Energy through the ecosystem

Organisms that eat only plants

• producers

• consumers

• herbivores

• omnivores

The process producers use to convert the sun's energy into their own energy

• metamorphosis

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

organisms that eat only animals

• consumers

• herbivores

• carnivores

• decomposers

organisms that eat both plants and animals

• decomposers

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

Breaks down dead plants and animals into energy and nutrients for the soil

• carnivore

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

An organism that makes its own food

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• herbivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an area where all living and non-living things interact

• population

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Types of consumers

• omnivore, herbivore, carnivore

• consumer, producer, decomposer

• omnivore, producer, carnivore

• consumer, herbivore, decomposer

DECOMPOSER is an organism that

• produces its own food with photosynthesis

• breaks down dead organic material

• eats another organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

PRODUCER is an organism that

• produces its own food with photosynthesis

• breaks down dead organic material

• eats another organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6