INTERPENDENCE AMONG LIVING

ORGANISMS AND THE

ENVIROMENT

NAME: NUR SUHAILA BINTI MERZUKI

CLASS: 204
 THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERACTION
BETWEEN LIVING ORGANISMS AND THE
ENVIROMENT

TO MAINTAIN THE SIZE OF

TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED
POPULATIONS IN AN
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM
 THE EFFECT IF THE ORGANISMS BECOME
EXTINCT AND EFFECT ONENVIROMENT
INCREASED POPULATION OF PREY
When a predatory species becomes threatened or extinct, this removes a check and
balance in the food chain on the population of prey previously consumed by that
predator. Consequently, the prey population can explode.
DISRUPTED HABITAT
Extinction of animal or bird species in the food chain may alter the physical environment
as well. For instance, accidental introduction of the predatory brown tree snake to
Guam wiped out 10 of the 12 native bird species on the island causing collateral
damage to the forest, according to a University of Washington study. Biologists found
that extinction of the birds had adversely impacted tree pollination, seed germination
and seed dispersal. Without birds to spread seeds, there may only be a few clumps of
mono-species trees in Guam's future, fundamentally changing forest habitat.
RIPPLE EFFECT ON OTHER SPECIES
Endangerment or extinction of one species can threaten the viability of another species.
In Britain, for instance, the red ant population plummeted as the result of fewer sheep
grazing in pastures; sheep had previously kept the grass short, the red ant's habitat
preference. In turn, the paucity of red ants led to the extinction of a large butterfly
species that eats red-ant eggs as part of its life cycle. Food chain disruptions from the
loss of a single species can be ecosystem-wide, too:
ORGANISM WHICH IS EXTINCT AND
THE EFFECT ON THE ENVIROMENT
1. TURTLE
FACTORS OF EXTINCT:
THE HUMAN THROW RUBBISH TO THE BEACH AND
COLLECT THE TURTLE EGG

Beaches have a very fragile ecosystem in that

they dont get many sources of nutrients
hence there is very little vegetation. Sea turtles
help support this ecosystem when they nest.
Reason being, of the tens of thousands of eggs
that are deposited by the turtles, not all will
hatch Those that do not hatch will decay and
nourish the beaches. With declining turtle
population, fewer eggs are deposited and this
would result in lesser vegetation and this
would cause beach erosion.
2. ORANG UTAN
FACTOR OF EXTINCT:
WILDFIRE BY HUMAN FOR
DEVELOPMENT
EFFECT TO THE ENVIROMENT:
THE FOREST WILL EXTINCT AND CAUSE
AIR POLLUTION
 ADVANTAGES OF BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL IN AGRICULTURE

SAFE METHOD AND NOT DOES NOT POLLUTE AIR

DANGEROUS AND WATER

THE PEST DID NOT HAVE

CHANGE TO BUILT IT
SAVING COST
STRENGTH
 DISADVANTAGES OF BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL IN AGRICULTURE

NOT ALL OF EACH PEST

THE WRONG CHOOSE OF
HAVE PREDATOR WHICH
PREDATOR MAY KILL THE
CAN CONTROL IT.SO, THE
OTHER ORGANISMS THAT
USE OF PESTICIDE MAY BE
ARE USEFUL
USE
 IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN
MAINTAINING THE BALANCE OF AN
ECOSYSTEM

WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
photosynthesis is the process by which some plants and algae
transform light energy into carbon energy, storing it as glucose
thatprovides nutrition to the plant. The actual process occurs
in the chloroplasts that give some plants their green pigment