Vocabulary
Key Concepts
100

A part that is supposed to represent the whole

What is a sample

100

A system can be stable even as things are being        to and        from it. 

What is added and removed

200

When something stays mostly the same over time

What is stability

200

If the amount being       to and being         are not equal, then the system will change.

What is added and removed

300

a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

What is population

300

When there are more deaths than births, the population is           .

What is decreasing?

400

All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area.

What is an ecosystem

400

When there are more births than deaths


What is increasing population?

500

When there is a lot of variety in an ecosystem.

What is biodiversity

500

For a system to be healthy, it needs to have          .


What is biodiversity?