Ch. 2 Ecology Vocab Part 1

Basic unit of structure and organization of all living organisms

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organs

• Organ System

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Consists of specialized cells that work together to perform a function

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organ System

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Consists of different tissues that work together to perform a specific function

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organ System

Consists of multiple organs that work together to perform a function for living organisms

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organ System

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life

• Cell

• Organ

• Organ System

• Organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same geographic place at the same time

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Group of interacting populations that live in the same geographic area at the same time

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Biological community and all the nonliving factors that affect it

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities

• Population

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

Relatively thin layer of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Population