Ecosystems Vocab

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An ___________ includes all living things, like plants and animals, in a specific area.

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Ecosystem

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A _______ describes how organisms eat each other, starting with a plant and ending with an animal.

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Food Chain

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An organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)

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Producer

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

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Animals are consumers; they use energy (e.g., zebra, cow, fish).

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Consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Eat decaying matter (dead plants/animals) and return nutrients to soil. Examples: worms, bacteria, fungi.

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Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Animal hunted for food.

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Prey

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An animal that hunts others for food

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Predator

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A consumer that eats only plants.

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Herbivore

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Consumer that eats only animals

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Omnivore

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals

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Omnivore