Ecosystems Vocabulary

All the different types of populations living in one environment is known as a _______

• population

• community

• niche

• forest

What gets its energy by eating another organism?

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

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A plant is an example because they can make their own food.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

All of the living and nonliving parts of an environment in a particular area

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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The living parts of an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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The place within an ecosystem that provides the biotic and abiotic factors an organism needs to survive and reproduce

• Community

• Habitat

• Population

• Niche

All the populations living in an ecosystem at the same time

• Community

• Habitat

• Population

• Niche

The way an organism interacts with the abiotic and biotic factors to obtain food, find shelter, and fulfill other needs

• Community

• Habitat

• Population

• Niche

The act of one organism feeding on another organism

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Commensalism

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