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It was the start of a new term, with new students, returning students and best of all... a new look to greenhouse six! Seren had been rather impressed with the way it all turned out. The refurbishment had gone better than anticipated. In the place of the old buckets and ponds which catered to the needs of numerous aquatic life, there were sparkling clean tanks of all shapes and sizes surrounding the skirts of the greenhouse and forming row upon row throughout...
Standing eye to eye with a tank that glowed greenish blue light upon her face, Seren admired the corals in its depth and inspected their convolutions, prongs and stubs.
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"YES!" ... Finally.
"Well, sort of. We're not focusing on aquatic ecosystems, but ecosystems in general."
"Ecosystems, or biomes, play an important role in the study of herbology. Can anyone tell me what an ecosystem is?" This shouldn't be guesswork... and it was a basic enough concept for them to understand.
"Now would also be a good time to get your notebooks out... and bear in mind we will be moving around."
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Ecosystems? Zhenya smiled and her hand shot up into the air. She had known all about Ecosystems, being told about them by her Grandfather who was a potioneer. He was very much interested in Herbology and loved to link all the ingredients he used back to the ecosystem. "Professor, an Ecosystem is a community of biotic and abiotic components, and how they interact with each other in that community."
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Basic concept but Nina didn't knew how to explain. Heh. She raised her hand before answering and said "Umm... ecosystems are...well they are composed of living and non living organisms that interact with each other and..." AND? "And with their surroundings...err...environment" Did it made sense? Hopefully.
And did the professor just said they'll be moving around? Nina was kinda eager to know what they would be doing so she took out her notebook and quill.
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When the Herbology Professor called their attention for the start of the lesson and asked them what they thought would be the topic of that day's lesson, Beezus only stayed listening.....Aquatic plants...water......that was what the majority had suggested.... And actually, even if she didn't voice it out, that was what came in her mind too.
...until Spike answered...
...and Professor Bentley acknowledged his answer...
She smiled brightly and looked at her co-Prefect with admiration. He was really something. Hmmm.
So...ecosystem.
The Ravenclaw took out her notebook and quill, started to jot down a few of her classmate's commending and interesting answers before raising her own hand in an attempt to share her own idea. "Professor, an ecosystem is a segment of nature that consists of community of both living and nonliving organisms, their physical environment, and the materials and other factors that contributes to the relationship existing between each of them as they interact with each other.."
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An ecosystem...
Nerida took out her notebook and quill getting it ready for any notes or stuff like that, before raising her hand and adding her answer for the ecosystem definition. "Professor, an ecosystem is a community of living and nonliving components along with their physical environment interacting as a system."
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Messer raised his hand up in the air. "Its where the biotic and abiotic factors interact with each other, Professor." And did Bentley says something about moving around? That mean something exciting going to happen soon. Yay! The fourth year took out his notebook and quill from his bag like the Professor told them to do.
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"Yes... of course it is."
Edward, Edvard... very similar, she got credit for that yes?
"Nope, but good guess."
Seren eyed the Slytherin, and tried her best not to laugh out loud. It was an amusing theory though, and probably not a bad idea for something practical and long term. "No... not today."
Well... this adoption idea was... catching on. "Nope.. "
Other ideas?
"Good guess... but no."
Girlfriend?
Was she supposed to keep track of student relationships on top of her numerous duties.
At any rate, the answers thus far hadn't touched on the answer, so she shook her head, "No."
Well that wasn't a bad guess. "Not this term, no."
Alex was such a bright student... she did sometimes wonder why he wasn't a GryffindorRavenclaw. "Corals are actually plants, but because they behave as plants do we do categorise their care in herbology... but we won't be looking at them this year."
Seren directed her gaze toward the tank Alexa pointed out...
"To some extent," she mused, still not giving away the answer.
In the lake? "Interesting... but no."
And... she'd probably just take them to the actual lake for that one.
"Definitely?" she asked, smiling.
Oh good, it was 'cool' well that was a bonus. "Thank you dear."
Seren was amused, and saddened by Oakey's response. She hated knowing that a student was fearful of her subject, fearful to the point of paranoia. "It will be safe," she stated firmly, hoping the boy could relax now.
The responses thus far had been... rather vague or strange and interesting. Still, nobody had managed to really touch on their topic, until...
"YES!" ... Finally.
"Well, sort of. We're not focusing on aquatic ecosystems, but ecosystems in general."
"Ecosystems, or biomes, play an important role in the study of herbology. Can anyone tell me what an ecosystem is?" This shouldn't be guesswork... and it was a basic enough concept for them to understand.
"Now would also be a good time to get your notebooks out... and bear in mind we will be moving around."
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Mika had been quietly standing there listening to what Professor Bentley and the other students had been saying before she herself decided it was time to speak up. After all ecosystems were what everything in the natural world were based on. Humans and Wizards were also a part of them - without herbological ecosystems and plantlife than there would be nothing for plant eating mammals and other animals to eat...and then the world would be full of animals eating other animals.
She shuddered at the thought and then raised her hand. "Professor, an ecosystem is a construct in nature it starts with the nonliving components such as rocks and dirt and then there are other components and creatures that call those components home." She smiled brightly. "The entire earth itself is an ecosystem as we have the nonliving components of soil, water, and air that we all need to survive."
She bit her lip and then continued describing, "In short an ecosystem is a biological community of organisms and physical enviornments that interact and work together...they are just kinda cool" Way to go nutterpants. Just cool? She couldn't say something better than that?
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"Well, sort of. We're not focusing on aquatic ecosystems, but ecosystems in general."
"Ecosystems, or biomes, play an important role in the study of herbology. Can anyone tell me what an ecosystem is?" This shouldn't be guesswork... and it was a basic enough concept for them to understand.
"Now would also be a good time to get your notebooks out... and bear in mind we will be moving around."
OOC: The lesson will continue in approximately 12 hours. Please answer the QUESTION ONLY. Thank you (;
Deciding to skip the first question proved to be a slightly stupid idea - turns out he wasn't the only one with the slightly wrong answer. Too bad though, and he couldn't even say that he tried.
At the next question. The snake contemplated for a moment before raising his hand to answer. "Professor, an ecosystem is an organized community of both living and non-living things in the environment working together as a system in a way that would be essential for survival." Like how animal poo eventually turns into fertilizer for the plants. Maybe?
Peyton's eyes wandered around the greenhouse in amazement. This was a cool classroom. Colorful and pretty. She likes!
The third year had the urge to skip around and take her time looking at stuff, but the professor was already speaking. Peyton stood herself in the front, her height became a problem when there were overgrown people around her. Hmph! One day she'd be six feet tall...hopefully. Or she'd just have to get her knees done or something.
An ecosystem? She knew this one...well, she did if she remembered hard enough. The red head thought about it until it came to mind. Apparently, her brain was still on summer mode.
Anyway, she raised her hand and said, "An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living organisms that benefit/need each other in order to survive and reproduce." Yeah? Yeah? Yeaaaah?
Oh boy they were going to learn about ecosystems! Orr put up her hand and when Bentley pointed to her with a nod, she confidently said, "an ecosystem is how living organisms coexist with nonliving organisms, they form a kind of community where they interact in a system that has got constant cycles of nutrition and energy. They receive what they need while also giving thus allow other organisms to also get what they need. "
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Something Nessie knew quite a bit about! She had done this before in Muggle school, obviously not very detailed because she was smaller then, but she knew a fair amount. Enough to answer Professor Bentley's question at least and that was good, hey?
The red head raised her hand and waited her turn. "Professor, and ecosystem is how living and non-living organisms live together in a certain habitat." That's what she remembered it to be, but it was a long time ago she had learned this and she wasn't one hundred percent sure she was correct.
Next Nessie took out her notebook and was ready for what was to come.
Okay, so he'd been a bit specific - but it had been the coral that had given him the answer, so it was understandable, right? And admittedly, given that no-one else was in the same ball park, he was feeling pretty good right now. Herbology was definitely his thing.
...so, what was an ecosystem? Spike knew well enough, of course, since he'd suggested it in the first place. He grabbed his notebook from his bag, flicked past a detailed specimen sketch of Rosie, and raised his hand. "It's the combination and interaction of the living organisms, so...plants, animals and microbes, with non-living entities such as the soil and climate," he answered.
