PhD Science Module 3 Plants in the Environment

a trait caused by events that occur during an organism's lifetime

• acquired trait

• weather

• inherited trait

• food web

a gas that is part of air

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide

• condensation

• rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a plant with special structures that capture and digest animals

• prickly pear cactus

• food web

• carnivorous plant

• big bluestem grass

the pattern of typical weather conditions in a location over time

• weather

• precipitation

• temperature

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the process by which a gas, such as water vapor, becomes a liquid

• condensation

• water cycle

• precipitation

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

an organism that breaks down dead organisms

• the Sun

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

uses energy from the Sun to make their own food

• the Sun

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

provides light energy for producers

• consumer

• the Sun

• decomposer

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

eat producers and other animals as their food to live

• decomposer

• the Sun

• consumer

• producer

any material that an organism uses to supply its matter and energy needs

• decomposer

• trait

• carbon dioxide

• food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3