#8 Biology Keystone 2: Ecology

The movement of abiotic factors between the living and nonliving components within ecosystems; also known as nutrient cycles (i.e., water cycle, oxygen cycle, and nitrogen cycle).

• Abiotic

• Agriculture

• Aquatic

• Biogeochemical Cycles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The zone of life on Earth; sum total of all ecosystems on Earth.

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Biotic

• Community (Ecological)

A term that describes a nonliving factor in an ecosystem.

• Biome

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A species that is found in its originating location and is generally restricted to that geographic area.

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Endemic Species

• Energy Pyramid

An organism that obtains nutrients by consuming dead and decaying organic matter which allows nutrients to be accessible to other organisms.

• Decomposer

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Chemical or physical factor that limits the existence, growth, abundance, or distribution of an individual organism or a population.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Habitat

• Limiting Factor

The artificial cultivation of food, fiber, and other goods by the systematic growing and harvesting of various organisms.

• Abiotic

• Agriculture

• Aquatic

• Biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

An area that provides an organism with its basic needs for survival.

• Habitat

• Limiting Factor

• Food Web

• Food Chain

A complex arrangement of interrelated food chains illustrating the flow of energy between interdependent organisms.

• Environment

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms or their remains.

• Community (ecological)

• Competition

• Producer (ecological)

• Consumer (ecological)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2