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Ecosystems. Biomes. Those words were not foreign words to Kat. She's read them from different Muggle reference books you know. Oh well, at least it wouldn't be that hard this term... And hopefully it would be something worthwhile to learn for OWLs. Hmm... She thought for a while about her answer so that she would not be making wrong answers. She hated saying wrong answers, definitely. Once she sorted out the answer she thought was good enough in her head, Kat decided to speak. "Ecosystems are the communities of organisms that are both living and nonliving." she said. Kat wanted to speak more but she saved them for others. She was being considerate these days. How odd. "On the other hand, biomes are the places where the organisms live in. The two types are terrestrial which is land, and aquatic which is water." That's enough I guess.
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"Ecosystems, or biomes, play an important role in the study of herbology. Can anyone tell me what an ecosystem is?" This shouldn't be guesswork... and it was a basic enough concept for them to understand.
"Now would also be a good time to get your notebooks out... and bear in mind we will be moving around."
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Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand "Is an Ecosystem where plants can live in places they shouldn't, because like they live in water and too much water is suppose to kill the plants." Laura wasn't sure if that was right or not but she thought she have a guess.
Surely there was something more interesting to learn about then ecosystems and what was that word.. bioharzards or something.... yeah, she could care less but OWLs were this term and she had to pay as much attention as she could to everything!..
So naturally she began daydreaming... thinking of her mum and cassidy again and the whole summer in general when she heard a students voice...
crap.. did the teacher ask a question.. ariana bit her lip and looked around as students were getting out notebooks of parchments and she followed doing the same.. Now what did the professor ask?
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“Earth.” The sixth year wanted to blurt the answer out without thinking as soon as the professor asked them the question. He was too busy looking at the different tanks, that he somehow did not hear what the others have to say.
So what is an ecosystem?
Mordred raised his hand and made eye contact with Professor Bentley. “Professor, an ecosystem is a community comprised of both biotic and abiotic components which work in conjunction with one another to sustain the established system.” He said as he lowered his hand and continued to examine the tanks.
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"Ecosystems, or biomes, play an important role in the study of herbology. Can anyone tell me what an ecosystem is?" This shouldn't be guesswork... and it was a basic enough concept for them to understand.
"Now would also be a good time to get your notebooks out... and bear in mind we will be moving around."
They WEREN'T adopting a fish? Or a plant... whatever. Theo listened to the others as they whittled on about ecosystems. Was he supposed to know what an ecosystem was?
As interesting as it sounded, not, Theodore would much rather adopt a fish.
But he may as well hazard a guess, "Like a rainforest?" It sort of sounded like a different plant to Theo. Ecosystems. Not very human-friendly. Eco-friendly. Hehe. As told to do so, the third year pulled out his notebook but didn't write nothing down cos he didn't KNOW anything.
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Safe, right. Oakey just had to feel safe, maybe he'd do some of that yoga Romanos always has them doing in DADA after class to loosen up a little.
Right an Ecosystem, what was that again? Oh yeah "An Ecosystem is where Animals, Plants, and other living things that interact with eachother, and what's around them."
He finished his question and overheard a familiar voice give a very scientific response to Bentley's question. Mordred, what was he doing here!?... Oh yeah.
He looked over at the former snake friend and tried to see if maybe he changed back to Mordy. He couldn't tell though.
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Water plants... seemed to be a popular response.
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"Yes... of course it is."
Edward, Edvard... very similar, she got credit for that yes?
"Nope, but good guess."
Seren eyed the Slytherin, and tried her best not to laugh out loud. It was an amusing theory though, and probably not a bad idea for something practical and long term. "No... not today."
Well... this adoption idea was... catching on. "Nope.. "
Other ideas?
"Good guess... but no."
Girlfriend?
Was she supposed to keep track of student relationships on top of her numerous duties.
At any rate, the answers thus far hadn't touched on the answer, so she shook her head, "No."
Well that wasn't a bad guess. "Not this term, no."
Alex was such a bright student... she did sometimes wonder why he wasn't a GryffindorRavenclaw. "Corals are actually plants, but because they behave as plants do we do categorise their care in herbology... but we won't be looking at them this year."
Seren directed her gaze toward the tank Alexa pointed out...
"To some extent," she mused, still not giving away the answer.
In the lake? "Interesting... but no."
And... she'd probably just take them to the actual lake for that one.
"Definitely?" she asked, smiling.
Oh good, it was 'cool' well that was a bonus. "Thank you dear."
