Module 2 Principles of Ecology

Non-living factors that can affect an ecosystem.

• biotic

• aphotic

• abiotic

• dynamic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The biological component of Earth's systems; the portion of the planet that can sustain life.

• biosphere

• ecosystems

• biomes

• communities

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the specie of plants and animals that live within a particular area.

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• species

A place where a particular population lives.

• community

• habitat

• species

• biosphere

The scientific study of the interactions among organisms with each other and with the environment.

• ecology

• species

• biodiversity

• succession

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A large area that has a particular climate and particular species of plants and animals that live there.

• habitat

• community

• biome

• biosphere

The living factors that can affect an ecosystem.

• photic

• biotic

• aphotic

• abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A combination of the communities and the physical environment of an area.

• biosphere

• population

• ecosystem

• biome

A school of fish within a pond would be considered which level of ecological organization?

• population

• species

• community

• individual

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of another organism.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• tolerance