NGSSMS-LS2-1NGSS-2013

Resource availability affects ecosystems

NGSS·science·Grade 6·Bloom: Analyze·Last verified: May 17, 2026

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. Clarification: Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.

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