STEMscopes Sciencecabulary

_____________ is the population size an environment can feed and support.

• Impact

• Environment

• Carrying Capactiy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A hurricane can have a huge __________ on a coastal ecosystem. It can destroy homes and cause many plants and animals to die.

• Population

• Impact

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The _________ consists of the space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism.

• Environment

• Carrying Capacity

• Impact

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The city of Houston has a __________ of more than four million people.

• Environment

• Population

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When the ecosystem increases in the number of individuals of a species beyond what it is able to sustain, this is known as ____________.

• Impact

• Environment

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.

• Species

• Migration

• Camouflage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

When an animal becomes still in an enclosed space and reduces bodily functions to save energy.

• Hibernation

• Predator

• Niche

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its surroundings.

• Reproduction

• Adaptation

• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The role an organism plays in its environment.

• Niche

• Species

• Prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A group of organisms with similar characteristics that allow them to reproduce with one another.

• Habitat

• Species

• Migration