Unit 3 Part 2 Vocabulary Review

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What role does a bear play when it eats a fish in a predatory interaction?

Back

Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

What is a herbivore?

Back

An organism that only eats plants.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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In a food chain, what is an organism that is caught and killed by another organism for food called?

Back

Prey

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What is an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis?

Back

Autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What is the relationship called where one organism is helped and the other is harmed?

Back

Parasitism

Front

What is a consumer?

Back

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What is a decomposer?

Back

An organism that breaks down dead organic material.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is mutualism?

Back

A relationship where both organisms benefit.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Front

What is commensalism?

Back

A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

Front

What is a heterotroph?

Back

An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3