Ecology Vocabulary

Front

Communities are made up of living things only. Which one of these is a community?

Options:

Trees, birds, dirt, worms

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Deer, grass, leaves, bunnies

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Whales, water, seashells, fish

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Sand, camels, mountains, coyotes

Back

Deer, grass, leaves, bunnies

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

The place where an organism lives is its _________. Options: habitat, abiotic, ecosystem, community

Back

habitat

Front

A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area are called a/an ________. Options: community, habitat, population, ecosystem

Back

population

Front

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

Back

ecosystem

Front

What are the nonliving parts of the ecosystem?

Back

abiotic factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

How do producers obtain energy?

Back

They conduct photosynthesis.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers. Options: Carnivores, Omnivores, Herbivores, Detritivores

Back

Omnivores

Front

What is the branch of science that deals with the study of living things and their relationship with the environment?

Back

Ecology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

An organism that must eat to get energy is called a:

Back

composer

Front

Decomposer

Back

An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3