Per. 7 Quiz #1 Dynamic Nature of Ecosystems

An event that brings great harm, suffering, or loss to a large area or many people; terrible disaster.

• Catastrophe

• Coastal

• Prevalent

• Disruptive

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Coastal

• An event that brings great harm, suffering, or loss to a large area or many people; terrible disaster.

• A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time.

• The area where the sea and land meet is called a coast.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The ability to recover from or adjust from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.

• Catastrophic

• Disruptive

• Resilient

• Population

Widespread (or dominant) in a particular area or at a particular time.

• Disruptive

• Ecosystem

• Resilience

• Prevalent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A group of animals, plants or other living things that all share common characteristics and that are all classified as alike in some manner.

• Population

• Species

• Ecosystem

• Prevalent

A system that includes all living organisms (biotic factors) in an area as well as its physical environment (abiotic factors or nonliving things) functioning together as a unit.

• Population

• Catastrophic

• Species

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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A major disturbance, something that changes your plans or interrupts some event or process.

• Disruptive

• Catastrophic

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• Biotic

• Photosynthesis

• Abiotic

• Variable

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The living things in an ecosystem.

• Abiotic

• Variable

• Control

• Biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A vital reference in a scientific experiment to which the system under test can be compared. It is the variable that is isolated and different from the other groups.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Controlled Variable