Seren was amused, and saddened by Oakey's response. She hated knowing that a student was fearful of her subject, fearful to the point of paranoia. "It will be safe," she stated firmly, hoping the boy could relax now.
The responses thus far had been... rather vague or strange and interesting. Still, nobody had managed to really touch on their topic, until...
"YES!" ... Finally.
"Well, sort of. We're not focusing on aquatic ecosystems, but ecosystems in general."
"Ecosystems, or biomes, play an important role in the study of herbology. Can anyone tell me what an ecosystem is?" This shouldn't be guesswork... and it was a basic enough concept for them to understand.
"Now would also be a good time to get your notebooks out... and bear in mind we will be moving around."
OOC: The lesson will continue in approximately 12 hours. Please answer the QUESTION ONLY. Thank you (;
He looked around as everyone answered the first question in the same manner, well he had to admit that it did seem like the most obvious answer what with the tank and all. So he waited as the professor got through them all and then told them that they were..... wrong! Ha.. including him too.. but he knew it was wrong. He then listened as the professor told them it was about ecosystems, ahhh well that would explain the tank.. Oh and now they were supposed to tell her what an ecosystem was.. mmm now to remember it from his kiddie days before he came here..being a muggle they had done this a bit in their Biology class. He put up his hand "Is it how living things interact with their environment?" he answered as well as questioned, he willed himself not to look at anyone Ella anymore and kept his attention to his professor. Cause not only would it be weird she would probably feel awkward and weird too. So kept his eyes on the tank that was in front of the professor wondering what kinda of living things.. if that was the right answer.. they would be looking at.
Nigel brought out his notebook and thought about what an ecosystem was. Hmm. Right now he remembered.
"An Ecosystem is a place where living and non-living things work together."
He still felt like water plants and algae were the same thing. But now he wondered where they would be moving around to. He hoped he would see some cool plants. Hmm. wonder if algae can be cool.
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Ohh, ecosystem. That sounded nice enough. Though sophie was still more interested in staring at the pretty glowing thing. That was WAY too beautiful.
Once again, everyone was giving out answers and they were very similar. "It's like, how everything... and everyone, actually, interact as a big... whole... thing." Meehhh, she couldn't give an answer that was different and relevant enough. Shrug.
She would keep on looking at the pretty tanks then!
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Ecosystems.. meh, Wade had secretly hoped they would be maybe feeding taming some pants today. Wait.. notebook? er, did Wade pack it with him today..
Taking a brief moment to rummage in his pack.. Ah, he did. Only keeping it at his side since they may not be stationary for long. "It's a kind of system, for eco- well, it's like an arrangement for everything living."
Ah, I was right, I thought so. Class seems to be moving forward and the next question, 'What is an ecosystem', I know that Oichi raised her hand and responded, "An ecosystem is all the organisms that live in one environment and how they live together in harmony.". She then heard the teacher say they would need their notebooks and that they would be moving around. Oichi smiled as she took out her notebook, she could not wait for this lesson to continue.
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Elise was trying to figure something out that everyone hadn't said and probably wasted a bit too much time doing that since she missed her chance. Simply copying down what Spike had said because he did get the question right, she beamed. He was a Ravenclaw for very obvious reasons, unlike Elise. Spike was... just really smart. And good at everything.
Now she had to figure out what an ecosystem was. She was no stranger to these, since she'd been preparing for this term's OWLs since the Summer after her third year. Beaming, she raised her hand. "An ecosystem is essentially an environment in which living and non-living organisms communicate and balance each other out." And it was important that the balancing part was there, or else species would go extinct.
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"Yes... of course it is."
Edward, Edvard... very similar, she got credit for that yes?
"Nope, but good guess."
Seren eyed the Slytherin, and tried her best not to laugh out loud. It was an amusing theory though, and probably not a bad idea for something practical and long term. "No... not today."
Well... this adoption idea was... catching on. "Nope.. "
Other ideas?
"Good guess... but no."
Girlfriend?
Was she supposed to keep track of student relationships on top of her numerous duties.
At any rate, the answers thus far hadn't touched on the answer, so she shook her head, "No."
Well that wasn't a bad guess. "Not this term, no."
Alex was such a bright student... she did sometimes wonder why he wasn't a GryffindorRavenclaw. "Corals are actually plants, but because they behave as plants do we do categorise their care in herbology... but we won't be looking at them this year."
