Plant Update #4

Some abiotic factors (non-living factors) that our bean plants depend on are water, soil, temperature, and sunlight.  Some biotic factors (living factors) are insects and birds. Competition is when organisms use the same limited resources or nutrients.  Our plant is competing with other plants around it for sunlight. We can infer that the plant that is the tallest-growing is getting the most sunlight.
Sometimes, "winners" and "losers"are determined by what organism has the longest life-span.  Other times, it depends on which organism is healthier, and it doesn't necessarily depend on which lives the longest.  There is not always a clear cut "winner" and "loser" to this struggle.  Sometimes, the plants get equal amounts of water and sunlight, and there is no conflict between unequal distribution.
Other types of interaction I saw was the predation. Predation is when one organism eats another.  Parasitism is when one organism depends or lives in another organism, and the organism is harmed.  An example of predation and parasitism is on our seed plant is the insects living on it.  Little by little, the insects are eating the leaves of our bean plant, which is harming it, and the bean plant is also not benefitted in any way.
There is a lot of evidence that shows that succession is occurring in the garden ecosystem.  When we first planted our seed in the garden, there was nothing but dirt and soil.  Now, our plants are there as well as other grasses and plants, such a buckwheat.  This shows that succession has occurred.  Primary succession begins at a place without any soil.  Secondary succession begins at a place that already has soil and was once home to another organism.  In this particular situation, I believe that it is secondary succession, because there was already soil and other organisms living in the garden.