Community Ecology

Living things within an ecosystem; such as plants, animals, and bacteria

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Ecology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Non-living components; such as water, soil and atmosphere

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Ecology

• Biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The level of ecology dealing with the individual (ex. one house cat or one post oak tree)

• Community

• Species

• Population

• Organism

The level of ecology that refers to the type of organism (ex. Loggerhead Shrikes)

• Organism

• Species

• Community

• Biome

A group of individuals that all belong to the same species.

• Organism

• Species

• Population

• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The level of ecosystem made up of all the populations of different species in a given area.

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The level of ecosystem that includes all the species in a community as well as biotic and abiotic factors.

• Biome

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Enclosure

Which of the following ecological levels is correctly paired with its description?

• Population - the regions on Earth that can support life

• Community - a group of one species living in a given area

• Ecosystem - all of the living and nonliving factors in an environment

• Individual (Organism)- all of the species living in a given area

Which ecological level is represented by the picture?

• Population

• Species

• Community

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Drag each vocabulary word UNDER the picture that best describes it.

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Population

Ecosystem

Organism

Community