Ms. G's Block 1 * Biology 2018 ECOLOGY CONNECTIONS by Ms. G https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri Your padlet post must provide an understanding of the ecology term. In order words, Show me that you know what it's all about! Include the following: (1) Your name (2) Your assigned vocabulary word (3) definition IN YOUR OWN WORDS; Do NOT copy (4) example/scenario including the word (5) appropriate image representing your understanding of the word en-us 2018-12-11 20:18:44 UTC 2025-04-19 16:02:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png PARASITISM- angelize https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634299 relationship between individuals of two species in which one benefits and the other is harmed]]> 2018-12-14 13:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634299 Nyla Cintron- Photosynthesis https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634341 Photosynthesis is plant using sunlight energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water. (Usually chlorophyll causes the green in the plants.)]]> 2018-12-14 13:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634341 Biotic factors Bethany https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634366  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. ]]> 2018-12-14 13:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634366 Ecological Pyramid Corinne corinne_querry https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634529  A representation for an ecosystem, that shows the biomass or bio productivity at each trophic level.  An example of an ecological pyramid is the amount of energy from the sun that is consumed in each level (the picture below).

  
  


]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634529 Abiotic Factors- Polina Longenecker polina_longenecker https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634565 An abiotic factor is something that is not living. Some examples include rocks, mountains, and water.]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634565 Autotroph Darren darren_burkholder https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634576  An organism that is able to form food and nutrient substances from simple inorganic substances.

  

]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634576 Primary Productivity https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634609 A rate at which plants and other photosynthetic organisms produce organic compounds in an ecosystem.   
 -Rahel     ]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634609 Logan Mahler - Biomass logan_mahler https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634722 total mass of an organism
example- wood has the largest biomass.]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634722 Pioneer Species https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634752  Pioneer species are the first to colonize.
 For example lichens grow on rocks without soil. They are the pioneer species. Then they break the rocks down into soil for plants.
Luke Rumbaugh

]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634752 Competition Jake jacob_nolt https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634756 Two animals fighting to use the same resource in the same place at the same time. An example of competition would be when a blue jay sings loudly to defend its nest and territory when a dove flies by. ]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634756 Nitrogen cycle Ish https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634766 Nitrogen cycle :  series of which nitrogen and its compounds are converted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition (no laptop on phone can’t add picture)

]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634766 Green Manure ashley_andrew https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634784 When a farmer will plow a crop into the soil in order for the soil  get back so of the nitrogen that it lost.
Ashley Andrew]]> 2018-12-14 13:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634784 Andrew O'Handly https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634870 Herbivore: An animal that eats only plants. ex. when a cow eats hay or grass.]]> 2018-12-14 13:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634870 Mutualism Antaleena https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634874  Symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.

   ]]> 2018-12-14 13:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634874 Consumer- Faylynn Speth-Wenger https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634891 An organism that absorbs the energy from another animal that
 they eat. ]]> 2018-12-14 13:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634891 Nitrogen Fixation Kyle Mellinger https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634905 Nitrogen in the atmosphere assimilates into organic compounds as part of the nitrogen cycle   
  ]]> 2018-12-14 13:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314634905 Trophic Levels ~ Sarah sarah_estrellareyes https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635016 Levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy. ]]> 2018-12-14 13:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635016 Carnivore https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635272  an animal that feeds on flesh. "Meat eater".
-Angellica Perez]]> 2018-12-14 13:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635272 Lichens-Gabriel jose Matos Morales https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635304  a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crustlike, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.                     ]]> 2018-12-14 13:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635304 10% rule- loago https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635374 only about 10% of energy available within on trophic level is transferred to the next level. ]]> 2018-12-14 13:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635374 Food Webs - Kaden kaden_martin https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635461 food chains that are linked in an ecosystem. The food chains provide energy to the organisms
 ]]> 2018-12-14 13:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635461 Omnivore - josiah josiah_saez https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635690 An organism that eats both meat and plants]]> 2018-12-14 13:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314635690 Commensalism ~ Chloe Hutch chloe_hutchinson https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314636137 Where one organism benefits by doing a specific act to another organism, but the other organism does not change whatsoever. For example, if a bird makes a nest in a tree, the bird is benefiting by getting a home, while the tree is unaffected.  ]]> 2018-12-14 13:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_gonzalez/q6koynz7i2ri/wish/314636137