Unit 3 Vocabulary

Protection & wise use of natural resources

• Urbanization

• Saving

• Conservation

• Stewardship

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

A region of Earth where the climate determines the types of plants that live there.

• Habitat

• Wetland

• Biosphere

• Biome

The careful & responsible management of a resource.

• Stewardship

• Conservation

• Saving

• Eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

An area of land that is saturated, or soaked, with water for at least part of the year.

• Water Park

• Estuary

• Wetland

• Biome

Human growth in and around cities

• Urbanization

• Stewardship

• Population

• Conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A partially enclosed body of water formed where a river flows into an ocean

• Wetland

• Sea

• Estuary

• Bog

The number & variety of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time.

• Conservation

• Competition

• Limiting Factor

• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The process in which organic matter & nutrients slowly builds up in a body of water.

• Eutrophication

• Succession

• Urbanization

• Conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A species that colonizes an uninhabited area that starts a process of succession.

• First Species

• Pioneer Species

• Primary Species

• Secondary Species

The replacement of one type of community by another at a single location over time.

• Pioneer Species

• Urbanization

• Succession

• Stewardship