Week 36 IA review

What is the place where an organism naturally lives and grows?

• microhabitat

• habitat

• territory

What is an example of a microhabitat?

• in the ocean

• under a rock

• in a forest

What is the name of a unique section of an ecosystem?

• Biome

• habitat

• ecosystem

Why is biodiversity important to an ecosystem?

• More diversity = less stability and less protection against losing parts of the food web.

• More diversity = more stability and protection against losing parts of the food web.

• More diversity = no change in the stability and protection against losing parts of the food web.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?

• Primary succession takes longer since there is no soil present.

• Secondary succession takes longer since there is no soil present.

• Both Primary and secondary succession take the same amount of time.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How are catastrophic events classified? (What makes them “catastrophic”?)

• They are classified by the type of event.

• They are classified by how many people lose their lives.

• Their impact on the ecosystem (amount of destruction) 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are tornadoes?

• Rotating air, connect to cloud and Earth

• Typically tropical, storms with high winds

• Overflow of water onto normally dry land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are floods?

• Rotating air, connect to cloud and Earth

• Typically tropical, storms with high winds

• Overflow of water onto normally dry land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are hurricanes?

• Overflow of water onto normally dry land

• Typically tropical, storms with high winds

• Rotating air, connect to cloud and Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Erosion and deposition are the two processes of _____.

• Weather

• Weathering

• Flooding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2