Saturday, February 20, 2021

Monday, February 8, 2021

ECOLOGICAL TERMS AND DEFINTIONS WORTH KNOWING

 TERMS USED IN ECOLOGY

abiotic

nonliving parts of the environment

autotroph

an organism that produces its own food; the source of energy for all other living things on earth

biodiversity

the variety of species in an area

biosphere

all of Earth's ecosystems, collectively; the biologically inhabited portions of Earth, including all of the water, land, and air in which organisms survive

biotic

the living parts of the environment

carnivore

an organism that survives by eating animals

carrying capacity

the largest population of any single species that an area can support

community

a combination of all the different populations that live and interact in the same environment

competition

the struggle between organisms for the same limited resources in a particular area

consumer

an organism that obtains its energy from producers

decomposer

an organism, generally a bacterium or fungus, that consumes (eats) dead organisms and organic waste

ecology

the study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment

ecological niche

the specific role played by an organism or a population of organisms in the ecosystem

ecological succession

the process by which an existing community is replaced by another community

ecosystem

all the living and nonliving things that interact in a specific area; a subdivision of the environment

energy pyramid

a diagram showing how food energy moves through the ecosystem

environment

every living and nonliving thing that surrounds an organism

food chain

a representation that identifies the specific feeding relationships among organisms

food web

a representation of many interconnected food chains that shows the feeding relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers

habitat

the place where an animal or plant lives

herbivore

an organism that eats only plants

heterotroph

an organism that cannot make its own food; consumers

host

the organism in a parasitic relationship that provides a home and/or food for the parasite

limiting factors

any factor in the environment that limits the size of a population

parasite

an organism that survives by living and feeding on other organisms

population

all the individuals of a single species that live in a specific area

predator

an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

prey

an animal that is hunted and killed by predators

producer

an organism that makes its own food from light energy and inorganic materials

scavenger

a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

biome

a climax community of plants and animals that covers a large geographic region

saprophytes

organisms that feed on dead and decaying organisms, includes heterotrophic plants, bacteria, and fungi

omnivores

animals that feed on both plants and animals

climax community

final stable stage in an ecological succession

energy flow

the movement of energy through an ecosystem

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I want to thank all my subscribers and viewers for taking time to watch my videos. It has been a pleasure having you on this exciting journey with me. As we enter this holiday season, I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and A Prosperous and Happy New Year! May all your heart's desires, career, financial and health goals come true. Stay safe at all times and be hopeful for the future is always bright!


 

Saturday, October 31, 2020

LIVE LESSON ON THE BODY SYSTEMS


In the video above, you will learn about the various systems in th human body such as the:
1. Digestive systems
2. Cardiovascular system
3. Genitourinary system
4. Endocrine system

I hope you will enjoy watching the lesson.

Monday, December 30, 2019

HAVE A HAPPY AND FRUITFUL NEW YEAR!

 “So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” Isaiah 61:3 

Tissues in living organisms undergo constant change and renewal. The old gives way to the new and a new dawn arises. The night is overtaken by the daylight and joy comes in the morning. Life is about the search for rejuvenation and keeping up with it. As we enter the new year, endeavor to live the old self behind and search for ways to rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul. Leave all malice, anger, hurts, disappointments, deceit, hatred, evil deeds, animosities, and all forms of vices behind you. The old self needs to be regenerated for the new year. If you do that, you are sure to launch yourself into a peaceful, prosperous, and a happy new year. A new you will eventually be unearthed and all your relationships and interactions will hit a new level of success. By pruning yourself of the things that set you back in the year 2019 and putting on the new garment of potential things that will bring success you set yourself up for the upward calling of your maker. You are destined for glory but you can only realize that if you remain connected and firmly rooted to your maker. 

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit” (Jeremiah 17:7-8).
“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither -- whatever they do prospers” (Psalm 1:1-3).  
If our minds, bodies, and souls, are rooted in the Lord, He will take the difficulties, disappointments, grief, and illness in our lives and if we let Him, He will cause our “root system” to stretch and go deeper in Him. We will not be moved by any circumstances. When we are in Christ, we are connected to the source of all living water! We will be fresh and rejuvenated all the time. The Lord does not want the circumstances that surround us to affect or hinder our success or our perception of His goodness.
 The Lord wants us to experience prosperity and fruitfulness in the midst of drought in the year 2020. Prosperity comes in many ways, it’s not always financial.  It may come as a God-given insight, a creative idea, or wisdom that will eventually bring great abundance to us personally and corporately. As we remain in Him, according to John 15, we will bear much fruit in this new year. 
HAPPY NEW YEAR!