Outdoor Education Vocabulary Omega (All Words)

Which word means a physical or behavioral change in characteristics that produces better adjustment of an organism to its environment and increases its chances for reproduction and survival.

• