Unit 3 Part 1 Vocab 23-24

The nonliving part of the environment

• abiotic

• biotic

• decay

• habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The living part of the environment

• abiotic

• biotic

• species

• population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Animals that eat only other animals

• Herbivores
• Omnivores
• Vegetarians
• Carnivores

The largest population that an environment can support

• Environmental threshold
• Carrying capacity
• Population limit
• Maximum capacity

All the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other

• Ecosystem
• Community
• Population
• Habitat

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms; heterotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

• abiotic

• Photosynthesis

To slowly break down or rot

• community

• decay
• omnivore

• scavenger

Organisms that turn dead and decaying matter into nonliving materials, like soil

• Producers
• Consumers
• Predators
• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

• habitat
• population
• primary consumer

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The state of a system where all factors are balanced

• disorder
• equilibrium
• chaos
• imbalance