Energy and Mass in Ecology

organism that obtains energy by eating animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

organism that obtains energy by eating plants and animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

an organism that can make its own food.

• heterotroph

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.

• trophic level

• food web

• food chain

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

all the different populations that live together in an area

• trophic level

• food web

• food chain

• community

series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• trophic level

• food web

• food chain

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

• trophic level

• food web

• food chain

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be altered from one form to another.

• conservation of energy

• conservation of mass

• photosynthesis

• 10% Rule

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

the amount of energy in one trophic level that is passed onto the next trophic level

• conservation of energy

• conservation of mass

• photosynthesis

• 10% Rule

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-4