CLINT AGUSTIN M.

ROBLES
GEE003B – CPE31S1

Answer the following questions.

1. Ecosystems require energy to function. From where does this energy come? Where does
it go? How does the flow of energy conform to the law of thermodynamics?

1) The energy comes from the sun, unless you're a deep-sea thermal vent deriving
energy from chemosynthesis.
2) Organisms use this energy to create chemical reactions and break down or create
materials.
3) The energy is neither created nor destroyed, and organisms lose energy with each
chemical process as energy is released. heat is released from your body as you work.

2. A species is a specific kind of organism. What general characteristics do individuals of a

particular species share? Why it is important for ecologists to differentiate among the
various species in a biological community?

- Members of a species can interbreed and produce viable offspring, so they have
genes that allow them to do that. Having different species helps biologists
distinguish between organisms with different functions, niches, etc., so that they
can better understand an ecosystem.

3. How do you delimit the human ecosystem (including food and energy production) in
which you live?
- By going around our neighborhood I can see that the problems that affects in the
ecosystem are by using plastics. And for me by using recyclable materials are the
best ways of delimiting the human ecosystems.