Spotlight on Ecosystems Vocabulary

Non-living things like water, sun, and rocks

• Abiotic

• Biotic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A community of many different plants and animals that live in a specific region

• Environment

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Something that is living or was once alive like plants, animals, dead leaves, and humans

• Abiotic

• Biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A group of living and non-living things that live and work together in an area

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Environment

• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The natural surroundings of an area

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Environment

All living things that carry out basic life functions

• Cells

• Organisms

• nutrients

• chloroplasts

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A colorless gas that is absorbed from the air by plants during photosynthesis

(We exhale this gas)

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Helium

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Tiny parts in a plant cell that contain chlorophyll

(Where photosynthesis takes place)

• Stem

• Leaves

• Chloroplasts

• Roots

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

To breathe out

• Inhale

• Exhale

What we need for healthy growth and development

(Plants gets this from the soil)

• Nutrients

• Vitamins

• Minerals

• Candy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1