Organisms and Environments

A non-living condition or thing that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it

• organism

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats other animals

• Carnivore

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All the living and nonliving things that interact in an environment

• Producers

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Food Chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the living organisms within an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Consumer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

An organism that captures energy from the sun and uses that energy to make, or produce its own food

• Organism

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The flow of energy from one organism to another

• Food Chain

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Plants and animals are _____ because they use energy, grow, and reproduce.

• Predator

• Organims

• Species

• Biotic Factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

An animal that eats only plants

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Predator

An animal that eats both plants and other animals

• Carnivore

• Abiotic Factor

• Omnivore

• Consumer

An animal that hunts, catches and eats other animals

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Predator