Ecosystem: Forest

Focus Question: How do individuals and groups of organisms interact with each other and their environment?

Give three examples of predator/prey relationships found in the forest.	Use organisms you have researched to describe the food chain.	Use organisms you have researched to explain how producers, consumers, and decomposers interact in the forest.	Use organisms you have researched to describe competition for space, food, and water among organisms in the forest.	What is the normal range for temperature? Turbidity? Salinity? Wind speed?
How would a decrease in the prey population impact the other organisms of a forest ecosystem?	Choose one consumer in the forest and explain what would happen to it if the producers died.	How do changes in the relationships between consumers, producers, and decomposers impact the forest?	Give an example of how organisms compete for food, space and water.	What does the data from my field study indicate about the health of the forest?