5.1 Living Things and the Environment Vocabulary

A living thing.

• Population

• Community

• Organism

• Habitat

An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.

• Community

• Habitat

• Organism

• Limiting Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A living or once-living part of an organism’s habitat.

• Biotic Factor

• Ecosystem

• Limiting Factor

• Abiotic Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A nonliving part of an organism’s habitat.

• Ecosystem

• Limiting Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

All the members of one species living in the same area.

• Habitat

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

All the different populations that live together in a certain area.

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment.

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Organism

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease in size.

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Limiting Factor

• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Something found in nature that enhances the lives of plants, animals, and humans.

• Produce

• Resource

• Density

• Source

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.

• Density

• Equation

• Resource

• Sequence