Life Science Unit Vocabulary Practice

• groups of living things and the nonliving environment in which they live

• ecosystem

• population

• community

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the living parts of the ecosystem including plants, animals, trees, flowers, and birds

• abiotic

• biotic

• habitat

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

• the nonliving parts of the ecosystem including things such as soil, the climate, and amount of rainfall

• biotic

• abiotic

• niche

• community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

• a single plant or animal in an ecosystem

• carnivores

• ecosystem

• omnivore

• individual/organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place

• community

• ecosystem

• population

• carnivores

all of the populations that live in the same area

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• environment

the role of an organism within a particular habitat. It includes things such habitat, climate, the types of food an organism eats, and when an organism eats

• adaptation

• host

• prey

• niche

• place in an ecosystem where each population lives

• habitat

• ecosystem

• environment

• community

organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis

• consumers

• scavengers

• biotic

• producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

organisms that must get energy from eating other organisms

• consumers

• invasive species

• prey

• climate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2