Unit 9 Vocabulary 8th Grade

What is an environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms?

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecology

• community

What is an environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms?

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecology

• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.

• ecology

• ecosystem

• invasive species

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that can make its own food.

• biotic

• invasive species

• producer

• decomposer

An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• invasive species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is a community of organisms and their abiotic environment?

• ecology

• ecosystem

• population

• community

What is a non-native species of animals, plants and pathogens whose introduction causes harm in their new ecosystem?

• consumer

• decomposer

• invasive species

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are all the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other?

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area?

• consumer

• population

• community

• food web

What is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem?

• food web

• community

• decomposer

• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3