7th Ecosystems 2021-22 New

The arrows on food chains represent the flow of _______ and matter

• Matter

• Energy

• Calories

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a producer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organic matter for energy

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a decomposer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organic matter for energy

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a consumer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organic matter for energy

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

An organism that consumes only plants

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

An organism that consumes only animals

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

An organism that consumes both plants and animals

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

An Ecological Relationship in which one organism kills and consumes another

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Parasitism

When two organisms compete for a limited resource

• Competition

• Mutalism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Ecological Relationship in which both species involved benefit from the relationship

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Parasitism