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Biodiversity, Food Webs and Chains

Biodiversity, Food Webs and Chains

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Flashcard

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS1-6

+1

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is biodiversity?

Back

Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of different species, genetic diversity, and the variety of ecosystems.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem, starting from producers to various levels of consumers.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a food web?

Back

A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem, illustrating how different organisms are related through feeding relationships.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Define producers in an ecosystem.

Back

Producers, or autotrophs, are organisms that can make their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, such as plants and algae.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are consumers?

Back

Consumers are organisms that cannot produce their own food and rely on consuming other organisms for energy. They can be classified as herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

Back

Decomposers, such as fungi and bacteria, break down dead organic matter, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a carnivore?

Back

A carnivore is a type of consumer that primarily eats other animals.

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