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

PICTURE GOES HERE

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