A simple "line" of plants and animals that transfer energy by the process of eating.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Ecosystem

• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Interconnected feeding relationships within an ecosystem that transfer energy from producers to consumers.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Decomposer

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism in a food chain that is able to make its own food and represents level 1 on the food chain .

• Consumer

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism in a food web that feeds directly on the producer.

• Primary Consumer
• Secondary Consumer
• Decomposer
• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism in a food web that eats other consumers to obtain energy.

• Producer

• Secondary

  Consumer

• Prey

• Scavenger

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism in a food web that eats other consumers to obtain energy and is not eaten by another organism.

• Producer

• Top Consumer

• Prey

• Scavenger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The source of where all energy comes from in a food web.

• Top Consumers
• Producers
• The Sun
• Ecosystems

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism in a food chain that breaks down organic matter (left overs) and puts nutrients back in the soil through chemical reactions.

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Scavenger

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• Producer
• Consumer
• Carnivore
• Omnivore

An animal that eats only plants.

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Producer