Ecology vocabulary

a living thing

• organism

• habitat

• ecosystem

• ecology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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

• organism

• habitat

• population

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

parts of the habitat that are living or were once living

• organism

• habitat

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

nonliving parts of a habitat

• abiotic factors

• habitat

• organism

• biotic factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring, which grows up to mate and produce offspring

• species

• genus

• organisms

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

all members of one species living in a particular area

• species

• population

• community

• ecosystem

all different populations that live together in an area

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a community of organisms that live in a particular area along with the nonliving parts

• ecology

• ecosystem

• population

• community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment

• ecosystem

• ecology

• habitat

• organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

the number of births per 1000 individuals in a given time period

• birth rate

• death rate

• populations

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4