https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9 Made with fabulousness en-us 2018-11-29 15:53:30 UTC 2025-08-08 01:44:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309372583 In this Padlet, the ecosystem being explored is a fresh water ecosystem, with oak tree dropping leaves, which decompose, leaving detritus, then consumed by worms, followed by fish, and finally a bear, which dies and is decomposed by fungus. The remaining energy is then is absorbed through the trees roots.
In case you are an audio learner, there are small recording clips near most boxes.]]> 2018-11-29 16:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309372583 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309375877 Detritus is made up of decaying plants that carry nutrients that are food for the organisms in these fresh water rivers. The detritus is then consumed by worms.]]> 2018-11-29 16:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309375877 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309382248 The trees is an organism that produces energy through photosynthesis, which is a process where an organism produces energy and nutrients from the sun. The trees then drop leaves filled with nutrients on the ground.]]> 2018-11-29 16:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309382248 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309386968 The fish that consume the worms are called consumers (obtains food by feeding on other organisms). The energy and nutrients gathered by the worms are consumed and energy is obtained by the fish.]]> 2018-11-29 16:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309386968 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309618285 Fungi and bacteria are the final decomposers in the fresh water environment. Enzymes are released to decay the dead organisms (the bear). The fungus absorbs nutrients transferred through the chain of consumption/energy and any left over nutrients are absorbed by the tree roots. ]]> 2018-11-30 01:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309618285 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309619769 2018-11-30 01:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309619769 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309835315 Photosynthesis is a  process in which the plants create energy from the rays of the sun.]]> 2018-11-30 16:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/309835315 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/310955799 Primary productivity is plants and other photosynthetic organisms (such as the trees which were stated previously) that produce organic compounds in an ecosystem. ]]> 2018-12-04 15:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/310955799 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/310966502 Energy from the sun is used in the process of photosynthesis, which converts the suns energy into food for the trees.]]> 2018-12-04 16:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/310966502 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/310982440 Worms are detritivores, meaning that they consume detritus. In this example, they consume the dead leaf particles that contain nutrients from trees which was produced though photosynthesis from the sun.]]> 2018-12-04 16:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/310982440 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311200581 The energy and nutrients consumed by previous organisms are then obtained by the bear, who also is a consumer.]]> 2018-12-05 01:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311200581 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311201912 2018-12-05 02:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311201912 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311207149 The food web shows the roles in the ecosystem, and how plants and animals are connected.]]> 2018-12-05 02:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311207149 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311210685 The ecological energy pyramid shows how energy flows through the ecosystem in percents. Only 10% of the energy produced by the producers is obtained by the primary consumers. Following that, 10% of the 10% (which would be 1%) is obtained by the secondary consumers. Basically, 10% of the energy gathered by the previously consumed organism is actually obtained.]]> 2018-12-05 03:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311210685 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311407632 Cellular respiration is when organisms release CO2 into the atmosphere.]]> 2018-12-05 15:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311407632 cs22164 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311412008 Heat is part of the process of taking away energy from the organisms eating the organism.]]> 2018-12-05 15:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311412008 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311620826 The energy efficiency model shows how worms spend their energy they obtain. The worms spend their energy in multiple way, but the main ones include biomass increase (total mass of an organism increasing), egested waste (the process of discharging waste), and cellular respiration (the release of cellular energy, which takes in molecular oxygen and releases carbon dioxide).]]> 2018-12-05 22:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311620826 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311628621 It is important to note that the nutrient cycle contribute to the nitrogen cycle, and more specifically explored in this model, the carbon cycle.

The carbon cycle is the cause of carbon being released in the process of cellular respiration and combustion (these processes occur in all stages of energy flow). The other processes that use the carbon from the atmosphere is photosynthesis and diffusion. Many other processes lead to the presence of carbon in the atmosphere. This is both good and bad, but without proper awareness and caution of the amounts of carbon there is, more carbon can lead to bigger and more negative effects.


https://biologywise.com/carbon-cycle-diagram]]> 2018-12-05 23:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311628621 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311628937 Colors of boxes represent different types of information
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]]> 2018-12-05 23:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311628937 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311631419 This video will explain how nutrients travel throughout the abiotic and biotic spheres of Earth.]]> 2018-12-05 23:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311631419 mm22138 https://padlet.com/lisle202/98ywpw86koq9/wish/311632577 These sites gives supporting information for the ideas discussed here, but it also covers different types of ecosystems and other cycles. https://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=4&secNum=3

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