Organisms and Their Environment 2

The first species to inhabit barren, disrupted, or damaged ecosystems.

• climax community

• pioneer species

• emergence

• ecological succession

The relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

• ecosystem

• interdependence

• sustainability

• ecological

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The process of a biological community changing over time.

• emergence

• ecological succession

• primary succession

• secondary succession

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Ecological succession that begins in essentially lifeless areas.

• emergence

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• climax community

Type of ecological succession in which plants and animals recolonize a habitat after a major disturbance.

• emergence

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• climax community

Ecological community in which populations of plants and animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment.

• emergence

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• climax community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The process of coming into being.

• interdependence

• emergence

• sustainability

• pioneer species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Anything that holds back a population's size and slows or stops it from growing.

• emergence

• sustainability

• limiting factor

• interdependence

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The idea that everything in nature is connected to and depends on every other thing.

• interdependence

• sustainability

• emergence

• ecological

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The ability of biological systems to function and remain healthy, diverse, and productive over time.

• emergence

• ecological

• interdependence

• sustainability

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5