Ecology

A community of living and nonliving tings in their natural environment

• Community

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• System

All the living things in an ecosystem (plants, animals, fungi, bacteria)

• Biotic

• Abiotic

All the nonliving things in an ecosystem (air, water, wind, sun, soil)

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The interaction between individuals of different biological species

• Communication

• Symbiosis

• Community

• Teamwork

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Species fight for the same resources in an ecosystem

• Competition

• Symbiosis

• Community

• Teamwork

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Type of Symbiosis: Feeds off other organism (attaches itself to it)

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Teamwork

Type of Symbiosis: Relationship between two different animal species whereby only one of them benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Teamwork

Type of Symbiosis: Relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Friendship

High annual rainfall, high average temperatures, nutrient-poor soil, and high levels of biodiversity

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Grassland

• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Goes through four seasons, leaves change color in autumn, fall off in the winter, and grow back in the spring

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Grassland

• Taiga

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3