Ecology Unit Vocabulary

of all the energy each trophic level receives, only 10% gets passed to the next trophic level

• 10% rule

• parasitism

• overharvesting

• glucose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the nonliving factors in an ecosystem like water, temperature, and light

• biotic

• abiotic

• niche

• detritus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur

• niche

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the total mass of organisms in a trophic level

• mutualism

• niche

• energy

• biomass

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

everything that is living or once was living in an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• host

• detritus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

organisms that eat only consumers

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a series of chemical reactions that uses oxygen to break down glucose to release its stored chemical energy

• commensalism

• electromagnetic spectrum

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

the change in one species that results in a change in another species

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• co-evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is not affected (+ / 0)

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predator-prey

a collection of populations that interact with and depend on each other

• ecosystem

• community

• biomass

• symbiosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2