Ecosystems Vocab

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Living parts of an ecosystem.

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Biotic Factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Energy path: sun → producer → consumer → decomposer.

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Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Non-living parts of an ecosystem

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Abiotic Factors

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Model showing linked food chains.

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Food Web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

An energy pyramid shows that less and less __________ are available as you go from the base to the top.

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food and energy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Living things (plants) that make their own food.

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Producers

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Living things that eat producers and/or other consumers.

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Consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Organisms that break down dead plants or animals, returning nutrients to the soil.

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Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

A consumer that hunts another for food.

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Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

Consumer hunted by another consumer.

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Prey