Seren directed her gaze toward the tank Alexa pointed out...
"To some extent," she mused, still not giving away the answer.
In the lake? "Interesting... but no."
And... she'd probably just take them to the actual lake for that one.
"Definitely?" she asked, smiling.
Oh good, it was 'cool' well that was a bonus. "Thank you dear."
Seren was amused, and saddened by Oakey's response. She hated knowing that a student was fearful of her subject, fearful to the point of paranoia. "It will be safe," she stated firmly, hoping the boy could relax now.
The responses thus far had been... rather vague or strange and interesting. Still, nobody had managed to really touch on their topic, until...
"YES!" ... Finally.
"Well, sort of. We're not focusing on aquatic ecosystems, but ecosystems in general."
"Ecosystems, or biomes, play an important role in the study of herbology. Can anyone tell me what an ecosystem is?" This shouldn't be guesswork... and it was a basic enough concept for them to understand.
"Now would also be a good time to get your notebooks out... and bear in mind we will be moving around."
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Ok so he was wrong now, but he wasnt a mind reader that he could answer that question. If only he could be a mind reader then he would be able to know everything! man that would be sooo cool! He would get to know stuff that are secrets too, he just wanted to know the cool stuff not all the yucky lovy dovy stuff. Yes he knew that all these oldies, professors and students alike were into that.. but he wasnt.. so he wanted to know all the cool stuff. So maybe reading minds was not a bad idea.. he did like that.. mm maybe he should look into it.
Ecosystems? what was that? he didnt know! Couldnt the professor just tell them? Did they have to guess.. really? he put up his hand "Umm some sort of living system?.. a.. a.. plant system" he said after looking around the greenhouse, they were surrounded by plants.. yeah? and then the system part.. so... plant systems. Those were plants in that tank too so.. it all made sense right.. plant systems. He just hoped it was a good plant system, no more boring stuff please.. or he would be really tempted to take a nap in this class even though his head of house was teaching.
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Alyssa thought for awhile before raising her hand. "Professor an ecosystem is like a community of living things and non-living things living together. Like for example the fish and coral in a fish tank co-existing with the fake decorations."
Seren nodded, but faltered at the mention of decorations... "Decorations? Why in the name of jumping junipers would you ruin a perfectly good tank with something fake?" That... she didn't understand.
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ECOSYSTEMS! This was even better than studying underwater plants in Anya's opinion. And it wasn't just because ecosystems was a fun word to say. (Which, for the record, it was.)
And it was times like this the brunette was grateful for all those years of muggle school.
In fact, she was pretty sure she had her primary school definition of it memorized. But where was the fun in spitting out a definition. She raised her hand. "It's the way the entire 'community', for example, a tank of water, all aspects, living and not, interact with each other." She then nodded as if to prove her point. Then she added, "It's also been referred to as the Circle of Life." Yeah... she watched The Lion King over the summer. She loved that movie.
And she'd refrain from bursting out in song... although she was extremely tempted to.
The circle of life... now that was a unique response, and she could understand that, even if the explanation wasn't provided. "Yes, very good."
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Would you look at that, the first Herbology class of the term and she actually knew the answer...sort of. It must have been because she was a second year; they were known for being smarter than firsties you know.
She raised her hand, feeling all proud of herself. "That's that thing that has to deal with animals and stuff living together right?" That was the answer right? It sounded right and that was good enough for her! It also sounded like what just about everyone else said...sort of. It was close enough and they were saying the same thing as each other so it was either she was right too or they were all wrong; either way would be fine with her. Misery likes company afterall.
She took another glance at the tank. What did that have to do with ecosystems...?
Stuff?... Merlin.
"More or less," she nodded. Seren only hoped the Lioness was prepared to take notes this lesson, she would be needing those in the future.
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Rowan again raised her hand. "I believe, Professor, that an ecosystem is an environment where the plants and animals in some way depend upon each other for their survival. If you remove one part of the ecosystem, the entire system is affected." Yes, that seemed right. She hoped.
Ahh brilliant! "Yes, absolutely... well done."
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Mo was very busy pressing his face up against the glass of the tank and making squishy faces at the coral in the tank (coral... btw... animal... Was this CoMC?) and marveling over how pretty it all was. He kind of wanted a tank. With stuff in it. Not those fish that had to fight all the time, though, because honestly, how lame was a tank with only ONE fish?
