OpenSciEd Ecosystems

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

• biotic factors

• habitat

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• Consumer

• biotic factors

• Ecosystems depend on other ecosystems

• Law of Conservation of Mass

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What happens when an organism dies?

• their dead bodies decay

• they absorb energy

• they respond to the environment

• they move to another environment

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Which process do plants use to turn sunlight into food energy?

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• transpiration

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which organism is an example of a producer?

• moth

• mushroom

• rose bush

• cheetah

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Maggots feed on dead and decaying organisms for energy. What are maggots?

• autotrophs

• producers

• decomposers

• heterotrophs

Which is the primary consumer in this food chain?

• snake

• grass

• rabbit

• hawk

What gas  do plants give off after conducting photosynthesis that humans/animals need in order to live?

• Oxygen

• Carbon

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Where do plants get the energy for photosynthesis to take place?

• nutrients in the soil

• the sun

• chlorophyll

• bee pollination

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

all living things and nonliving things in a given area

• food chain

• consumer

• ecosystem

• producer

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