Ecosystem

Which is the best example of homeostasis?

• Person goes on a run to exercise

• Person begins to sweat to lower body temperature when hot

• Dog marks it's territory on a walk

• Dog gets groomed because it's hair is getting too long

Name a specific autotroph that you see on a regular basis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Name a specific heterotroph that you see on a regular basis

Which of the following are examples of IMMIGRATION?

• cattle moving into an area with plenty of grass to eat

• cattle moving out of an area because there isn't enough grass

• ants leaving their ant hill because of a lack of nutrients

• ants moving into a new ant hill

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following are examples of EMIGRATION?

• cattle moving into an area with plenty of grass to eat

• cattle moving out of an area because there isn't enough grass

• ants leaving their ant hill because of a lack of nutrients

• ants moving into a new ant hill

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What might be a reason that a population would decrease in size? choose all that apply

• death rate is higher than birth rate

• birth rate is higher than death rate

• immigration

• emigration

• abundance of resources

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What might be a reason that a population would increase in size? choose all that apply

• death rate is higher than birth rate

• birth rate is higher than death rate

• immigration

• emigration

• abundance of resources

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Name an organism that might live in the ocean.

What might one limiting factor be in this garden?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

List these in order from smallest level of organization to largest level of organization:

community, population, organism, ecosystem