Organism Interactions in Ecosystems

A living thing that produces offspring is known as a(n) ___________________________.

• organism

• population

A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce offspring that will develop the ability to pass their genetic material to a new generation refers to the term ___________________________.

• ecosystem

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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___________________________ is the relationship, both beneficial and harmful, among all parts of an environment.

• environmental interaction

• interdependence

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

___________________________ is a community consisting of all of the living and nonliving interactions between organisms and the environment.

• ecosystem

• interdependence

___________________________ are the nonliving factors that affect an environment.

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

A community of organisms and the interactions that occur within that community describe ___________________________.

• ecosystem

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The term ___________________________ refers to all the members of the same species in an area.

• organism

• population

Environmental interactions include the ___________________________ between the living and nonliving factors in an environment.

• ecosystem

• population

• resources

• relationships

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms grow, reproduce, and make more of their species by obtaining resources through ___________________________ relationships with other organisms and the physical environment.

• abiotic

• biotic

• interdependent

• independent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Water is a(n) ___________________________ factor of an ecosystem, while plants are ___________________________ factors of ecosystems.

• abiotic / biotic

• biotic / abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5