Unit 3: Matter and Energy in Organisms Vocabulary

Front

What do we call animals that are caught and eaten by predators?

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Prey

Front

What is the role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat?

Back

Niche

Front

What is the place where an organism lives and can find everything they need to survive?

Back

Habitat

Front

What do we call all the organisms of the same species that live together in a given area?

Back

Population

Front

What is a living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things?

Back

Consumer

Front

What do we call organisms that make their own food using sunlight?

Back

Producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food?

Back

Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What term describes the community of living organisms and their environment interacting as a system?

Back

Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What do we call a group of different species living together in a habitat?

Back

Community

Front

What is the term for the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism?

Back

Habitat