Introduction to Ecology

Biomes are classified by

• what lives there

• amount of rainfall

• temperature

• all are correct

The smallest and simplest part of an ecological system is

• an individual organism

• a population

• a community

• an ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

All the organisms of the same species living in the same area or community

• Community

• Population

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

The part of the earth that supports life; includes the top portion of the earth's crust.

• Tropospher

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Ozone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All living things in a given area, living and non-living.

• Ecosystem

• Biotic

• Community

• Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A population of different species that exist in an ecosystem

• Habitat

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A group of very similar organisms that can mate and reproduce offspring of the same type

• Community

• Population

• Species

• Niche

the scientific study of interactions between different organisms and between organisms and their environment or surroundings

• ecosystem

• relationship

• ecology

• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A group of very similar organisms that can mate and reproduce offspring of the same type

• Community

• Population

• Individual/Organism

• Niche

Regions of the world with similar climate (weather, temperature)

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6