https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk Made with big dreams en-us 2018-03-15 05:56:04 UTC 2023-06-03 16:57:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242196633 the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ecosystem]]> 2018-03-15 06:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242196633 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242196932  a major ecological community type (such as tropical rain forest, grassland, or desert)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biome]]> 2018-03-15 06:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242196932 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197027 a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it: Abiotic factors can determine which species of organisms will survive in a given environment.
abiotic factors definition]]> 2018-03-15 06:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197027 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197221 A biotic factor is any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment. This includes animals that consume the organism, and the living food that the organism consumes. Biotic factors also include human influence, pathogens, and disease outbreaks.
biotic factors definition]]> 2018-03-15 06:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197221 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197311 the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habitat]]> 2018-03-15 06:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197311 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197477 niche in Science. niche. (nĭch, nēsh) The function or position of a species within an ecological community. A species's niche includes the physical environment to which it has become adapted as well as its role as producer and consumer of food resources.
niche science definition]]> 2018-03-15 06:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197477 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197897 the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/population]]> 2018-03-15 06:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242197897 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242198012 a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community]]> 2018-03-15 06:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242198012 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242252624 living organisms together with their environment
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biosphere]]> 2018-03-15 09:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242252624 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242254642 one of the hierarchical strata of a food web characterized by organisms which are the same number of steps removed from the primary producers
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trophic%20level]]> 2018-03-15 10:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242254642 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242256058 An autotroph ("self-feeding", from the Greek autos "self" and trophe "nourishing") or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds (such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical ...
producers autotrophs definition]]> 2018-03-15 10:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242256058 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242256492 An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter. All animals, protozoans, fungi, and most bacteria are heterotrophs.
Consumers/Heterotrophs definition]]> 2018-03-15 10:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242256492 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242256995 any of various organisms (such as many bacteria and fungi) that return constituents of organic substances to ecological cycles by feeding on and breaking down dead protoplasm
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decomposers]]> 2018-03-15 10:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242256995 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242257418 a cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbiosis]]> 2018-03-15 10:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242257418 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242257792 Mutualism is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other. Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(biology)]]> 2018-03-15 10:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242257792 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242258366 a relation between two kinds of organisms in which one obtains food or other benefits from the other without damaging or benefiting it
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commensalism]]> 2018-03-15 10:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242258366 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242258695 an intimate association between organisms of two or more kinds;  especially  : one in which a parasite obtains benefits from a host which it usually injures
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parasitism]]> 2018-03-15 10:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242258695 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242259274  the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web]]> 2018-03-15 10:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242259274 12choongj https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242259552 a hierarchy based on power or importance
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20chain]]> 2018-03-15 10:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/12choongj/xyhpxthvw8nk/wish/242259552