Ecology Vocabulary

What is the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings called?

• ecosystem

• ecology

• biosphere

• biotic factors

What is the study of how organisms interact with their environment?

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• ecology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is all the members of one species in a particular area?

• habitat

• niche

• popluation

• community

What is all the different populations that live together in an area called?

• population

• species

• ecosystem

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the specific environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce called?

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is an environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing?

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• symbiosis

• abiotic factor

What is the largest population that an area can support called?

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• symbiosis

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is an organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms and returns important materials to the soil and water called?

• scavenger

• succession

• decomposer

• carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an organism that can make its own food?

• consumer

• producer

• carnivore

• omnivore

What is an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms called?

• producer

• consumer

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor