Ecology Vocabulary

The relationship two things (biotic/abiotic factors) have with each other in an ecosystem

• Word

• Interaction

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Living or once part of a living thing (ex: plants and animals but also paper, fallen tree, wool or cotton fabric)

• Word

• Interaction

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Not living, never part of a living thing Ex: air, water, soil, sunlight, rock (w/ a couple exceptions)

• Word

• Interaction

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An individual living thing (a human, plant, animal, insect or even small single celled life forms)

• Word

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving (abiotic) surroundings.

• Word

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed (+, 0)

• Word

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Commensalism

A relationship between two organisms in which both benefit. (+, +)

• Word

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism (parasite) benefits and the other is harmed (host). (+,-)

• Word

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

A relationship in which the predator hunts, kills and eats the prey. (+/RIP)

• Word

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A relationship in which 2 or more organisms in an ecosystem compete with one another for the same resource.

• Word

• Competition

• Producer

• Consumer