The Dynamic Nature of Ecosystems Vocab

Removal of a forest or section of trees for human

use

• Deforestation

• Resilience

• Succession (Ecological

  Succession)

• Invasive Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species that enters an area from somewhere

else and disrupts the native ecosystem

• Deforestation

• Succession (Ecological

  Succession)

• Ecosystem

• Invasive Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic

factors in an area and all the interactions

among them

• Resilience

• Succession (Ecological

  Succession)

• Deforestation

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Define Commensalism

• An interaction between organisms or species that

  is helpful to one but neither helpful nor harmful to

  the other

• A series of changes in the species composition of

  a community over time

• A relationship between organisms or species that

  is helpful to both

• A relationship between organisms of different species

  where one organism benefits at the expense of the

  other

Define Parasitism

• A relationship between organisms of different species

  where one organism benefits at the expense of the

  other

• The interaction between two animals in which one

  animal eats the other

• When more than one individual or population in

  an ecosystem relies on the same limited

  resources

• A series of changes in the species composition of

  a community over time

True or False Succession (Ecological

Succession) is A series of changes in the species composition of

a community over time

• False

• True

When more than one individual or population in

an ecosystem relies on the same limited

resources Is Competition

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Mutualism Is The ability of an organism, population,

community, or ecosystem to persist in the face of

stressful or changing conditions

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Resilience is The ability of an organism, population,

community, or ecosystem to persist in the face of

stressful or changing conditions

• True

• False

A series of changes in the species composition of

a community over time is…

• Nature

• Succession (Ecological

  Succession)

• National Resources

• Competition