Ecosystems, hmm? "S'like if you take all the plants and the animals and the way they work together to keep each other alive, right? I kind of think it has to do with environmental factors too, though... because a rainforest will need lots of rain and an equatorial climate to sustain all the plants and animals." But maybe that wasn't the technical definition. He just figured that all the plants and animals in a rainforest wouldn't survive, even if taken in entirety, if they were in a desert.
Seren agreed, nodding as the new Eagle voiced his thoughts. "Oh yes, absolutely.. there are numerous factors that make up an ecosystem."
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Audrey had loved learning about ecosystems in her old school, and she perked up when she realized they'd be studying them again.
She raised her hand, and when called upon, said "An ecosystem is biotic and abiotic factors interacting to make the community work. Abiotic means lack of life, so examples of abiotic components are things like rocks and the weather. Biotic factors are living things like plants and animals. "
"Ecosystems have to have composers, decomposers, non-living matter, and producers to work. Ecosystems mostly get their energy from the sun, through photosynthesis."
"In an ecosystem, everything is connected and even the littlest things can have a huge impact on an ecosystem if they are disturbed. Humans are making big changes to ecosystems. An example of this is over fishing and agricultural waste, among other things, threatening to take out coral reefs," she crossed her fingers that this was correct and she hadn't muddled the information or gone on too long.
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Now THAT, was a standard Ravenclaw text book answer if ever she heard one. "Yes, very very good."
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Rawdon opened his messenger bag and frowned when he realized that all of his notebooks were the same color. Fail! He shrugged his shoulders and decided to pick one in hopes that it was a blank one. The one in the middle was wedged in the bag, therefore it must have been used so he chose the one behind it and pulled it out of his bag just as the professor asked a question.
Now Vindictus was in deep thought and he subconsciously began to chew on his lower lip. Wait. This sounds vaguely familiar. Mum taught me something about this last year.
Suddenly his blue eyes lit up and he raised his hand. "Professor Bentley, an ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things that work together. These living and non-living things are connected and when these two parts work together, they make a balanced system," Rawdon answered.
He lowered his hand and rested it on the notebook that was resting on the table.
I sure hope that made sense.
Balance. It was such a simple word and yet it described the topic perfectly.
Seren nodded, approving the young Vindictus' answer. "Balance... I couldn't have said it better myself."
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No gloves? That was exciting. But West was FAR AND AWAY too intrigued by the contents of the tanks to actually give an answer.
BIOLUMINESCENCE WAS AWESOME!
Ecosystems? what? West looked up, blinking, and glanced at other kids, who'd apparently joined him while he'd been thinking about the TANK. Ecosystems?
He put his hand up. "Ecosystems are different growing areas where the stuff what grows there is effected by the climate or by chemicals, or humidity, or how high up in mountains or low down below sea level, or like, the actual location on the Earth, cos where it is effects all that other stuff, on account of latitude means closer or further from the hot part, the equator." He sort of paused and then added with a big happy smile, looking around the greenhouse, "You can use a greenhouse to make a mini-version of a ecosystem so you can grow things what wouldn't normally grow where you are."
Notebook out? Moving around?
Though West's answer was a round about way of getting to the point.. it was thrilling to see him verbalise his thoughts. "Yes, correct! There are numerous factors which characterise ecosystems, each as unique as the next."
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Alice was too busy looking at the tank to pay attention to Ecosystem chatter, but she put her hand up anyway. "An ecosystem is some kind of community of interacting, living.. THINGS.. and.. um.. their physical.. surroundings? Or settings or conditions.. basically, anything that affects it.. or something?"Or something was probably the right answer. She couldn't really make heads or tails of what she was saying. But.. that would make this a kind of an ecosystem. Because.. because Bentley had changed the surroundings to accommodate the plants, hadn't she?
Or something.
Mhm. She was just going to get out her notebook and ink and quill like a GOOD LITTLE GIRL and not say anything anymore, for fear of being confused. Because that tended to happen to her often during school hours.
Alice, was on the right track. She could see that... and perhaps by the end of the lesson she'd be able to better describe it. "Good... good," she nodded encouragingly.
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So, ecosystems.
Basic concept but Nina didn't knew how to explain. Heh. She raised her hand before answering and said "Umm... ecosystems are...well they are composed of living and non living organisms that interact with each other and..." AND? "And with their surroundings...err...environment" Did it made sense? Hopefully.
