Unit 4 Vocabulary by Yeonwoo Park https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl Made with a little mischief en-us 2018-03-20 13:08:17 UTC 2025-12-24 05:50:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Ecosystem 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243982794 the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ecosystem. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243982794 Biome 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243986446  a major ecological community type (such as tropical rain forest, grassland, or desert)

“Biome.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biome. 



]]> 2018-03-20 13:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243986446 Abiotic Factors 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987259 Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

“Abiotic | Definition of Abiotic in English by Oxford Dictionaries.” Oxford Dictionaries | English, Oxford Dictionaries, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/abiotic.]]> 2018-03-20 13:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987259 Biotic Factors 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987414 Relating to or resulting from living organisms.


]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987414 Habitat 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987490 the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habitat. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987490 Niche 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987553  a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niche. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987553 Population 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987599  the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region

“Population.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/population. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987599 Community 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987655 a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society a community of retired persons

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community. 



]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987655 Biosphere 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987720 1: the part of the world in which life can exist 
2: living organisms together with their environment 

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biosphere. 






]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987720 Trophic Level 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987817 one of the hierarchical strata of a food web characterized by organisms which are the same number of steps removed from the primary producers 

“Trophic Level.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trophic%20level. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987817 Producers/Autotrophs 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987958 An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.

“Autotroph | Definition of Autotroph in English by Oxford Dictionaries.” Oxford Dictionaries | English, Oxford Dictionaries, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/autotroph. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243987958 Consumers/Heterotrophs 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988066 An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.

“Heterotroph | Definition of Heterotroph in English by Oxford Dictionaries.” Oxford Dictionaries | English, Oxford Dictionaries, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/heterotroph. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988066 Decomposers 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988153 any of various organisms (such as many bacteria and fungi) that return constituents of organic substances to ecological cycles by feeding on and breaking down dead protoplasm 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988153 Symbiosis 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988212 the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism);  especially  : mutualism

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbiosis. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988212 Mutualism 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988292 the doctrine or practice of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare

“Mutualism.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutualism. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988292 Commensalism 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988353  a relation between two kinds of organisms in which one obtains food or other benefits from the other without damaging or benefiting it

“Commensalism.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commensalism. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988353 Parasitism 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988398  an intimate association between organisms of two or more kinds;  especially  : one in which a parasite obtains benefits from a host which it usually injures

“Parasitism.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parasitism. 


]]> 2018-03-20 13:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988398 Food Web 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988510 the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web. 




]]> 2018-03-20 13:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988510 Food Chain 12parky https://padlet.com/12parky/7n0oo6fejatl/wish/243988611  an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source

“Food Chain.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20chain. 


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