Ecosystems Week 3 Vocabulary

An energy pyramid is a model that shows the flow of energy from one trophic, or feeding, level to the next in an ecosystem.

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Energy Pyramid

• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Two or more food chains that overlap

• Energy Chain

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that only eats plants

• Vegetarian

• Omnivore

• Canivore

• Herbivore

An organism that eats both plants and meat

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Prey

An organism that only eats meat

• Predator

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

An animal that hunts or preys on other animals

• Producer

• Consumer

• Prey

• Predator

An animal that is hunted or killed by another for food

• Consumer

• Predators

• Prey

• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Living things that cannot make their own food. They get their energy from eating food.

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Predator

• Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A living thing that makes its own food through photosynthesis.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that eats dead plants and animals and recycle them back into soil

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3