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All in all.... they had done fairly well. It was a simple enough concept to grasp in terms of basics, so she didn't need to worry about that.
"Good, good... so you all have a sound understanding of what an ecosystem is." But just to reiterate... because reiterating cemented knowledge to memory... "Ecosystems, being systems, are formed through the interactions between organisms and their physical environment, both living and inanimate."
"Now many of you touched on points and aspects which make up ecosystems... characterises them and shapes them into what they are. Things to consider, when studying ecosystems," which is what they were doing, so notes on the following would be handy for them later, "... include solar energy, moisture, minerals, nutrients, soil, organisms and disturbances."
Now came the crucial part, which would significantly influence their success in this course of study...
"Why... would understanding ecosystems be important to the study of herbology? What can we gain from this?"
Oakey though on this some, his mind kept taking him back to the last thing Bentley included in what a Ecosystem included,
Disturbances.
Maybe he was paranoid while in Greenhouses after all..
Oakey spoke up after he gave some more though on how he'd word this without sounding any more terrified of being in this
safe greenhouse.
"If we understand that Ecosystems can have disturbances, would it be important in Herbology to know when a certain Ma.." He stopped himself before he said
Man-Eating Plant.
"A certain plant is somewhere it shouldn't be, so that a herbologist such as yourself could find what is disturbing that ecosystem and ki..." he stopped himself again before he said
kill it.
"and remove it without harming the rest of the ecosystem in the process"