Env. Science - 3.1 Vocab Check

A sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another​ (a)  

• food chain
• food web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumers that eat only producers (plant-eaters)

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

Consumers that eat both plants and animals

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

an organism that makes its own food​ (a)  

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

the process of breaking down dead organisms​ into energy​ (a)  

• cellular respiration
• trophic levels

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumers that get their food by breaking down dead organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Consumers that eat other consumers (meat-eaters)

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

what all the organisms eat in an ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Each step in the transfer of energy through an ecosystem.

• trophic levels

• food chain

• food web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3