Ecosystems

A group of interacting individuals of the same

species located in the same area

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

• Biotic Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Diversity

• Biotic Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A living thing that affects the ecosystem

• Ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Diversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All the populations of different species in a particular area

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

• Diversity

The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.

• Diversity

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

List the levels of organization in order from least complex to most complex.

• Organism, Community, Population, Ecosystem

• Ecosystem, Organism, Population, Community

• Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem

• Community, Organism, Population, Ecosystem

What biotic factors do fish depend on to meet their needs?

• Plants that exchange gases with pond water.

• Other fish

• Rocks and gravel on the pond floor.

• Oxygen in the water.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An ecosystem with the greatest biodiversity has the greatest:

• variety of living things

• variety of nonliving things

• most animals of one species

• only plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which two biomes include similar amounts of rainfall?

• Desert and rain forest

• Tundra and Desert

• Rainfarest and Arctic

• Wetlands and desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the abiotic factors does not contribute to the populations of organisms being different in two habitats?

• Water

• Soil

• Temperature

• Wind

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2