Competition in Ecosystems #1

Not living, or produced by living things

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Ecosystem

• Population

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Living, or produced by living things

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

• Organisms

• Competition

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Hawks and owls eat the same type of food and struggle with one another to get their food. What is this an example of?

• Competition

• Biotic factor

• Symbiosis

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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The specific environment in which all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area interact.

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Struggle

• Competitive Interaction

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A self-contained living thing.

• Organism

• Population

• Abiotic factor

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Two or more interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• The YMCA

An organism that gets its energy by feeding on producers in the food chain

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Apex predator

• A lion

A source or supply from which benefits are produced.

• Resources

• Sam's Club

• Dependent Interaction

• Symbiosis

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An animal that eats other animals that eat plants.

• Secondary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

• Teritery Consumer

• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Hawks and brown bears live together in the same habitat. There will be competition between the hawks and the brown bears only if which of the following is true?

• Brown bears hibernate during the winter while hawks remain active.

• Pesticides in the fish population affect hawks’ eggs and decrease their population.

• Both brown bears and hawks feed on the same species of fish.

• Both Shanna and Savanna feed on the same species of snakes.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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