Biodiversity and Ecological Succession

The number of different species of plants and animals in an area.

• Biome

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A type of biological community defined by its predominant plants, animals, and environmental conditions.

• Biome

• Population

• Habitat

• Succession

A relatively stable state of succession or the end product of succession.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Climax Community

• Habitat

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them.

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The place where an organism naturally lives and grows.

• Ecosystem

• Succession

• Habitat

• Population

A very small, specialized habitat, such as the space under a rock.

• Biodiversity

• Habitat

• Microhabitat

• Population

A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A series of changes in the species composition of a community over time.

• Habitat

• Climax Community

• Succession

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The greater the biodiversity, the more stable an ecosystem is.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A Biome with low biodiversity is the rainforest.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5