Unit 7 Vocabulary

Dominant community of plants and animals that come to live in an area.

• biodiversity

• climax community

• ecological succession

• niche

A condition or resource that keeps a population at a certain size.

• biodiversity

• climax community

• ecological succession

• limiting factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A small or specialied habitat within a larger habitat.

• microhabitat

• niche

• limiting factor

• biodiversity

Ability to maintain ecologicl processes over long periods of time' ability of an ecosystem to maintain its structure and function over time.

• ecology

• biome

• sustainability

• niche

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A process that develops a biotic community in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil.

• primary succession

• pioneer species

• ecology

• biome

Is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

• biodiverity

• biome

• ecology

• limiting factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Dominant community of plants and animals tht come to live in an area.

• microhabitat

• biome

• climax community

• niche

Is a large area characterized by its vegetation soil, climate, and wildlife.

• ecology

• biome

• microhabitat

• sustainability

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A condition or resource tht keeps a population at a certain size.

• limiting factor

• pioneer species

• sustainability

• niche

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species.

• ecology

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• niche