Ecosystems Unit Vocabulary

The interactions of the living and nonliving parts of an environment

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A place where an organism lives

• Habitat

• Germination

• Photosynthesis

• New Jersey

The model of a water habitat.

• Terrarium

• Aquarium

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The model of a land habitat.

• Terrarium

• Aquarium

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Nonliving components of an ecosystem (ie: sun, water, minerals, rocks)

• Abiotic

• Biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Living components of an ecosystem (ie: animals, birds, humans, plants, trees).

• Abiotic

• Biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How energy is passed from organism to organism in an ecosystem, starting at the sun; with multiple food chains interacting it becomes a food web

• Producer

• Food Chain

• Ecosystem

• Scavenger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Multiple food chains that interact.

• Environment

• Food Webs

• Food Chains

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that makes its own food.

• Scavenger

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that eats dead matter.

• Scavenger

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer