Chapter 9 Vocab by Rogelio Gutierrez Arroyo https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx en-us 2022-10-17 20:51:17 UTC 2025-04-03 08:46:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Habitat rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420131107 What are marine habitats?
Marine habitats include coastal zones, intertidal zones, sandy shores, rocky shores, mudflats, swamps and salt marshes, estuaries, kelp forests, seagrasses, and coral reefs
]]> 2022-12-14 05:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420131107 Ecology rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420131727 Ecology is the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them]]> 2022-12-14 05:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420131727 Biotic rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420132487 A biotic factor is a living organism that shapes its environment. ]]> 2022-12-14 05:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420132487 Abiotic rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420132900 An abiotic factor is a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment]]> 2022-12-14 05:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420132900 Ecological Niche rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420133380 Ecological niche is a term for the position of a species within an ecosystem]]> 2022-12-14 05:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420133380 Predators rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420133912  predators are those animals that live by preying on other organisms for food.]]> 2022-12-14 05:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420133912 Prey rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420134398 Prey is the organism which the predator eats.]]> 2022-12-14 05:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420134398 DDT rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420135967 DDT is an insecticide used in agriculture]]> 2022-12-14 05:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420135967 Consumer rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420136944 A consumer in a food chain is a living creature that eats organisms from a different population]]> 2022-12-14 05:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420136944 Herbivore rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420137310 An herbivore is an organism that mostly feeds on plant]]> 2022-12-14 05:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420137310 Carnivore rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420137708 A carnivore is an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals]]> 2022-12-14 05:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420137708 Omnivore rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420138020 An omnivore is an organism that eats plants and animals]]> 2022-12-14 05:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420138020 Decomposer rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420138357 Organism that breaks down dead organic material ]]> 2022-12-14 05:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420138357 Food Chain rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420138664 A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another]]> 2022-12-14 05:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420138664 Food Web rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420872418 A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem.]]> 2022-12-14 17:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420872418 Symbiosis rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420873525 Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms]]> 2022-12-14 17:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420873525 Mutualism rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420874255 Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms]]> 2022-12-14 17:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420874255 Commensalism rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420875226  a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter.]]> 2022-12-14 17:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420875226 Parasitism rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420876035 Parasitism is a nonmutual relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at the expense of the other.]]> 2022-12-14 17:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420876035 Cleaning association rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420877467  cleaner organisms that remove ectoparasites and other material, such as mucus, scales and skin, from the body surfaces of other apparently co-operating animals.]]> 2022-12-14 17:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420877467 Symbiont rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420878915 Symbiont is the term used to refer to an organism living in a symbiosis.]]> 2022-12-14 17:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420878915 Host rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420880445  a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism]]> 2022-12-14 17:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420880445 Phytoplankton rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420883430 organisms that contain chlorophyll and require sunlight in order to live and grow]]> 2022-12-14 17:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420883430 Zooplankton rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420884715 Zooplankton are small, aquatic microorganisms in the water column that include crustaceans, rotifers, open water insect larvae and aquatic mites]]> 2022-12-14 17:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420884715 Biological Diversity rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420886057 biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth]]> 2022-12-14 17:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420886057 Trophic level rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420886966 trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in a food web. ]]> 2022-12-14 17:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420886966 Detritivore rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420888092  an organism (such as an earthworm or a fungus) that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter.]]> 2022-12-14 17:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420888092 Detritus rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420889184 detritus is dead particulate organic material]]> 2022-12-14 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420889184 Benthic rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420890451 Benthic refers to anything associated with or occurring on the bottom of a body of water.]]> 2022-12-14 17:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420890451 Pelagic rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420891600 relating to, or living or occurring in the open sea ]]> 2022-12-14 17:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420891600 Plankton rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420892732 An organism is considered plankton if it is carried by tides and currents, and cannot swim well enough to move against these forces]]> 2022-12-14 17:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420892732 Nekton rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420894214 Nekton are living organisms that are able to swim and move independently of currents.]]> 2022-12-14 17:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420894214 DOM rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420896560 Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is found in every water body, both marine and freshwater]]> 2022-12-14 17:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420896560 Pyramid of Energy rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420897620 is a graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem]]> 2022-12-14 17:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420897620 Pyramid of numbers rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420898640 Pyramid of numbers shows the total number of individual organisms at each level in the food chain of an ecosystem. ]]> 2022-12-14 17:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420898640 Exponential Population Growth rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420900358 Continuous increase or decrease in a population in which the rate of change is proportional to the number of individuals at any given time.]]> 2022-12-14 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420900358 Competitive Exclusion rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420902051 exclusion principle says that two species can't coexist if they occupy exactly the same niche]]> 2022-12-14 17:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420902051 Bioaccumultion rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420903195 Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances]]> 2022-12-14 17:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420903195 Interspecific Competition rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420904466 Interspecific competition is the competition between individuals of different species]]> 2022-12-14 17:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420904466 Intraspecific Competition rag3782 https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420905692 Intraspecific competition is a competition between individuals from the same species]]> 2022-12-14 17:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rag3782/j4qd6qduthvso7yx/wish/2420905692