Ecosystem vocabulary

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All living and nonliving things in an environment and their interactions.

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Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Occurs when multiple organisms need the same resources to survive.

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competition

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Resource in limited supply or used faster than it can be replenished.

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Non-renewable resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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Area where an organism lives in an ecosystem.

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habitat

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Members of one species in an ecosystem.

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population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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No longer existing as a species

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extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Resource that can be replaced.

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Renewable resource

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Remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago.

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Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Scientist studying fossils

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paleontologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2