Ecosystems Vocab

The nonliving parts of an organism's habitat.

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Limiting Factors

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing decrease in size

• Abiotic Factors

• Limiting Factors

• Commensalism

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Breaks down biotic factor wastes and dead organisms returning raw materials to the ecosystem.

• Decomposer

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The role of an organism in its habitat.

• Decomposer

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Community

A relationship in which one organism is benefited and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

A relationship in which both organisms are benefited by the relatioship.

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

A relationship that involves one organism living with,on,or inside another organism and harming it

• Parasitism

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

A type of interaction among organisms

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The Community of organisms that lives in a particular area along with the nonliving environment.

• Ecosystems

• Decomposer

• Niche

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All the different populations of organisms that live together in an area.

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Decomposer

• Niche