Unit 4 Vocabulary by Ka Ian Sam https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20 By: Ka Ian Sam en-us 2018-03-17 14:10:57 UTC 2024-11-25 20:36:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Ecosystem 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243077663 The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit.
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]]> 2018-03-17 14:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243077822 Abiotic Factors 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243077866 A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it.
http://www.dictionary.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243077866 Biotic Factors 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243077952 A living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243077972 Community 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078013 A group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.
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http://www.dictionary.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078039 Producers/Autotrophs 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078060 Requiring only carbon dioxide or carbonates as a source of carbon and a simple inorganic nitrogen compound for metabolic synthesis of organic molecules (such as glucose).
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https://www.merriam-webster.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078100 Symbiosis 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078111 The living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism).
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https://www.merriam-webster.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078154 Niche 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078436 The ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption
https://www.merriam-webster.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078436 Population 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078527 he whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.
https://www.merriam-webster.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078527 Biosphere 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243078925 Living organisms together with their environment.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com]]> 2018-03-17 14:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243079737 Food Web 12samk https://padlet.com/12samk/xldajuxfqt20/wish/243079941 The totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community.
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