Ecosystem Vocabulary

a group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

• Secondary consumer

• Food Chain

• Population

• Herbivore

interacting living and nonliving organisms and their physical environment

• Secondary consumer

• Organism

• Producer

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a group of organisms that are like one another and can combine to produce offspring

• Species

• Secondary consumer

• Omnivore

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

      an animal that only eats plants

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Consumer

an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Predator

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

a path of energy transfer from one organism to another

• WalMart

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• DG

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

   a single self-contained living thing

• Organism

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Primary Consumer

an interconnected set of food chains

• Carnivore

• Food Web

• Producer

• Food Chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an animal that only eats other animals

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

an organism that consumes dead or nonliving biomass (organic matter) without the need to internal digestion

•   Decomposer

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbavore