rainforest_ecology.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/rainforest.html&portal=cmmap

Bibliographies-http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Biology/enercyc.html

http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/Jaguar-Animal.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/jaguars-habitat-what-do-jaguars-eat.html