Ecosystem Vocabulary

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A living part of an ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All members of one species that live in an area

• Community

• Organism

• Population

• Biotic Factor

The place where an organism lives and provides the things an organism needs

• Community

• Habitat

• Population

• Species

A group of organisms that are similar and reproduce fertile offspring

• Community

• Habitat

• Population

• Species

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

All the different populations that live together in an area

• Community

• Habitat

• Population

• Species

All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

• Community

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the non-living parts of an ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Biosphere

• Biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3