Interactions in Ecosystems

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What is an organism that eats other organisms (plants and/or animals) for food?

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Consumer

Front

What is the representation of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem that includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers?

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Food web

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What does it mean to rely on someone or something else?

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Dependent

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NGSS.3-LS2-1

NGSS.3-LS4-3

Front

What is an organism that makes its own food?

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Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What is a representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What term describes the role of organisms that break down dead material and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem?

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Decomposer

Front

What is the term for the place where an organism lives?

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Habitat

Front

What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make their own food?

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Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What is the term for a group of different species living together in a specific area?

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Community

Front

What is the term for the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support?

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Carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4