Environments Assessment

A scientist that studies living and nonliving things and how they interact

• Ecologist

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All the interacting populations in a particular area

• Ecologist

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All living and nonliving things AND all their interactions in an area

• Ecologist

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the interacting members of ONE species in a single area

• Ecologist

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

To die is to ​ (a)  

To grow well and strong is to ​ (b)  

• perish
• thrive

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

Some plants grow best in damp environments. During a severe drought, these plants will most likely —

• perish

• move

• grow

• thrive

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Frogs often live in freshwater ponds where they feed on insects and lay their eggs in the water. Sometimes they are eaten by snakes. Frogs would LEAVE the area if -

• there were more insects.

• the snakes all died out.

• the water in the pond dried up.

• there was a little more rain.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All of the following are changes to an environment that could help an animal thrive EXCEPT-

• more of the kind of the plants the animal eats.

• fewer predators that eat the animal.

• less rain during the spring and summer.

• removal of animals that eat the same food.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The table shows the basic needs of a robin. Which environmental change would be HARMFUL to the survival of a robin?

• Prairie dogs digging tunnels in the ground.

• Beavers building dams across streams.

• Humans clearing forests to build homes.

• Ants building large anthills in a schoolyard.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

These data tables give information on four habitats and the needs of a Fennec fox. Which habitat most closely meets the needs of the fennec fox?

• Q

• R

• S

• T