Biology Vocab. Check 02 - Ecology

A biological community and its physical environment

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Creates energy through photosynthesis

• Producer

• Consumer

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Breaks down dead organism

• Herbivore

• Predator

• Decomposer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The number of organisms a habitat can support

• Primary Succession

• Exponential Capacity

• Climax Community

• Carrying Capacity

Conditions that slow or stop a population's growth

• Pioneer Species

• Natural Resources

• Limiting Factor

• Species Interaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The variety of life in an area

• Biodiversity

• Genetic Code

• Laboratory Process

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species introduced to an area that harms the ecosystem.

• Pioneer Species

• Invasive Species

• Native Species

• Climax Species

Unlimited population growth

• Logistic Growth

• Synergistic Growth

• Exponential Growth

• Limiting Growth

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Population growth that slows or stops due to limiting factors

• Logistic Growth

• Synergistic Growth

• Exponential Growth

• Limiting Growth

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Factors that affect population size only when the population is large

• Interspecific Limiting Factors

• Intraspecific Limiting Factors

• Density-Independent Limiting Factors

• Density-Dependent Limiting Factors