U3 L1 Vocab: Ecosystems and Resources

The living parts of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Population

• Organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The nonliving parts of an

ecosystem.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Population

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.

• Organism

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

All the nonliving and living parts of the environment in a given area.

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the populations living in an ecosystem at the same

time.

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

The largest number of organisms of one species that an ecosystem can support over time.

• Ecosystem

• Carrying capacity

• Population

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A large quantity or amount.

• Abundance

• Scarce

• Carrying capacity

• Population

Very little amount.

• Abundance

• Scarce

• Population

• Carrying Capacity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Any system of persons or things ranked one above the other.

• Carrying capacity

• Hierarchy

• Ecosystem

• Community