Ecology Review

All living things

• biotic
• abiotic
• biosphere
• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Any of the non-living factors that make up the environment in which living organisms occur.

• abiotic
• biotic
• abiology
• antibiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Group of organisms that are able to interbreed and produce young.

• Species
• habitat
• niche
• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

All individuals of a given species in a specific area at a certain time.

• population
• community
• ecosystem
• biome

The place where an organism lives in order to obtain its food, water, and shelter.

• species
• habitat
• niche
• community

The role of an organism in its environment.

• habitat
• niche
• community
• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All the different populations living together in a specific area/region at a certain time.

• population
• community
• ecosystem
• biome

A (or more than one) biotic community plus the abiotic features.

• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem
• Biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The maximum number of organisms that can survive in a particular ecosystem.

• carrying capacity
• birth rate
• limiting factor
• death rate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

When the availability of food, water,space and shelter become less than what populations need. 

• carrying capacity
• limiting factor
• exponential growth
• population density