https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4 Period 4 en-us 2020-09-24 18:12:25 UTC 2024-07-03 02:03:36 UTC hello@padlet.com alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778020019 An organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native due to lack of natural predators in new area. I chose to take this picture for that reason because humans heavily populate the earth. They grow rapidly, and that causes them to invade animal habitats ]]> 2020-09-25 01:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778020019 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778053533 An animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. My representation  of a pollinator is this butterfly, which I found was resting on the little mint patch (in my backyard).]]> 2020-09-25 01:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778053533 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778081403 This picture is representing Autotroph, these plants produce their own food through photosynthesis ]]> 2020-09-25 01:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778081403 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778097983 This picture was my example for commensalism, this path benefits runners, bikers, or any other activity outside, while it doesn't benefit nor harm the animals]]> 2020-09-25 02:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/778097983 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796803246 Rocks. They're not living, breathing organisms. They're natural masses of mineral matter that make up the earth's crust, they were never breathing or living (well, you can agree with that because fossils, but these are rocks), so they are abiotic]]> 2020-10-02 02:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796803246 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796824591 The heron and those two little ducks in the water, if you can see them, are living breathing creatures. So, they are considered biotic organisms]]> 2020-10-02 02:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796824591 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796832984 I picked/chose to take a picture of this river because when I looked at it, it reminded me of a habitat. Fish, Ducks, other birds, and plant life live in this area. It is a natural environment where organisms/populations can live ]]> 2020-10-02 02:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796832984 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796844265 This deer is eating the leaves off of this tree. She's feeding off of the plant life go gain energy and matter (In my opinion, this deer is minding her eating business while I'm here being creepy and taking a pic of that, sorry deer!)]]> 2020-10-02 03:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796844265 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796849865 Here we see a log, trees, grass, plant life, and air (even if you can't see it you know it's there). These are all the living and nonliving (air) things in an environment]]> 2020-10-02 03:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796849865 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796853916 Down in the water, something caught my eye: ducks! These ducks have similar feather colors, but one could be male and one could be female. Or both can be the same gender, who knows! These ducks are the same species. They share same similarities, possible genes, and breeding.]]> 2020-10-02 03:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/796853916 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/811293118 This is me, studying my cat, his name is Leo, while he's semi-asleep (I kind of woke him up while he was sleeping, whoops)
I'm studying the way he drifts to sleep, or what time during the day he takes naps (spoiler alert he always take naps during the day and is up all night)]]> 2020-10-07 17:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/811293118 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/811334584 While on a walk I spotted this squirrel, eating what appears to be a piece of bread. He gets his energy and matter from eating a piece of bread that I believe either was put out for him or he scavenged for]]> 2020-10-07 18:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/811334584 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815712115 An animal that feeds on dead organic material. These words are eating the dead leaves, and in doing so they decompose the leaves and turn them into nutrients for the dirt]]> 2020-10-09 00:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815712115 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815746309 A relationship that benefits both species involved. Me and my cat Leo have a sibling relationship, and that’s something I’ve always wanted. I don’t know how Leo feels about if because he’s a cat, but he trusts me enough to sleep besides me. Plus I give him extra treats and food so that benefits him as well. ]]> 2020-10-09 00:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815746309 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815751540 Animals, in this case I’m using human example, that  establishes a home in these houses because homes have all that a human needs. Homes are the ideal habitats for humans, a majority of people prefer living in a home rather than outside in nature (unless you like camping then it’s a completely different situation) ]]> 2020-10-09 00:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815751540 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815754094 An organism that breaks down, but does not consume, dead organisms. If an organism dies near these mushrooms, they'd consume the dead organism, then put those nutrients into the soil.]]> 2020-10-09 00:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815754094 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815768859 This is on me of many deer me and my dad found while in this forest preserve. This deer is one type of living thing in an environment. Thankfully I didn’t get stamped on, since I was kind of close, but I was reminded to keep my distance. (In the video I say “he”, but since this deer doesn’t have antlers, it’s most likely a doe)]]> 2020-10-09 01:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815768859 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815775584 This chipmunk is an individual living thing, and this picture was kind of hard to do. These chipmunks scurry through the path and if you're not careful you can step on one, I mean I almost did. But this was a lucky shot, it stayed still, enough time for me to take a picture of it. ]]> 2020-10-09 01:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815775584 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815793114 Burning of fossil fuels. I chose to represent natural gass, one of the three major fossil fuels humans use. We use this for cooking, and it is also used for heating water and buildings. It’s mostly used for combined heat and power systems. ]]> 2020-10-09 01:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815793114 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815828615 Now even though the mouse isn’t alive, Leo is being in the place of predator and the mouse is in place of being the prey. Leo is picking at the mouse, and in doing so it resembles of that of a predator picking at its prey, and in this case the prey being the stuffed mouse.]]> 2020-10-09 02:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815828615 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815877074 Plants and bodies of water that absorb carbon. Carbon is absorbed by producers, then when primary consumers eat the producers, the carbon compounds are received by them. Finally, the carbon returns back into the atmosphere due to the decomposers eating the dead bodies of animals.]]> 2020-10-09 02:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/815877074 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817137287 Negative human impact on the environment/world. This one’s sad, people tossing their trash aside thinking nothing of the impact of their actions. I mean, a bird could think it’s food (this is an example, I’m not really sure if it’s true or not, but please bear with me) and eat the small pieces of trash. Humans have littered the earth, and we’re all guilty of doing so, and frankly I wish it could stop.]]