Ecology Review

An organism that eats other organisms to get energy

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that breaks down dead organisms and return nutrients to soil.

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that can make its own food using the sun’s energy.

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that feeds on dead organisms.

• Producer
• Decomposer
• Scavenger

An organism that eats only animals (meat).

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

An organism that eats only plants.

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

An organism that eats both plants and animals (meat).

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

How much energy is passed on to the next level in an energy pyramid?

• 100%
• 10%

The arrows in the food web

• Show the flow of energy. The arrow points from the prey to the organism eating it
• Show the flow of energy. The arrow points to the food that is being eaten.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The parts of a habitat that are living

• abiotic
• biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5