Ecology - Chapter 1 VOCAB

a living thing

• organism

• community

• species

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.

• habitat

• species

• community

• organism

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

all the different populations that live together in a particular area.

• species

• abiotic factor

• community

• organism

a nonliving part of an organism's habitat

• abiotic factor

• habitat

• community

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that a parasite lives within or on, and provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for the parasite to live.

• host

• parasite

• emigration

• biotic factor

a living or once living part of an organism's habitat

• ecology

• biotic factor

• death rate

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

any relationship in which two species live closely together and that benefits at least one of the species

• ecology

• limiting factor

• symbiosis

• population density

movement of individuals out of a population's area

• immigration

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• emigration

an environmental factor that causes a population to decrease in size

• carrying capacity

• death rate

• immigration

• limiting factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

an inherited or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment

• predator

• prey

• adaptation

• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4