Our eco-column will be self sustaining over and 8 week period because of a few factors.
Two main factors contribute to the outcome of wheather our eco-column will be self sustaining. These are abiotic and biotic factors.
The abiotic factors of our eco-column are: temperature, conditions and terrain. In our eco-column we have a stable temperature of between 22 and 25 degrees Celsius. The weather conditions in our column are stable and clam with no wind. It will be receiving a large amount of artificial light. The terrain in the column differs in each separate zone. In the aqua zone the river water fills the bottom of the coke bottle. In the de-comp zone we filled it with moist soil and rotting fruits. In the terra zone it is filled with dry soil/sand and so the terrain is flat.
The biotic features in our eco-column vary in each zone. In the aqua zone we have river weed. In the de-comp zone we have abiotic damp mud/soil which holds the biotic worms that make the soil fertile. after a while we will start growing mould on the fruit which is a fungi which another biotic feature. In the terra zone we have radish plants growing.
With all these abiotic and biotic factors contributing our eco-column will be self sustaining.
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