ecosystem vocabulary

Living factors in an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• microorganism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A collection of all the organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving things in their environment

• producers

• food chain

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

non-living factors in an ecosystem

• consumers

• abiotic

• aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A group of different populations of organisms

• biotic

• community

• bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A single living thing

• organism

• consumer

• abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Very small living thing; often one celled, too small to be seen without a microscope

• ecosystem

• microorganism

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

All the organisms of the same type living in a certain place at the same time

• terrestrial

• consumer

• population

Any type of land ecosystem

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• abiotic

• organism

A water environment that is either ocean or fresh water

• terrestrial

• herbivore

• food web

• aquatic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

• carnivore

• microorganism

• food chain

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3