Science Fusion Unit 5 Vocabulary

All the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism

• ecosystem

• environment

• community

• habitat

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A community of organisms and the environment in which they live

• ecosystem

• environment

• habitat

• niche

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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All the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem.

• niche

• community

• population

• succession

A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with each other.

• population

• habitat

• niche

• community

The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.

• habitat

• niche

• community

• succession

The role a plant or an animal plays in its habitat.

• succession

• niche

• community

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A gradual change in the kinds of organisms in an ecosystem

• extinction

• niche

• environment

• succession

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A plant or an animal species that is no longer living or existing.

• extinction

• succession

• population

• niche

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