Ecosystems Vocab

Terrestrial

• overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of

  energy in an ecosystem

• ecosystem that is found on land

• an organism that is hunted by another for food

• an organism that is capable of performing photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Prey

• an organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• an organism that hunts for its food

• an organism that is hunted by another for food

• an organism that is capable of performing photosynthesis

Trophic Level

• position that an organism occupies in a food web

• an animals job or position

• a diagram that shows the trophic levels of organisms (10% rule)

• overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of

  energy in an ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Niche

• position that an organism occupies in a food web.

• The number of one type of species in an area

• Factors in an ecosystem that are living or once were.

• an animals job or position

Producer

• an organism that is capable of performing photosynthesis

• an organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• an organism that hunts for its food

• an organism that is hunted by another for food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Abiotic

• Factors in an ecosystem that are living or once were.

• non living factors that affect the ecosystem

• Dead, no longer living

• The number of one type of species in an area

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumer

• an organism that hunts for its food

• an organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• an organism that is hunted by another for food

• Factors in an ecosystem that are living or once were.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Competition

• an organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of

  energy in an ecosystem

• when more than 1 individual or population relies on the same

  limited resources

• Harvesting a resource to the point of diminishing returns

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Predator

• an organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• an organism that hunts for its food

• an organism that is hunted by another for food

• an organism that is capable of performing photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Decomposer

• Factors in an ecosystem that are living or once were.

• The number of one type of species in an area

• Dead, no longer living

• organisms that break down the remains of dead plants and animals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3