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Any organism that eats another to obtain energy.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that eats dead and decaying organisms/waste for energy and recycles nutrients.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Any organism that can use the energy of the sun to produce their own food.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The process in which an organism combines carbon dioxide and water with the sun's energy to make food.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A diagram that models the feeding relationships and transfer of energy in a community of organisms.

• Photosynthesis

• Consumer

• Food web

• Energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A group of the same species of organism living in a defined area.

• Community

• Population

• Biome

• Ecosystem

A large region classified by the interaction of living things, climate, and geographical features.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Community

• Population

The interactions between organisms living in a specific area and their physical non-living environment (habitat).

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Populations of diverse organisms living in one area.

• Population

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Specific environment where an organism lives based upon an organisms requirements.

• Habitat

• Biome

• Ecosystem