Name: Ocampo, Noreen Louise R.

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Section: BSBio – 1B Date: September 5, 2022

Instruction: Group each component to energy source, nutrient source, plant community,
animal community, community of decomposers, storage for nutrients and storage for
organic materials.

GROUP Function
Energy Source
1. Sunlight Sunlight plays a major role in sustaining the process of
life. It acts as the source of energy that plants, algae,
and cyanobacteria use in effectuating photosynthesis.
This process allows them to produce oxygen, which
most biotic factors need to survive, and simple sugars
that the plants utilize as fuel.
2. Water Water is vital for all plants because they use it for
photosynthesis, cooling, and transporting minerals and
nutrients from the soil and into their bodies.
Nutrient Source
1. Soil This acts as the medium for plant growth and water
filtering and is the habitat for many soil organisms.
Plant Community
1. Snake Plant These plants are very vital as they act as an air-
(Dracaena trifasciata) cleaning mechanism. They remove toxic air pollutants
and filter out impurities.
2. Madagascar Just like all the other plants, Madagascar periwinkle
Periwinkle also plays a role in forming the critical base of the food
(Catharanthus chain in its ecosystem. They perform photosynthesis,
roseus) which provides both food and habitat for other biotic
factors.
 3. Mosses Due to their water-absorbing properties, mosses can
(Bryophyta) absorb a lot of harmful toxins from damp
environments, keeping them clean and preventing soil
erosion.
Animal Community
1. Butterfly Their bodies collect the pollen from the bright flowers
that they are attracted to and carry it to other plants.
This will allow fruits, vegetables, and flowers to
produce new seeds.
Community of
Decomposers
1. Earthworms They are significant decomposers of dead and
decaying organic matter.
2. Snail They are also vital decomposers of decaying
vegetation and aid in soil formation with the nutrient-
rich feces they leave behind.
3. Ants Aside from decomposition, they also help in ventilating
the soil which allows oxygen and water to reach the
roots of the plants.
Storage for
Nutrients and
Organic Materials
1. Soil Soil is an adequate storage for nutrients and other
organic materials as it serves as the ground receiver
of the matter that falls off. The nutrients it can get can
be from the weathering of rocks, decomposed animal
waste, and dead plants.
2. Rocks Rocks are known to possess nutrients that are
essential for plant growth.
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