Ecology Vocabulary

The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n)

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

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An individual belonging to a specific species is a

• Biotic

• Community

• Organism

• Reptile

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Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

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Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All of the squirrels living in Hubbard Park would be considered a

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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All of the fish and aquatic plants living in Mirror Lake are considered a

• species

• population

• community

• biome

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The portion of the planet in which living things are found

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• biome

• atmosphere

From an ecological standpoint, all of the humans in Fort Worth are called a

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• species

Long Island Sound, including the plants and animals living in it, is considered a(n)

• biosphere

• ecosystem

• community

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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What is a population?

• groups of different species living in the same area

• group of the same species living in the same area

• includes all of the organisms and non-living things in an area

• major regional or global community

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