Living Environment Ecology

the scientific study of how organisms interact with their environment and all the other organisms that live in that environment

• biotic factor

• food chain

• ecosystem

• ecology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a model of the feeding relationships between many different consumers and producers in an ecosystem

• food chain

• ecosystem

• food web

• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem

• ecosystem

• nitrogen cycle

• energy pyramid

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the movement of nitrogen through Earth, its atmosphere and living things

• transpiration

• nitrogen cycle

• respiration

• carbon cycle

What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.

• The different amount of species in an area

• All abiotic life

• Nitrogen fixation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Match the following with their definitions

• keeping a balance

• Overpopulation

• limits the size of a population

• Carrying Capacity

• Carrying capacity is 2000 individuals

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• # of individuals an area can support

• Limiting factors

• Pop. size goes above carrying capacity

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Ecology, Carrying Capacity

If a farmer does not till (plow their fields), which of the following would be the most likely result.

• Crops will need more fertilizers.

• Soil erosion will be reduced and soil biodiversity will increase.

• Water will be needed more because all the plants will be used to more water.

• Plants will need more pesticides to keep insects away.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

• a desert

• a shallow sea

• a tundra

• a rainforest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

an organism that captures energy and stores it in food as chemical energy

• producer

• decomposer

• comsumer

• scavenger

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

a particular environment and all the living things that are supported by it

• desert

• ecology

• ecocsystem

• tropical rainforest