TCi - Ecosystems - Resources

Put in order from smallest to biggest

• ecosystem

• organism

• species

• population

Match the following

• Community of living organisms interacting with each other and their environment

• Ecosystem

• Large geographical area with similar climate and vegetation

• Competition

• Number of individuals of a species in a given area

• Population

• the things organisms need to live

• Resources

• Interaction between organisms for limited resources

• Biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Match the following

• Eats Mainly plant mater

• Prey

• eats mainly other animals

• Herbivore

• Organism that hunts another

• Predator

• Eats plant and animal matter

• Carnivore

• organism hunted by another organism

• Omnivore

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Carnivore

,

(b) Omnivore

,

(c) Herbivore

• Racoons

• Lion

• Horses

• Bear

• Humans

• Fox

• Buffalo

• Chickens

• Deer

• Wolf

• Zebra

• Pigs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Reorder the following

• No wolves in the Yellowstone Ecosystem

• Reintroduced wolves into Yellowstone's Ecosystem

• Began thinking about how to help the Yellowstone Ecosystem

• Yellowstone ecosystem started declining due to overgrazing

• Ranchers hunting wolves to protect livestock

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Explain what happens to the Predator and Prey relationships as the populations goes up and down. Think about the zebra and Lion game we played.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Match the following

• Limiting factor

• Evidence

• Data to support or debunk the solution

• Constraint

• requirements for the solution

• Criteria

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Match the following

Groups:

(a) Mutualism

,

(b) Communalism

,

(c) Parasitism

• one benefits the other is harmed

• Whales & Barnicles

• one benefits the other is not harmed or helped

• Sea turtles & Cleaner Fish

• tapeworms & humans

• Flea & Kitten

• Clownfish & Anenome

• Sharks & Suckerfish

• both species benefit

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Why is it important for scientists to look for patterns when looking at how populations interact?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Match the following

• slow change over time

• Ecological Sucession

• quick change

• Human Changes

• changes that are caused by people

• Gradual Change

• system that experiences a constant chang

• Sudden Change

• predictable pattern, changing ecosystem

• Dynamic System

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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