Energy Flow and Ecosystem

Organisms that make their own food

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Symbiosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumers that eat only plants

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

Consumers that eat only animals

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

Consumers that eat both plants and animals

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A food _______ consists of many overlapping food ________.

• web, chains

• chain, webs

• pyramid, webs

• web, pyramids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

As you work your way up the energy pyramid, what happens to the energy?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

• Nothing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3