Ecosystem Vocab

nonliving parts in an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• ecosystem

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

living parts of an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• ecosystem

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

all the different populations that live together in an area

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• biodiversity

• ecosystem

• community

• population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space

• resource

• competition

• population

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A common demand by two or more organisms upon a limited supply of a resource; for example, food, water, light, space, mates, nesting sites.

• Commensalism

• Symbiosis

• Compeition

• Predation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.

• commensalism

• predation

• symbiosis

• mutualism

A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.

• predation

• mutualism

• symbiosis

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

• mutualism

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• predation