Ecology Review

Communities and their environment, through which matter cycles and energy flows

• Ecosystem
• Population
• Habitat
• Biome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

A group of interacting individuals from multiple species

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• habitat

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainability

• Global Change

• Climate shift

• Metapopulations

• Ecology

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

The time over which a study occurs

• Conceptual scale

• Spatial scale

• Interval
• Temporal scale

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Extent describes...

• The timeframe of an experiment

• The maximum scale of an experiment

• The level of observation or analysis

• The mechanism of an experiment

Grain

• The area over which a study occurs

• The level of detail used in an experiment

• The sampling unit of an experiment

• The maximum scale of an experiment

Climate

• Climate refers to daily weather changes.
• Long-term description of weather at a particular location

• Climate is only about temperature variations.
• Climate is the same as weather in a short period.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Direct contact as the mechanism of heat transfer describes...

• Convection

• Radiation
• Conduction
• Insulation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Using currents of air or water to transfer heat

• Insulation
• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Describes the deflection of prevailing winds as a result of the Earth's rotation.

• Trade winds
• Jet stream
• Coriolis effect
• Monsoon winds