Mr. Smith's Keystone Species Padlet Quiz by JOSEPH SMITH https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88 Pick 1 organism and using Google Earth, describe how the organism is a Keystone species. Link: https://earth.google.com/web/search/keystone+species/@13.94063391,-127.45992473,-930.17938578a,17378691.53386116d,35y,-1.7844639h,2.48678995t,0r/data=CloSMBIgZTAxODEyNzA5MmFjMTFlOTgwYzNhYmZhYzkzZGYyM2UiDHZveV9wb2ludF8xOSImCiQJQQ75WE0yPEARoKk4Qzg6K8AZvHVV-5I0WEAhIE9H-bAlJMA en-us 2022-04-04 14:29:07 UTC 2022-04-07 06:25:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Sharks because they stop the fish population from growing out of control. sfischer18505 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131337481 2022-04-05 19:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131337481 Sharks because they stop the fish population from growing out of control. sfischer18505 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131337733 2022-04-05 19:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131337733 Connor R miller45383 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131338339  I chose African Elephants and they are able to provide homes from reptiles and amphibians. They knock down trees and they are able to make homes for small animals. ]]> 2022-04-05 19:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131338339 shark sfischer18505 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131339659 Sharks are a keystone species because they keep the fish population under control.]]> 2022-04-05 19:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2131339659 Robbie https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132591323 Wolfe is a keystone species because it effects the population and it's deadly, it will eat almost anything which affects the population.]]> 2022-04-06 13:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132591323 Danny Fretz https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132637669 The Indian Vulture are a keystone species. They clean up the remains of deceased animals, helping control the spread of disease. They recycle the corpses of animals, scavenging on the remains.

]]> 2022-04-06 13:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132637669 Sea Otters https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132669187 Sea Otters is a keystone species. It helps keep the sea urchins in check by being their predator. When the sea urchins over populate they kill off the kelp. The kelp is used as a habitat for many marine life. If the kelp is gone then the marine life is at risk also. So to prevent the kelp to be gone, there needs to be sea otters to help control the urchins. - Cameron W]]> 2022-04-06 13:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132669187 Dylan Vaughn https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132857631 The gray wolf is a keystone species. This is because the gray wolf makes the deer population and other populations levels like the deer stable. The gray wolf makes sure that the deer doesn't become over populated and eat a lot of the plants which would hurt the environment.]]> 2022-04-06 15:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132857631 Zoee w https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132896434 The gray wolf is a keystone species because it helps control the deer and elk population. If there are too many deer and elk there wouldn't be enough plants to do there jobs.]]> 2022-04-06 15:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2132896434 keystone species sfischer18505 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133261810 The shark is a keystone species. It is the top of a food chain. Without them the fish population would get to big and dye out.]]> 2022-04-06 19:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133261810 Keystone species sfischer18505 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133269367 The shark is a keystone species. Because it is at the top of a food chain and without it the fish population would get to big. Then the fish population would eat all the plants and everything would die.]]> 2022-04-06 19:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133269367 jsmith2109 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133272171 Mr Smith needs help...lol

]]> 2022-04-06 19:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133272171 keystone sfischer18505 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133275991 The shark is a keystone species because its at the top of the food chain. Without the shark the fish will grow out of control and eat all the food and then die out themselves.]]> 2022-04-06 19:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133275991 Keystone miller45383 https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133282562 African elephants are consider a keystone species because they help small animals and insects create home by the means of the trees that they knock down providing them with something to create there home in. African elephants help the insects of frogs with providing the holes in the tree to help them with the shelter and a way of protection to their babies. ]]> 2022-04-06 19:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2133282562 keystone https://padlet.com/jsmith2109/xi3g6z1ugaipqw88/wish/2134046426 "This is where the story of keystone species begins. Robert Paine was a young professor who designed an experiment to see what would happen in tide pools if he removed the top predator: a purple sea star known as Pisaster ochraceus."

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