The ecosystem is made of living nodes and non-living nodes. Animals and plants are living nodes. Clouds and soil are non-living nodes. But they are all important because they have relationships with each other.
Once we fit more of these pieces into the puzzle, with more nodes and more complex relationships, then we begin to get a much clearer picture:
Quiz
How many relationships can you see in the system map?
- 1 or 2
- 5
- Exactly 16
- More than 16 – Some relationships aren’t drawn here yet