DMS Vocabulary 2025 Review

A relationship in which 1 species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

A relationship in which 1 member lives with, on or in another and harms it.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

A relationship where BOTH organisms benefit.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

Nonliving parts of an organism's habitat.

• biotic

• abiotic

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Living or once living parts of an organism's habitat.

• abiotic

• element

• biotic

A cell that has a nucleus and membrane bound structures.

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A cell that lacks (does not have) a nucleus and membrane bound structures.

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

• atoms

The careful use of a resource, such as clean air to prevent it from being wasted and make it last longer.

• conservation

• mutualism

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Rocks that form when magma or lava COOLS and hardens

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

Rocks made up of particles from other rocks (COMPACTION and CEMENTATION)

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous