Ecology Vocabulary Flashcards

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Living things, things that used to be alive or are part of a living thing.

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biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

not-living (NEVER been alive)

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abiotic

Front

an educated guess using observations

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inference

Front

^{uses numbers to describe}

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quantitative (QN)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Front

^{uses your 5 senses to describe}

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qualitative (QL)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Front

Place where freshwater and saltwater mix

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estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

the LAND that water flows over to reach a body of water

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watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

land that is weathered away by wind or water

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erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

separates watersheds

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divide/ridgeline

Front

amount of salt in water

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salinity