Science STAAR Category

The living organisms in an ecosystem such as plants and animals

• adaptation
• biotic
• decomposer
• abiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The non-living factors in an ecosystem such as rocks, water and temperature.

• natural selection
• biotic
• biodiversity
• abiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that make their own food. Also called autotrophs.

• Producer
• Parasite
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that eat other organisms (heterotroph).

• Producer
  
• Parasite
• Consumer
• Scavenger

Organisms that digest dead producers and consumers such as mold, fungus, bacteria and worms.

• Producer
• Parasite
• Decomposer
• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms, such as vultures, that feed on dead animals.

• Producer
• Scavenger
• Consumer
• Parasite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that live in or on another organism and benefit at the host's expense.

• Parasite
• Producer
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

Struggle between organisms of the same or different species for food, space, light, water, etc.

• Interdependence
• Natural Selection
• Adaptation
• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Process by which an animal or plant species becomes fitted to its environment to help them survive.

• Interdependence
• Natural Selection
• Adaptation
• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Photosynthetic plant that is the beginning of the food chain for many aquatic animals.

• Phytoplankton
• Parasite
• Producer
• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6