Unit 6 Vocab

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is all of the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is a community?

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A community all the organisms that live in the same place.

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______ is protecting ecosystems and the organisms that live in them.

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Conservation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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Chlorophyll

Back

Chlorophyll is a green molecule that helps plant make sugar for food.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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The physical part of the ecosystem that meets the needs of an organism.

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Habitat

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Invasive species

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An invasive species is a non-native organism that moves into a place and causes harm to the environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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Niche

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The way an organism interacts with its habitat and gets food and shelter.

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A group made up of the same type of individuals in the same ecosystem.

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Population

Front

What is the process by which plants and plant-like organisms make food?

Back

Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What is succession?

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Succession is the gradual change of an organism in an ecosystem.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4