Investigating Ecosystem Interactions Unit 7

An organism that eats other organisms (plants and/or animals) for food.

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

An organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

to rely on someone or something else

• Dependent

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The place where an organism lives; habitats supply the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival

• Dependent

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

• Photosynthesis

having too many people or organisms in a particular area, straining available resources and impacting the environment

• Dependent

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

a representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

• Ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a unit consisting of living organisms and the environment that they are in

• Ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

representation of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways

• Ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

process by which producers / plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food

• Dependent

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3