https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r Producers, Consumers, & Decomposers en-us 2021-05-07 19:19:00 UTC 2025-11-06 09:38:34 UTC hello@padlet.com scoulter7 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812955 2021-05-07 19:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812955 scoulter7 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812957 How and why do the ants and acacia tree interact with each other?  
Rewatch the video if necessary.]]> 2021-05-07 19:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812957 scoulter7 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812960 The ants and acacia tree interact by . . . because . . . ]]> 2021-05-07 19:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812960 scoulter7 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812966 Write 3 observations & 3 questions.
Observations
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Questions
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3.]]> 2021-05-07 19:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1503812966 608355 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518159529 Observations
1.a birds nest
2.Thorns on a tree
3. Ants

Questions
1. Do all trees have nectar?
2. Are all ants raised like that?
3. Do ants always live in trees?]]> 2021-05-12 16:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518159529 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518159971 Questions- How does the tree produce these oils?

What else do these trees benefit for?

Is the oils in the tree just helpful for ants or others as well?

Observations-
Ants eating a tree.
Deep hallows in the tree.
The environment around the tree looks healthy. 


]]> 2021-05-12 16:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518159971 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518160879 2021-05-12 16:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518160879 257838 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518161003 1. The ants have a claw like mouth
2. The ants like living in spiky areas
3. There was so patches in the vein if the plant

1. how do the ants find the necture?
2. Why do ants need this necture?
3. What will the ants do if all the plants die and take forever to reproduce? ]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518161003 2571642 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518161445 Observation 
1. Ants
2.Tree
3.Leaves
Questions
1.
2.
3.

]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518161445 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518161831 2021-05-12 16:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518161831 257256 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518163255 1. I see a lot of ants on this tree
2. I see a tree that has like spikes
3. I see the ants climbing on the tree
1. Are there other trees that can help the ants?
2. How many ants can that tree help?
3. What makes the tree have all those things in it?]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518163255 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518163308 i see ants 
i see plantes 
i see trees 
1. are there specific trees that need the ants?
2. how do trees get oil 
3.how long does an ant take to get in the tree]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518163308 257162 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518163589 1. I see red thorns growing from branch
2. I see cylinder shaped leaves
3. I see purple branches

1. Why are the branches not brown?
2. How did the ants figure out the thorns were hollow?
3. Does drinking the tree's oil and nectar hurt the tree?]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518163589 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518164305 I see ants climbing on the tree.
I notice the thorns on the tree.
I can also see what is inside the tree.

How long does it take for the ant to bit into the acacia tree and get in?
What other plants/trees help ants?





]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518164305 2460041 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518164476 observations
1 i saw leaves and plants
2 A lot of animals are eating
3 people are cutting trees
Questions
1
2
3]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518164476 2574183 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518164961 1.)Ants eating on the thorns
2.)One cool looking tree
3.)The ants are cool as well
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1.)Is the oil helpful to other lifeforms?
2.)How exactly does the tree produce oil?
3.)How many ants can live on one tree?]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518164961 2573671 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518165003 1. The tree looks unique 
2. the ants are a different color then the ones we see around our house 
3.the ants are mostly in groups 

1. Where are these trees?
2.Is this the only tree they can take this nutrients from 
3. what happens if another animal or insect tried to take over the tree?]]> 2021-05-12 16:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518165003 2572001 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518165540 1.I saw the ants crowding the tree
2.I saw  a tree
3.birds nest
1)How many ants will fill one tree?
2)How are these oils and nutrients produced?
3)What are the best benefits for these when they use this tree?]]> 2021-05-12 16:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518165540 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518165832 Observations 
1. Ants 
2. Thorns 
3. Tree 

Questions 
1. Where are the trees?
2. How many ants live on the trees? ]]> 2021-05-12 16:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518165832 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518167374 1. i see ants
2. I see thorns
3.  i see a tree
1. where are these trees?
2. does it take long for the ants to get into the tree?
3. are these the only trees that ant do this too?]]> 2021-05-12 16:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518167374 257344 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518170849 Questions
Do the thorns hurt or help the ants? 
How many ants can be in one tree?
Does the tree provide anything else besides shelter?
Observations  
The Tree
The Ants 
Ants crawling up and down the tree]]> 2021-05-12 16:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518170849 257256 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518282494 The ants and acacia tree interact by  the ants (the consumers) take the resources from the acacia tree (the producer) and they eat it. This is because the ants need to hunt/find food to survive and the acacia tree makes its own energy. So the acacia tree helps the ants survive.  ]]> 2021-05-12 16:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518282494 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518284809 The interact between a ant and a tree. A tree produces its own nutrients, and because the ant is a decomposers they take the dead cells in the plant and use it for themselves and the newborns.]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518284809 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518284924 The ants and the acacia tree interact by the ants(consumer) using the acacia(producer) for nutrients. ]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518284924 2574183 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285261 The ants and acacia tree interact by the tree produceing so the ants can consume it.]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285261 6098161 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285758 The producer make food then the consumer eat whatever the producers. 
The consumer helps the producer make more food because he is taking the food the producer already made and that would let the producer produce more and more food to give them energy.]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285758 257162 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285795 The ants and the acacia tree interact by the ants using the tree's oils and nectar as a food source.]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285795 257344 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285849 The ants and acacia tree interact by The ants Using the acacia tree as a base because the tree has Nutrients.]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285849 2573671 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285853 The ants are consuming the nutrients that the tree is producing, then make their home in the tree so they have unlimited nutrients ]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518285853 608355 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518286424 They are both apart of the food chain. So the tree needs to use photosynthesis to grow and the ants need to eat what ever is on that tree to survive.]]> 2021-05-12 16:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518286424 2571642 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518290113 The ants and acacia interact by the ant consumer eats the tree producer and they need each other to live ]]> 2021-05-12 16:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518290113 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518291078 The Tree and ant interact within a symbiotic relationship, with the ant using the trees nectar and thorns, and the tree gaining nothing]]> 2021-05-12 16:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518291078 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518292456 The ant and acacia interact by the trees producing food for the ants to consume]]> 2021-05-12 16:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518292456 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518293678 The ants and acacia tree interact because the tree produces food sources and the ants consume it.]]> 2021-05-12 16:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518293678 257838 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518297040 The ant uses the plant as shelter and a food source.]]> 2021-05-12 16:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518297040 2460041 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518305190 the acacia trees producer and the ants consume it]]> 2021-05-12 16:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518305190 25708216 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518310705 The ants interact with the tree by eating what it produces.]]> 2021-05-12 16:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/6u9g9d06987d2r6r/wish/1518310705