Space+1+Downhill+from+gate,+near+fallen+log

Space 1
Our little space was surrounded by trees and grasses. A tree had fallen over, and was slowly rotting. The ground was covered in dirt, and had a few shrubs and rocks. There were lots of different types of poo, and different varieties of fungi growing on the trees and the ground. There was a small clearing, but it still had life and evidence of organisms which had once been there.

Geologist; Marlee Bergin, Georgina Hayes
Zoologist: Neve O'Connor Botanist: Gabi Versace Ecologist: Georgina Hayes

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Fox Poo: appeared to have eaten grapes, grass and some form of seeds. It had bugs, but the would have appeared after the excrement had left the fox. The poo was moist, and was a lumpy, thin oval shape. It contained lots of grapes, which seemed to be its priamry source of food, as the vinyard is nearby.====== Kangaroo Poo:the excrement was very dry. Obviously the kangaroo used all the moisture from the grass, before digesting it. Little strands of grass were still prominent. There were bugs, the same bugs that were on the fox poo- but considerably less. Unknown Poo: this poo was sloppy and extremely moist. The animal that made this poo, ate plants and herbs. It had no evidence of little bones or fur, but there were nuts and grass still in the poo. This poo had worms, and they had been there before the poo left the specimen. Rabbit fur: this fur was grey, with tips of white. It had dead flea bodies and it was fine and soft. It was found next to rabbit poo, and had come from the tail of the rabbit. This was obvious as the fur was long and thicker than the fur of a body of a rabbit- but the tell tale sign was the whit tips which make up the white tail. Besides from the poo, there was other evidence of animals in the area. There was smudges of a paw print

GEOLOGIST:
Items collected by: Marlee Bergin Tests done by: Georgina Hayes

Environmental reserve examination

Rock Examination 1: Acid test (hydrochloric acid used for this test) Result: No reaction. Rock does not contain limestone

Soil Examination 1: Soil structure test Result: Medium size humus floated to top. Few solids partially dissolved. Very little clay. Large amount of soil at bottom of test tube.

Examination 2: pH test from water and soil mixed (universal indicator used to determine pH) Result: pH 7. Neutral water, neither acid nor base)

Examination 3: Nitrate test Result after 30 seconds: 0 Result after 60 seconds: 1

Ecologist

 * Type ||  ||   || Found ||   ||   || Description ||   ||   ||   |||| What It eats ||   ||
 * Abiotic ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || Animal Poo ||  |||| In grass in one lump ||   |||||||| One lump with grass clearly showing in it || -- ||   ||   ||
 * || Spider Web ||  |||| On fallen log ||   |||| Neat and organised ||   ||   || -- ||   ||   ||
 * Biotic ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || Flies ||  |||||| Hovering around animal poo |||||| Black, big eyes, clear wings ||   |||| opportunistic feeder ||   ||
 * || Grass ||  || On ground ||   ||   |||||| Green, mixed with a lot of weeds ||   |||| uses photosynthesis to ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   |||| create its own food ||   ||
 * || Ants ||  |||| On pine tree ||   || Small, black ||   ||   ||   |||| opportunistic feeder ||   ||
 * |||| Pinus Patula (Pine) || In ground ||  ||   |||||| Tall, lots of needles on tree and ||   |||| uses photosynthesis to ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   |||||| lots of fallen needles beneath ||   |||| create its own food ||   ||
 * |||| Panellus Stipicus (fungi) |||| On fallen log ||  |||| Bright and orange ||   ||   |||||| any thing dead or decaying ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   |||| (in this case fallen log) ||   ||
 * |||| Panellus Stipicus (fungi) |||| On fallen log ||  |||| Bright and orange ||   ||   |||||| any thing dead or decaying ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   |||| (in this case fallen log) ||   ||

Botanist
Items collected by: Gabi Versace


 * **Organism/ plant** || **Description** || **Found** || **Quantity** ||
 * Fungus || Orange. Covering most of a fallen log || Fallen log || 30+ ||
 * Grass || Green, wet || Next to/ around log ||  ||
 * Tree || Twiggy, leafless || Next to fallen log || 1 ||
 * Moss || Ranging in colour from light to dark green || Across fallen log ||  ||
 * Clovers || Green, three leaf || On ground in group in grassy areas || 8-10 ||
 * Pine Needles || Small, spikey || Fallen from pine tree ||  ||