Ecosystem Vocabulary Study Guide

What is the term for the death of all the organisms of a species?

• extinction

• ecosystem

• predation

• limiting factor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is a specific area where plants and animals interact with other living things and nonliving things?

• carrying capacity

• community

• ecosystem

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a group of organisms, all of the same species, which live in the same area?

• ecosystem

• competition

• community

• population

What is a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive?

• adaptation

• symbiosis

• community

• limiting factor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is a relationship between two or more different organisms that lasts over time?

• competition

• limiting factor

• symbiosis

• carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is a close relationship between two organisms in which one is harmed and the other benefits?

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

What is a close relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit?

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

What is a close relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is neither harmed or helped?

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

What is a close relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other one is killed?

• predation

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

What is an area where an organism can find everything it needs to survive?

• pollution

• adaptation

• ecosystem

• habitat