Ecosystems Vocabulary

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What do you call an animal that eats BOTH plants and animals?

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Omnivore

Front

A living thing that makes its own food from sunlight, air, and soil is called a _____________.

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Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What is the gradual change of an ecosystem called?

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Succession

Front

What do you call a living thing that cannot make its own food, so it must eat things?

Back

Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Which of the following contains ONLY abiotic factors: soil, sunlight, water or fish, birds, sun?

Back

soil, sunlight, water

Front

What is a biotic factor?

Back

A living component of an ecosystem, such as plants and animals.

Front

What is an abiotic factor?

Back

A non-living component of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and soil.

Front

What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What is a predator?

Back

An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

Front

What is prey?

Back

An animal that is hunted and eaten by predators.