Community Interactions and Population Dynamics

What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?

• grow

• shrink

• stay the same

• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies on the same limited resources

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Environmental Interactions

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A living thing that affects the ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Population

• Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Population

• Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A relationship between organisms or species that is helpful to both

• Interdependent

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Food Web

The interaction between two animals in which one animal eats the other

• Interdependent

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats primary consumers (i.e., other animals that eat plants)

• Producer

• Consumer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

Relationships between an organism or population and abiotic factors

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Environmental Interactions

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem

• Interdependent

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that transforms energy from the sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food

• Producer

• Consumer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3