And did the professor just said they'll be moving around? Nina was kinda eager to know what they would be doing so she took out her notebook and quill.
Seren nodded as Nina, like Alice before her, fumbled through her response. "Yes.. good, you're on the right track."
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When the Herbology Professor called their attention for the start of the lesson and asked them what they thought would be the topic of that day's lesson, Beezus only stayed listening.....Aquatic plants...water......that was what the majority had suggested.... And actually, even if she didn't voice it out, that was what came in her mind too.
...until Spike answered...
...and Professor Bentley acknowledged his answer...
She smiled brightly and looked at her co-Prefect with admiration. He was really something. Hmmm.
So...ecosystem.
The Ravenclaw took out her notebook and quill, started to jot down a few of her classmate's commending and interesting answers before raising her own hand in an attempt to share her own idea. "Professor, an ecosystem is a segment of nature that consists of community of both living and nonliving organisms, their physical environment, and the materials and other factors that contributes to the relationship existing between each of them as they interact with each other.."
And would you look at that... Seren beamed, nodding as Beatrice expressed her response. "Beautifully said." Simple as that.
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Mika had been quietly standing there listening to what Professor Bentley and the other students had been saying before she herself decided it was time to speak up. After all ecosystems were what everything in the natural world were based on. Humans and Wizards were also a part of them - without herbological ecosystems and plantlife than there would be nothing for plant eating mammals and other animals to eat...and then the world would be full of animals eating other animals.
She shuddered at the thought and then raised her hand. "Professor, an ecosystem is a construct in nature it starts with the nonliving components such as rocks and dirt and then there are other components and creatures that call those components home." She smiled brightly. "The entire earth itself is an ecosystem as we have the nonliving components of soil, water, and air that we all need to survive."
She bit her lip and then continued describing, "In short an ecosystem is a biological community of organisms and physical enviornments that interact and work together...they are just kinda cool" Way to go nutterpants. Just cool? She couldn't say something better than that?
What was this? Had she asked for a brief presentation?
Seren was mildly confused as the Slytherin launched into a broad explanation of the topic, with ... facts... and then sumarising her point. "Good..." she replied. She didn't quite have the heart to tell the girl that less was often more. She'd understand in time.
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Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand "Is an Ecosystem where plants can live in places they shouldn't, because like they live in water and too much water is suppose to kill the plants." Laura wasn't sure if that was right or not but she thought she have a guess.
And then there was this Badger...
What was she going to do with her? "Not quite..."
But kudos to her for trying, that counted for something.
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They WEREN'T adopting a fish? Or a plant... whatever. Theo listened to the others as they whittled on about ecosystems. Was he supposed to know what an ecosystem was?
As interesting as it sounded, not, Theodore would much rather adopt a fish.
But he may as well hazard a guess, "Like a rainforest?" It sort of sounded like a different plant to Theo. Ecosystems. Not very human-friendly. Eco-friendly. Hehe. As told to do so, the third year pulled out his notebook but didn't write nothing down cos he didn't KNOW anything.
Seren stared at Theodore for a moment. That had to be one of the shortest and certainly least descriptive reponses... but he wasn't wrong. "That is an example of an ecosystem, yes... but perhaps work on defining what the concept means."
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Ohh, ecosystem. That sounded nice enough. Though sophie was still more interested in staring at the pretty glowing thing. That was WAY too beautiful.
Once again, everyone was giving out answers and they were very similar. "It's like, how everything... and everyone, actually, interact as a big... whole... thing." Meehhh, she couldn't give an answer that was different and relevant enough. Shrug.
She would keep on looking at the pretty tanks then!
And yet another poorly worded response... but it wasn't so bad. Sophie did touch on the basics of it at least. "You're getting there," she encouraged.
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Ecosystems.. meh, Wade had secretly hoped they would be maybe feeding taming some pants today. Wait.. notebook? er, did Wade pack it with him today..
Taking a brief moment to rummage in his pack.. Ah, he did. Only keeping it at his side since they may not be stationary for long. "It's a kind of system, for eco- well, it's like an arrangement for everything living."
An... arrangement? Well that was one way of putting it. "Sort of.... not quite..." she was still confused by the terminology...
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?"
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