Biodiversity Vocabulary

The number of different species in an area.

• Native species
• Biodiversity
• Evergreen trees
• Coastal area

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species, often introduced by humans, that takes hold outside its native range.

• Native species
• Invasive species
• Endemic species
• Keystone species

A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction.

• Endangered species
• Endemic species
• Invasive species
• Keystone species

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

A species that provides a sign of the quality of the ecosystem's environmental conditions.

• Indicator species
• Invasive species
• Native species
• Endemic species

A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.

• Keystone species
• Invasive species
• Indicator species
• Endemic species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem.

• Native species
• Keystone species
• Invasive species
• Endangered species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species that is found in its originating location an is generally restricted to that geographic area.

• Keystone species
• Indicator species
• Endemic species
• Invasive species

A species at risk, but not yet endangered.

• Keystone species
• Indicator species
• Threatened species
• Invasive species

An ecosystem with a lot of biodiversity is probably more stable than one without much diversity.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of these are human actions that cause animals to become endangered?

• Poaching

• Pollution

• Habitat Destruction

• Introducing Invasive Species