Ecosystems Vocabulary pts 1 and 2

Fill in the blank: all the living and nonliving things in an area.

• Ecosystem
• Ecology

• Systemeco

• Environment

Fill in the blank: the study of how all living and nonliving things interact in order to survive.

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Environment

• Biology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Fill in the blank: the nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• Biotic factors

• Plants

• Abiotic factors

• Rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fill in the blank: living parts of the ecosystem.

• Energy

• Biotic factors

• Food chain

• abiotic factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fill in the blank: any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that animals need.

• Plants

• Consumers

• Oxygen

• Producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals is called a (a)   .

Any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil is called a _______.

• decomposer
• mummy

• mushroom

• compactor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The place where an organism lives is called its _______.

• house

• habitat

• home

• residence

The path energy takes from producers to consumers to decomposers, showing the path of energy as it moves from one organism to another, is called a _______.

• food web

• food net

• food house

• food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The diagram that shows the relationship between all of the species in a community is called a _______.

• food chain

• food beetle

• food web

• food bond