Ecology Vocabulary

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The study of the interactions of living things with each other and their physical environment.

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ecology

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The living and nonliving things present in an ecosystem that prevent a population from growing beyond a certain size, including food, water, available mates, and predators.

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limiting factor

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All living things in an ecosystem, including animals, bacteria, plants, fungi, and other living species.

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Biotic factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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All nonliving things in an ecosystem, including water, rocks, sunlight, weather, natural disasters, oxygen, space, hunting, and shelter.

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Abiotic factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What was the goal of Biosphere 2?

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a self-sustaining ecosystem

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Which one is an abiotic factor? Options: water, tree, worm, wolf

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water

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Which one is a biotic factor? Options: water, sunlight, air, fungus

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fungus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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In an ecosystem, living things are called _ and non-living things are called _.

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biotic, abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

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The population starts to die off

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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What may cause a population to increase?

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Increase of food supply, removal of predators, removal of disease (all of these)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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