Topic 2

Area of bare ground or rock colonized

• Primary Succession

• Seral Stages

• Secondary Succession

• Climax Community

Biomass gained by heterotrophs as they feed

• NPP

• Secondary Productivity

• Primary Productivity

• GPP

Equivalent to NP or NSP of a system

• Carrying Capacity

• Gross Productivity

• GSP

• MSY

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Amount of biological matter in a living organism

• Biomass

• Fur

• Weight

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Build-up of a pollutant within an organism

• Biomagnification

• Productivity

• Bioaccumulation

• Pollution

Potential mode of existence of the species

• Consumer

• Fundamental Niche

• Realized Niche

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that feed on dead material

• Apex Predator

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Competition between members of the same species

• Intraspecific

• Interspecific

• Community

• Ecosystem

Carbon-containing compounds

• Trophic Level

• Organic Compounds

• Inorganic Compounds

• Ecological Efficiency

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Produces few organisms but care for them

• K-strategist

• Turtles

• r-strategist

• Bugs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4