> 2020-10-09 15:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817137287 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817199632 The study of the interactions between living and non-living things in an environment. These people are "studying" (more like examining) the plant life. ]]> 2020-10-09 16:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817199632 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817205269 A resource that stops or slows the growth of a population. I don't really know if this counts, but global warming came to mind when I read the definition. The effects of climate change in Antarctica may include rising temperatures and increasing snowmelt and ice loss. This can limit, slow, or stop the populations of polar bears in Antarctica ]]> 2020-10-09 16:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817205269 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817206459  The number of living organisms an area can support and give basic needs to. This picture shows the earth and the humans that inhabit it. Over time, there's been an overpopulation in human activity, and the earth can sustain us for so long. We are using up the earth of its resources, and eventually they will run out. ]]> 2020-10-09 16:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817206459 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817208610 Affect the size of population growth based on limiting factors such as availability of food, predation, disease, and competition, resources. The number of eggs are dropping down as the number of worms decrease. Since there are not a lot of worms, mama birds don't eat enough to be as fertile as they would when there were more worms..]]> 2020-10-09 16:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817208610 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817217817 Affect the size of population growth based on limiting factors such as; weather, natural disasters, human activities. If more prey are being killed than predators, that means there could be more prey, and more prey can be bad, since they can reproduce and succeed. There would eventually be famine and no more food since there are no predators to stop the prey.]]> 2020-10-09 16:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817217817 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817219800 Variety in the interactions and number of living things in a given area. These animals are interacting with each other on the account of drinking water. Even though they are predator and prey, they all drink from the same source (depends where they drink).]]> 2020-10-09 16:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817219800 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817222062 Interacting group of various species in a common location. This is a coral reef community, that consists of stony corals, octocorals, sponges, algae, and gorgonians, among others. These reefs support incredible diversity, including endangered sea turtles, conchs and lobsters. Here, different sea creatures interact with one another in a common location]]> 2020-10-09 16:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817222062 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817230461 A species that has an unusually large effect/impact on its ecosystem. Starfish are predators, and they're probably the most important predator in the shallow ecosystem – so the depths where we would dive or swim. They eat basically anything that they can come across. Their feeding activities control the whole ecosystem.]]> 2020-10-09 16:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817230461 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817232275 An animal that consumes both plants and animals to gain energy & matter. This little hedgehog eats insects, snails, frogs and toads, snakes, bird eggs, carrion, mushrooms, grass roots, berries, melons and watermelons. They eat everything, and since plants and meat are in their diet, they are omnivores.]]> 2020-10-09 16:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817232275 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817233628 An animal that consumes other animals to gain energy & matter. This is a ferret, and I came across him at a pet store. I just looked up on google and learned that ferrets are carnivores, meaning they'll only eat met ]]> 2020-10-09 16:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/817233628 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818138221 Any species that is at risk of extinction because of a sudden rapid decrease in its population or a loss of its critical habitat ]]> 2020-10-09 23:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818138221 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818166772 An animal leaves its home because the habitat is no longer ideal for them and they need to find a more suitable environment. In order to access as many of the resources they need as possible, these geese breed up north because it's the best place for their offspring and fly south to avoid the cold.]]> 2020-10-09 23:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818166772 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818172960 When there is a limited supply of a resource an organism must fight over it. Male deer's fight each other mostly during mating season, the winner gets to mate with the doe. The males fight to mate and survive, to let their offspring live on.]]> 2020-10-09 23:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818172960 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818175413 An animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal. As much as I hate using this example, rabbits are prey for  Hawks, Owls, Falcons, and kestrels. Me and my cousin once took in 2 rabbits because their siblings were already eaten or has ran away, and they were weak and easy to get eaten.]]> 2020-10-09 23:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818175413 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818178062  A relationship that benefits one species and harms the other. In this case, female mosquito require human blood to produce eggs. We get mosquito bites that are annoying and irritating, while she has blood to produce eggs. This benefits mosquitos]]> 2020-10-09 23:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818178062 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818180071 A series of organisms showing how each living thing gets energy & matter from its food. The grass (producer) is eaten by the grasshopper (primary consumer), grasshopper to frog (secondary consumer), frog to snake (tertiary consumer), and finally snake to owl (quaternary consumer)]]> 2020-10-09 23:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818180071 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818198483 An animal that captures and feeds on the other organism that serves as the prey. This wolf is a predator, since he hunts deer, elk, bison, and moose. Not only is he a predator, but he's also a carnivore! He likes to eat meat only. ]]> 2020-10-10 00:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818198483 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818202657 A relationship between two different species. This shark is getting his teeth cleaned out, while this fish (called a remora) feed on bacteria and scraps of food that were leftover and stuck in-between the sharks teeth. I oddly like this relationship, since both sea creatures benefit from one another.]]> 2020-10-10 00:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818202657 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818205434 A network of food chains by which energy & matter is passed from one species to another through a series of interactions. There are multiple food chains in this one food web, and every organism is connected together in a food-wise way. Each animal here benefits from one another, and they all pass down 10% of their energy to the animal that consumes them.]]> 2020-10-10 00:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818205434 alfareli0011 https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818208882 Special features through structure and function that allow a plant or animal to live in a particular place or habitat. This is a phasmid, a type of insect that looks like a stick. They're commonly noticed as Stick insects, and they protect themselves by remaining motionless for hours. They camouflage themselves with sticks, so it makes them almost invisible to predators.]]> 2020-10-10 00:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alfareli0011/p4/wish/818208882