Amplify Science: Ecosystem Restoration Vocab

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What is a community of organisms together with its environment called?

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Ecosystem

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What is the ability to make things move or change?

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Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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What diagram shows what eats what in an ecosystem?

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Food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is the use of evidence to support why one idea is the best?

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Argument

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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What does it mean to put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something?

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Synthesize

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What term describes the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy?

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Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is the term for organisms that produce their own food, typically through photosynthesis?

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Producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What are organisms that obtain energy by consuming other organisms called?

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Consumers

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3