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=Name: Group 1= =Area: Next to the lake in the Reserve= =Material List:= =Botanist (//looks at plant organisms//) - Madi= **__ Possible Species __** **Gum Trees**
 * Plastic zip lock bags
 * Plastic containers
 * Shovels
 * Tools\hammers
 * Sieves
 * Hand magnifying glass
 * Tape measures
 * Books
 * Rope
 * Portable microscopes
 * Ipad/ipod/camera
 * **Name** ||  **Description**  ||  **Number**  ||  **What are the interactions?**  ||
 * Gum Leaves (below) ||  Some are dried out, mostly either green or dead and brown. A lot of them have been eaten off.  || Hundreds scattered on the ground ||  They are very dried out like the environment. A lot of bugs and smaller organisms that live in the ecosystem feed off the leaves  ||
 * Native Grasses(below) ||  They have grown quite tall. Quite far away from the bank. Green, brown and straight. One species is very straw like while the other is quite thin and wispy  ||  12 main bushes in the area  ||  Survives in dry habitats and is quite common in this area. Probably gets its water from the rain and the damn.  ||
 * Grass ||  Bright green and very vibrant, unlike most of the habitat. Stands out a lot. Quite short!  ||  1 patch of grass (mostly near water)  ||  Mainly growing around the mouth of the stream which means it probably needs more water than the rest of the environment  ||
 * Unknown ||  Reddish, purple and green colour. Like grass with little bur like things on it. Very common in the area.  ||  3 patches in the area  ||  Grows around the outside of the damn. Very common in this area.  ||
 * = Name ||= Name (Latin) ||
 * = Black Box Gums ||= Eucalyptus microtheca ||
 * = Brittle Gums ||= Eucalyptus mannifera mudic ||
 * = Eucalyptus trees ||= Eucalyptus L’Her ||
 * Native grasses**
 * Name || Name (Latin) ||
 * Australian Millet || Panicum decompositum ||

=Geologist (look at soil,rocks, erosion and elevation) -Scarlett=

Discription of rocks and soil:

 * Rocks**- The rocks are all different colours. There are bigger rocks along the oration of the pound and smaller rocks near the water.
 * Soil-** All of the soil is very dry and has a lot of cracks everywhere. Our whole area is dried up.
 * Erosion**-There is erosion all around the pound. As the water rises up and down it creates erosion.

In test tubes we put about ¼ of soil and filed half of it with water. After we shook it, we left it for a day and came back and took notes of how the soil was structured in the water. The soil has sunk to the bottom but bits of the soil and small sicks are flouting on the top of the water. At the bottom of the test tube the soil was still dry. There for that means that the soil doesn’t absorb the water.
 * What we had to do:**
 * Result:**

Ph test of the water in soil:
 * Soil no. || ph ||
 * Soil 1 || 7.5 ||
 * Soil 2 || 7.5 ||
 * Soil 3 || 8 ||

(very wet) || With more universal indicator it makes it a higher acidity. Little pieces of the dirt where a PH of 4. || (drier) || All of the soil were a PH of 7.5 || == =Ecologist (//looks at connections between living things//) - Isabelle=
 * Sample 1 || 7.5 || Bits of the indicator were PH 5. ||
 * Sample 2 || 7.5 || Bits of the soil were 8.5 and other bits where 4. ||
 * Sample 3 || 6.5
 * Sample 4 || 7.5



=Zoologist (//looks at animal organisms//)- Eliza-Jane=

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