Ecosystem Vocabulary

A __________ includes the INTERACTIONS all living and non-living things in an environment. 

• population
• niche
• abitotic
• ecosystem

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

NGSS.5-ESS2-1

Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to because they break down dead organisms?

• decomposers
• producers
• herbivores
• omnivores

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis? 

• decomposer
• consumer
• herbivore
• producer 

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

NGSS.5-LS1-1

Which of the following directly use the Sun's energy to produce their own food? 

• decomposers
• carnivores
• consumers
• producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  or non-living parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk
• rocks
• soil
• water

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

NGSS.3-LS4-3

An organism's _________ is defined as the area in which it lives.

• Habitat
• Niche
• Social Structure
• Ecology

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NGSS.3-LS4-3

NON-living things found in an ecosystem are called ________________.

• biotic

• abiotic

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

LIVING things in an ecosystem are called _________________.

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecosystem

The study of interactions in an ecosystem.

• ecology
• philosophy
• scientology
• biology

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NGSS.3-LS2-1

NGSS.3-LS4-3