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Abiotic observations- after the storm, and during the storm the ground was a lot rockier than it normally was. the plants lost a lot of dead leaves and weak branches.

biotic observations- the plants got a lot of water, but they lost a lot of water that was stored in their leaves that blew off as well. the cacti looked fine, 3 more of their flowers blossomed. the bees, flies, and dragonflies were back about a day and a half after the storm hit (it was nice without the flies...). I didn't hear any birds until 2 days after the storm for some reason...

Experiments-

If a plants leaf is red than it will absorb light worse than a leaf that is green because, color is an indication of what kind of light the material reflects, and will prevent the plant from conducting photosynthesis with redder lights.

Though the green leaf seemed to offset CO2 at a similar rate to the red leaf, it died (stopped photosynthesizing) sooner for some reason. I hypothesize that the red leaf lost water slower, because it reflected the heat/light instead of absorbing it.

If a sizable amount of dirt is dug up by an ant mound then they will respond more than if a rock is placed by the mound because it will be seen as more of a threat to their queen. Response to a rock: 12 ants come out and move it a way in a few minutes (they're pretty strong). Response to my dog: Attack... i kinda picked my dog up and ran a couple yards away after a few seconds...

Evidently a dog digging up dirt is perceived as a dire threat to the cautious defensive ants, while a rock near their nest is just considered a minor impediment.

If nectar is put on a flower via human interference then it will attract more pollinators because they are attracted to the nectar. ERM... bad idea... sort of... It was like the spider, that kills itself to put its genes into the next generation. if you put agave nectar on a flower... flies come and eat the flower... lots of flies... the flower died, its pollen has probably spread out a lot though.