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(Environment)
Rattlesnake Mountain is 1594 feet high. There are many biotic and abiotic features on
Rattlesnake Mountain. Some of the many examples of the biotic and abiotic features are...
Trees:
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Sugar Maple
Witch-Hazel
Yellow Birch
Beach
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White Pine
Hemlock
Red Oak
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Striped Maple (Moose-wood or campers toilet paper)
Rocks:
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Gneiss
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Schist
Mica (Muscovite and Biotite)
Critters:
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Dogs
Squirrels
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Chipmunks
Eagle
Horse-flies
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Deer-flies
Humans
Crickets
Various Bugs
Temperature - 80℉ in a pool of water
pH – 4.5 (very acidic)
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Looks like Connor had a very nice trip...
At Rattlesnake Mountain , biotic and abiotic features work together to form the environment.
An example of this harmony is rotting trees, leaves, and critters that provide nutrients to
eroded rocks (sand) to form soil. The Sun and water are the main causes of the weathering and
erosion cycle.
“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”
~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
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(River)
The Baker River is around 36.4 miles long. In this river, there are monumental examples of
harmony and cooperation between biotic organisms and abiotic features. Some of the biotic and
abiotic things are...
Water!!!!!
Rocks!!!!!
Air!!!!!!!!!
Sun!!!!!!!!
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Plant-life:
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Silver Maple
Red Maple
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Beach Trees
Red Oak
Small vegetation
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Witch-Hazel
Fun time swimming at the Baker River...
Critters:
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Fish
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Humans
Craw-Fish
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Various Bugs
Temperature - 78℉ in the river.
pH – 4.75 (very acidic)
One of the many examples of harmony between biotic and abiotic features is how certain
organisms, such as craw-fish and snails, can use rocks as a habitat.
“The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be
within the reach of predatory human hands.” ~Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923
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(Stream)
Walter Newton is a 163-acre environmental sanctuary for various types of organisms. The
biotic and abiotic factors are...
A few stream observations... ⇧
Trees:
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Silver Maple
Red Maple
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Hemlock
Sumac
Balsam Fur
Red Oak
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Sugar Maple
Sun!!!!!
Water!
Rocks:
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Bedrock
Air!!!!!
Critters:
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Falling In Love With A Frog
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FROGS!!!
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Fish
Red Spotted Newt
Larva
pH – 5
Temp. - 64℉
One example of the environment cooperating is that plants filter CO₂ in to oxygen and is
dispersed in to the water for marine life to survive.
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“Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a
gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes!” ~Paul MacCready, Jr.
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(Wetland)
The wetlands of Walter Newton