Ecosystems Vocabulary

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living components of an ecosystem, such as soil, sunlight, and water.

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What is a producer?

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A living thing that makes its own food from sunlight, air, and soil.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What is a consumer?

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A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other things.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is a carnivore?

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A type of consumer that eats only other animals.

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What is prey?

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A living thing that is hunted and eaten by a predator.

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What are biotic factors?

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Living components of an ecosystem, such as plants and animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

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What is an herbivore?

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A type of consumer that eats only plants.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is the 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