Living Things and the Environment

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What are the parts of a habitat that are or were once alive and that interact with an organism called?

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Biotic factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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What are the nonliving parts of an organism's habitat called?

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Abiotic factors

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What components of an ecosystem include sunlight and temperature?

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Abiotic factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What do we call a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?

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A species

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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What is any living thing called?

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Organism

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What term describes the role and position a species has in its environment?

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Niche

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What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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What do we call the community of living organisms and their interactions with the abiotic components of their environment?

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Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain?

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Carrying capacity

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What is the process by which plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water?

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Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6