Ecosystem Vocabulary

Which one is NOT an example of an abiotic factor?

• sunlight

• water

• soil

• bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which emojis represent mutualism?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Put these words in order from the individual animal to a group of living things with non-living components.

COMMUNITY, POPULATION, ECOSYSTEM, ORGANISM

A chicken eats corn, seeds, vegetable scraps and meal worms. The chicken is considered a ...

• producer

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

An example of a decomposer is....

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A parasite is ...

• an organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by getting food / energy at another organism's expense

• an organism on or in which another organism lives

• an organism that makes its own food

• a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which emoji pair represents commensalism?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A close, dependent relationship between organisms from different species is called...

• mutualism

• competition

• community

• symbiosis

A community of living organisms with the non-living components of their environment interacting as a system is called a...

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• symbiosis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is NOT a producer....

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3