Ecology

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Ecology is the study of:

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how living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What term do ecologists use to describe where an animal lives (an animal’s home)?

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Habitat

Front

What is a species?

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A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Front

Which of the following is an example of a living thing? Options: A bacterium, A shell, Water, Sweat

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A bacterium

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Front

Which of the following is NOT a nonliving thing? (which one is living?)
Options: Sun, Rocks, Milk, Wood

Back

Wood

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Front

What type of organism can make its own food?

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A producer (an autotroph)

Front

Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:

decomposition

,

respiration

,

photosynthesis

,

scavenging

Back

photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What type of consumer eats plants?

Back

Both herbivore and omnivore

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A way to show the feeding relationships between organisms

Front

The first organism in a food chain is ALWAYS a:

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producer