Ecosystem Vocabulary

One living thing

• plant

• organisms

• ecosystem

• consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

ALL living and non-living things in one area

• ecosystem

• organism

• herbivore

• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

living things that make their own food through photosynthesis, 2nd in the food chain

• consumers

• plants

• producers

• organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

living things that eat other living things, 3rd in the food chain

• decomposer

• organisms

• herbivores

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

organisms that get their nutrients by breaking down dead plants and animals

• decomposer

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

a consumer that only eats plants

• herbivore

• omnivore

• organism

• carnivore

a consumer that eats both plants and animals

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• producer

a consumer that ONLY eats other animals

• herbivore

• ecosystem

• omnivore

• carnivore

a place that meets all of an organism's needs

• habitat

• home

• ecosystem

• climate

an organism that eats and obtains it's energy from a producer. Usually an Herbivore or an Omnivore.

• Secondary consumer
• Primary consumer
• Decomposer
• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2