Unit 3 Part 1

The living part of the environment

• abiotic

• biotic

• species

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

• habitat

• population

• primary consumer

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism that can make its own food; autotroph; 1st trophic level

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Species

• Parasite

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The first heterotroph in a food chain; usually an herbivore; 2nd trophic level

• Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Decomposer

The second heterotroph in a food chain; can be an omnivore or a carnivore; 3rd trophic level

• Decomposer

• Secondary Consumer

• Producer

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A position in a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid

• Habitat niche

• Predator-prey relationship

• Energy source

• Trophic level

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which rock layer (A, B, C, or D) is the YOUNGEST?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rocks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon are _____ than the rocks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon

• Larger

• The same age

• Younger

• Older

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True or False: This parts of the peaks are the same age?

• True: After the layer was formed it eroded away leaving 2 separate peaks

• False: They are two separate formations and the rocks are not the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True or False: The law of cross-cutting relationships states that a rock feature that cuts across another rock feature is the older of the two features.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4