Investigation 1 & 2 Vocab (Pop&Eco)

A single organism

• Individual

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Benefits humans get from the environment

• Individual

• Services

• Ecosystem Services

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A system of interacting biotic and abiotic factors.

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time.

• Controlled Experiment

• Population Study

• Observational Experiment

• Population Experiment

A study where an observer collects data over time for one population in an ecosystem

• Population Study

• Controlled Study

• Observational Study

• Review Study

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Interacting populations in the same area

• Population

• Individual

• Community

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

living

• Dead

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• On fire

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and organisms

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Populations

Nonliving

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Dead

• yes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

To shed an exoskeleton

• Molt

• Shedding

• Instar

• Habitat