https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2018-02-05 20:08:37 UTC 2025-10-16 15:17:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228336099 In biology and ecology, abiotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems. Abiotic factors and the phenomena associated with them underpin all biology.]]> 2018-02-05 20:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228336099 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228336979 Any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.]]> 2018-02-05 20:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228336979 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228337893 A factor created by a living thing or any living component within an environment in which the action of the organism affects the life of another organism, for example a predator consuming its prey.]]> 2018-02-05 20:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228337893 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228338889 An animal or plant (particularly insect- and invertebrate-eating plants) that requires a staple diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue through predation or scavenging. Supplement. Examples of carnivores are lions, which consume up to seven kilograms of meat per day.]]> 2018-02-05 20:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228338889 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228339785 Community, also called biological community, in biology, an interacting group of various species in a common location. For example, a forest of trees and undergrowth plants, inhabited by animals and rooted in soil containing bacteria and fungi, constitutes a biological community.]]> 2018-02-05 20:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228339785 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228340292 Competition is an interaction between organisms or species in which both the organisms or species are harmed. Limited supply of at least one resource (such as food, water, and territory) used by both can be a factor.]]> 2018-02-05 20:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228340292 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228340944 An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter due to lack of the ability to manufacture own food from inorganic sources; a heterotroph.]]> 2018-02-05 20:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228340944 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228341880 The rate at which a particular species or population dies, whatever the cause. The death rate is an important factor in controlling the size of a population. Compare birth rate. "death rate." ]]> 2018-02-05 20:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228341880 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228342502 An organism whose ecological function involves the recycling of nutrients by performing the natural process of decomposition as it feeds on decaying organisms.]]> 2018-02-05 20:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228342502 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228342906 A system that includes all living organisms (biotic factors) in an area as well as its physical environment (abiotic factors) functioning together as a unit. Supplement. An ecosystem is made up of plants, animals, microorganisms, soil, rocks, minerals, water sources and the local atmosphere interacting with one another.]]> 2018-02-05 20:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228342906 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228343606 The external conditions, resources, stimuli etc. with which an organism interacts. The external surroundings including all of the biotic and abiotic factors that surround and affect the survival and development of an organism or population.]]> 2018-02-05 20:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228343606 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228344384 In biology and ecology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point.]]> 2018-02-05 20:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228344384 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228344858 Place where an organism or a biological population normally lives or occurs. The location or environment where an organism (or a thing) is most likely to be found, e.g. the body part of the host of a parasite as in the scalp of the host is the habitat of a head louse.]]> 2018-02-05 20:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228344858 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228345471 A herbivore is often defined as any organism that eats only plants. By that definition, many fungi, some bacteria, many animals, about 1% of flowering plants and some protists can be considered herbivores.]]> 2018-02-05 20:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/j082hsrn950k/wish/228345471