Ecology Terminology

Are regions of the world with similar climate

• Biomes
• Species
• Biodiversity
• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A community of living organisms (biotic) and the nonliving (abiotic) things they interact with

• weather
• ecosystem
• Climate
• migration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A group of organisms of the same kind living in the same area

• migration
• Species
• adaptation
• populations

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

• weather
• adaptation
• Climate
• habitat

organism that captures energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce its own food; provides the foundation of the food supply for other organisms

• Autotroph/producer
• Heterotroph /consumer
• Carnivore
• Herbivore

organism that cannot make its own food and gets its nutrients and energy requirements by feeding on other organisms

• Autotroph /producer
• Heterotroph /consumer
• Food chain
• Food web

heterotroph that decomposes organic material and is mobile

• Decomposer
• Detritivore
• Herbivore
• Carnivore

heterotroph that decomposes organic material and is NOT mobile

• Decomposer
• Detritivore
• Heterotroph/consumer
• Autotroph/producer

simplified model that shows a single path for energy flow through an ecosystem

• Trophic level
• Food web
• Food chain
• Natural selection

model that shows many interconnected food chains and pathways in which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

• Trophic level
• Food web
• Food chain
• Natural selection