NWEA Science Organisms and Environments

Two or more members of one type of species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic
• Community
• Organism
• Reptile

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Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

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Biome with plants and grasses, but no trees.

• grassland

• desert

• forest

• arctic tundra

A biome is...

• Like a snowglobe that you shake and can see different types of animals.
• A large region of earth with a certain type of climate
• An area of earth only found in the United States.

Which biome is the driest? It receives less than 10 inches of rain a year.

• desert

• grassland

• deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

Grassland biomes have lots of GRASS! There are TWO MAJOR TYPES of GRASSLANDS! What are the two types of grasslands?

• Hot and Cold Deserts

• Savannas and Prairies

• Tropical and Temperate Rainforests

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The main source of energy for all organisms in a food web is...

• plants

• sun

• producers

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposers get energy from...

• the sun

• eating plants

• eating animals

• dead things and waste

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Producers are ...

• plants

• animals

• also called decomposers

• all of these are true

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3