Ecology

A single living thing (ex: 1 elephant)

• Organism

• Population

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A group of living organisms of the same species that live in a specific area (ex: a herd of elephants in an area in Africa)

• Organism

• Population

• Community

Made up of all the populations of different species that live and interact in an area (ex: all elephants, zebras, birds, grasses, plants, etc.)

• Organism

• Population

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a community of organisms and their nonliving environment (abiotic & biotic)(ex: elephants, zebras, birds, grasses, water). This the 1st level to bring in nonliving (abiotic) parts of the environment.

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

thin layer of Earth and its atmosphere where life exists

• Biosphere

• ecosystem

• organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

TRUE or FALSE: Levels of organization from smallest to largest: Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem and Biosphere

• True

• False

The study of interactions of living things with one another and with their environment.

• Biotic

• Ecology

• Law of Conservation of Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Living factors in an environment (ex: grass, fish, insects, birds, etc.)

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Nonliving parts of the environment

• Biotic

• abiotic

• heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

True or False: Heat energy flows from hot to cold

• true

• false