https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8 Organisms and Environments en-us 2018-02-28 15:43:07 UTC 2023-05-28 19:48:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236464012 An ecosystem includes all living and nonliving things in an environment including their interactions with each other. We have terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems.]]> 2018-02-28 15:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236464012 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236466417 An organism is any living thing that can carry out its life on its own. There are three types of organisms. Producer, Consumer, Decomposer]]> 2018-02-28 15:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236466417 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236468348 The role of a producer in an ecosystem is to: 1. make their own food through photosynthesis, 2. release oxygen, and 3. provide food and shelter for an organism]]> 2018-02-28 15:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236468348 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236469775 The role of a consumer in an ecosystem is to: 1. release carbon dioxide into the air, 2. obtain energy from other organisms]]> 2018-02-28 15:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236469775 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236472228 The role of a decomposer in an ecosystem is to: 1. consume dead and decaying plants and animals and 2. return nutrients to the soil]]> 2018-02-28 15:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236472228 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236474299 Living Factors (Biotic) include- food
Nonliving factors (Abiotic) include- carbon dioxide (plants), oxygen (animals), water, soil, shelter, sunlight]]> 2018-02-28 15:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236474299 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236477547 Food chains are a single line or chain of producer consumer diagram beginning with the Sun that shows how energy flows from organism to organism]]> 2018-02-28 16:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236477547 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236478715 In a food web there are many lines or food chains of producer consumer diagrams beginning with the Sun that shows how energy flows from organism to organism]]> 2018-02-28 16:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236478715 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236479855 A food chain shows one path while a food web shows multiples paths of the flow of energy from one organism to another]]> 2018-02-28 16:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236479855 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236483857 An ecosystem is a community of living organisms called producers, consumers, and decomposers. These living and nonliving components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows.]]> 2018-02-28 16:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236483857 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236485879 Roles:
Consumers- Inhale Oxygen, Exhales Carbon Dioxide
Producers- Take in Carbon Dioxide, Release Oxygen]]> 2018-02-28 16:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236485879 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236488006 Changes in an ecosystem caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways effect an ecosystem. It can either increase or decrease population of an organism based on the living or nonliving factors.]]> 2018-02-28 16:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236488006 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236489898 1.  Waxy covering on a cactus leaf allows it to conserve water
2.  Spiny needles allow the cactus to conserve water by not letting to much evaporation take place.
3.  Broad wide leaves allow certain plants to capture a lot of sunlight and release alot of transpiration.
4. Thin narrow leaves allow certain plants to capture less sunlight and hold in more water and release less transpiration.]]> 2018-02-28 16:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236489898 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236493222 1. Sharp teeth allows the animals to cut and tear and consume meat.
2. Flat teeth allows the animals to grind and flatten and consume plants, leaves, grasses, and weeds.]]> 2018-02-28 16:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236493222 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236495597 1. Webbed feet allows fo rthe animal to be in the water and swim.
2. Padded feet allows the animal to walk on rough or hot areas of land.
3. Claws on feet allow the animals to grab and tear their prey.
4. Talons allows birds to grab and poke their prey.]]> 2018-02-28 16:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236495597 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236497876 1. Sharp curved beaks function to tear meat.
2.  Shirt beaks function to break open seeds.
3.  Flat beaks function to filter or strain the water for insects.
4. Long thin beaks function to obtain nectar.]]> 2018-02-28 16:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236497876 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236502324 1. Insect Antenna allows for the insect or animal to detect their surroundings
2. Insect eyes (compound eyes) detect motion
3. Tails in animals such as kangaroos and monkeys function as support and balance and in animals such as fish and birds for movement and direction.
4. Wings function for transportation]]> 2018-02-28 16:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236502324 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236507786 They are traits that came from a parent or other ancestor as a result from reproduction and genetics. They include hair color, fur color, tooth shape, beak shape, leaf shape, bone size, number of limbs, number of eyes, or muscle structure]]> 2018-02-28 16:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236507786 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236507910 Are acquired useful abilities and are learned and not passed genetically, acquired through change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience, and include feeding patterns, hunting, avoiding predators, building a habitat or shelter, and growing patters.]]> 2018-02-28 16:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236507910 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236511299 One is learned and one you are born with.]]> 2018-02-28 16:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236511299 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236513434 All stages in the life cycle of an organism]]> 2018-02-28 16:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236513434 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236513556 The body of an organism completely changes in shape and appearance at each stage of its life cycle. This metamorphosis involves the four stages of egg, larva, pupa (chrysalis), and adult. Insects such as butterflies, beetles, flies, and bees undergo complete metamorphosis,]]> 2018-02-28 16:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236513556 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236513685 The young grow and develop through time to become adult sized, but their outward appearance does not change substantially. This type of metamorphosis is when an insect hatches from an egg and then goes through several nymph stages. Each nympho stage looks like a smaller version of the adult, but getting slightly bigger with age.]]> 2018-02-28 16:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236513685 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236517301 Metamorphosis is the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in 2 or more distinct stages.]]> 2018-02-28 16:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236517301 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236521006 1.  The fruit bears the seed 
2. The seed grows into a sprout
3. Grows into a mature plant
4. The mature plant grows flower
5. The flowers bear fruit
 ]]> 2018-02-28 17:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236521006 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236521094 1. The adult lays the eggs
2.  The eggs hatch into a tadpole
3. The tadpole develops legs
4. The tadpole develops into a young frog
5. The young frog grows into an adult frog.]]> 2018-02-28 17:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236521094 michael_sweet2 https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236521307 1. The adult lays the eggs
2. The eggs hatch into larva
3. The larva forms a chrysalis 
4. The chrysalis opens and out comes an adult lady bug]]> 2018-02-28 17:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_sweet2/obburc1gs9l8/wish/236521307