Ecology

A land-based ecosystem

• abiotic

• aquatic ecosystem

• ecosystem

• terrestrial ecosystem

A system that is made up of all the interacting biotic and abiotic parts of a certain place.

• aquatic ecosystem

• ecologist

• ecosystem

• abiotic

All the living things in an ecosystem.

• abiotic

• aquatic ecosystem

• ecologist

• biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the non-living things in an ecosystem.

• aqua

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecologist

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A scientist who studies the connections between everything on Earth.

• abiotic

• aqua

• biotic

• ecologist

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the producer in this list?

• tree

• frog

• James

• giraffe

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Any living thing that gets the energy it needs by making its own food.

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• producer

• consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A model that describes how the energy that is stored in food is transferred from one living thing to another.

• glucose

• producer

• food chain

• cellular respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that obtains energy by consuming dead plant and animal matter.

• drought

• decomposer

• global warming

• algal bloom

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A harmful interaction between two or more organisms that can occur when organisms compete for the same resource.

• carrying capacity

• predator

• host

• competition