H Energy Transfer Vocabulary

Match the following.

• metabolism

• All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism

• catabolic reaction

• any chemical reaction that breaks apart large molecules and releases energy

• anabolic reaction

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• any chemical reaction that combines simple molecules to build more complex molecules

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Match the following

• abiotic factors

• how much energy is transferred to the next trophic level

• autotroph

• Non-living components of the environment

• 10% rule of energy transfer

• An organism that makes its own food from abiotic sources

• heterotroph

• organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival

• adaptation

• anabolic reaction

• biomass

• ATP

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

(adenosine triphosphate) main energy source that cells use for most of their work

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

biodiversity

• the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level

• A unit used to measure the amount of energy contained in foods

• unit to measure energy from abiotic sources

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

biomass

• the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level

• A unit used to measure the amount of energy contained in foods

• unit to measure energy from abiotic sources

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

calories

• the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level

• A unit used to measure the amount of energy contained in foods

• unit to measure energy from abiotic sources

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

Joules

• the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level

• A unit used to measure the amount of energy contained in foods

• unit to measure energy from abiotic sources

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NGSS.HS-PS3-1

NGSS.HS-PS3-2

Basic unit of life

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Match the following

• niche

• All the different populations that live together in an area

• ecosystem

• A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

• community

• Place where an organism lives

• habitat

• An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4