BIO- Ecology Vocabulary 18-34

The type of changes that occurs in an ecosystem that has no soil

• Ecological succession

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Pioneer species

Predictable changes in an ecosystem

• Exponential growth

• Secondary succession

• Primary succession

• Ecological succession

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A type of bacteria found living in the soil or on root nodules, convert nitrogen gas into ammonia

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Nitrogen fixation

• Nitrification

• Denitrification

Process that converts ammonia into nitrates and nitrites

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Nitrogen fixation

• Nitrification

• Denitrification

Trend of increasing average temperatures around the world attributed to an in increase in a greenhouse gases

• Biogeochemical cycles

• Global warming

• Exponential growth

• Trophic level

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Each "step" in a food chain that represents how many times energy has been transferred from one organism to another

• Logistic growth

• Food chain

• Food web

• Trophic level

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A simple representation of how energy is passed from a producer to consumer

• Population dispersion

• Trophic level

• Food web

• Food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Unrestricted population growth that follows a J-shaped curve

• Exponential growth

• Population dispersion

• Logistic growth

• Ecological succession

The type of changes that occurs in an ecosystem after a disturbance that does not remove soil

• Ecological succession

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Climax community

The first organisms to live in an ecosystem

• Pioneer species

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Climax community

• Denitrification