Interactions in Ecosystems

Voles eat grasses, tree bark and roots.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

When organisms die and rot in the ground, the nutrients in them end up in the soil.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The wavy lines of a zebra blend in with the wavy lines of the tall grass around it.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Conditions like hurricanes casue large decreases in air and water pressure. Some animals can sense these pressure changes and flee for safety.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Bats use a technique called echolocation to navigate. Bats produce and emit sound waves that travel through the air, bounce off objects and return to the bat.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Butterfly transferring pollen from one plant to another.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Birds sunning is the act of spreading out in full sunshine to expose feathers and skin to direct sunlight. The reason for the sunning is to maintain feather health.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A certain kind of bacteria lives in the intestines of some animals. These bacteria help the animal break down food in their intestines.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Blowing wind increases the movement of water through the plant and how fast the plant can take in carbon dioxide.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The yucca moth helps to pollinate the yucca plant. The yucca plant provides protection and food for the moth's larvae that hatch and eat some of the yucca seeds.

• Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

• Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2