7.10ABC Vocabulary

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Habitat

• Microhabitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

One of the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to the particular environment.

• Habitat

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Natural Selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A place where an organism naturally lives and grows.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Habitat

• Home

A very small specialized habitat, such as the space under a rock.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Food Chain

• Microhabitat

A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Population

• Microhabitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The number of different species of plants and animals in an area.

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Zoo

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A series of changes in the species composition of a community over time.

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Ecological Succession

• Microbiome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

A relatively stable state of succession, or the end product of succession.

• Climax Community

• Habitat

• Biome

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Capable of maintaining the current community at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage

• Biome

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Sustainable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A resource or environmental condition which limits the growth, distribution or abundance of an organism or population within an ecosystem.

• Limiting Factor

• Biome

• Biodiversity

• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4