Ecosystem Vocabulary

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets energy by feeding of other organisms.

• producer (autotroph)

• consumer (heterotroph)

• tolerance

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The range of conditions an organism can withstand.

• producer (autotroph)

• consumer (heterotroph)

• tolerance

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Environmental changes that occur slowly over time and affects organisms over generations.

• long term environmental change

• short term environmental change

• Subsequent population

• urbanization

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Environmental changes that occurs quickly and affects organisms immediately

• long term environmental change

• short term environmental change

• Subsequent population

• urbanization

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The property of biological systems to remain diverse and productive indefinitely.

• sustainability

• population

• biodiversity

• niche

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An organism that feeds in meat.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• host

________ factors are non-living parts of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic

• Community

• Biotic

• Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the living and non-living things interacting in an area is a(n) _________.

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Community

A ________ is all of the different populations living together in a specific location. 

• Population

• Community

• Organism

• Carrying Capacity

A population's _________ is the number of organisms born in a year.

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factor

• Niche

• Birth Rate

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5