Life Science

An organism that gets energy by eating only plants.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

An organism that gets energy by eating both plants and animals.

• decomposer

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals without need for internal digestion.

• decomposer

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism that gets energy by eating only other animals.

• decomposer

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

All living and nonliving things and all their interactions in an area.

• carnivore

• organism

• ecosystem

• nonliving

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A single, self-contained, living thing.

• organism

• nonliving

• ecosystem

• adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A part of the ecosystem that is not living, such as sunlight, air (includes oxygen and carbon dioxide), water, rocks, and soil.

• comsumer

• ecosystem

• nonliving

• living organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All objects that have biological processes that keep them alive, such as plants and animals.

• adaptation

• living organisms

• consumer

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive.

• adaptation

• producer

• carnivore

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A long-term relationship between two different kinds of organisms where one or both receive benefit.

• adaptation

• symbiotic

• producer

• consumer