Ecology and Human Impact Review

The realized role that an organism fills within an ecosystem.

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Niche

• Producer

Organisms that must take in preformed nutrients (organic compounds).These consumers may ingest, (Eat) absorb, or engulf their nutrients.

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Biotic

• Carnivore

All living organisms of one species that live and interact within an ecosystem.

• Population

• Biosphere

• Community

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A model that shows the flow of energy in an ecosystem from producers to consumers. As energy flows up this model, it decreases being lost as heat.

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Energy Pyramid

• Line Graph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The most biodiverse and stable stage of ecological succession.

• Pioneer Species

• Climax Community

• Shrubs and Grasses

• Predator

The interactions of living organisms and non-living factors within an area.

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Biosphere

• Climax Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism that feeds exclusively on plant material, example – a deer.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Producer

Those resources that are unable to be replaced and, once used up,are gone. Fossil fuels are examples of this type of resource.

• Renewable Resources

• Non Renewable Resources

• Sun Energy

• Biotic

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The presence of wastes, such as plastic bags and motor oil, in lakes and streams miles away from developed areas suggests that

• . ecosystems are interconnected and human action can alter ecosystem equilibrium.

• recycling programs have failed to conserve biotic resources.
  

• natural processes can alter ecosystem stability.

•  direct harvesting practices have led to irreversible destruction of ecosystems.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Organisms that obtains its energy from abiotic sources, such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3