Ecology Benchmark Review

A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive in its environment.

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Adaptations

• Aquatic Communities

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Weather pattern in a region including precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail) and temperature

• Environment

• Climate

• Community

• Permafrost

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Living factors included in freshwater, marine,and estuary

• Aquatic Communities

• Environment

• Permafrost

• Terrestrial Biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All the members of one species in an area

• Community

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Population

All the biomes of the world together

• Terrestrial Biome

• Biosphere

• Aquatic Communities

• Permafrost

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All the living and nonliving items that surround an organism

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Estuary

• Marine

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

One organism

• Permafrost

• Community

• Biome

• Individual

The largest population an area can support.

• Competition

• ecosystem

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

Levels of the Energy Pyramid

• Primary consumer, Primary producer, Secondary consumer, Tertiary consumer

• Tertiary consumer, secondary consumer, Primary consumer, Primary producer

• Primary producer, Primary consumer, Secondary consumer, Tertiary consumer

• Secondary consumer, Tertiary consumer, Primary producer, Primary consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does fungi do to dead plants and animals?

• Leave them there
• Decompose them
• Wait for other animals to eat them
• Move away

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3