Energy in Ecosystems

A producer?

• Eats other plants and animals
• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants or animals
• Makes toys for kids

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A consumer?

• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants and animals
• Eats plants and other animals for energy
• Buys toys for kids

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A decomposer?

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
• Eats plants or other animals for food
• Makes its own food
• Machine that gathers trash

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

This organism draws its water from the ground, traps sunlight in its chlorophyll, and makes glucose (sugar) in broad green parts of its body. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Fungi

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

Frog

• Producer
• Conusmer
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Pine Tree. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Ecology is

• The study of human feet
• The study of relationships between plants, animals and their surroundings
• The study of bones
• The study of the brain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The frog is a predator to what prey in this food chain?

• frog
• grass
• grasshopper
• hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Why is a deer classified as a herbivore?

• A deer makes its own food.
• A deer eats only plants.
• A deer eats only animals.
• A deer eats plants and animals.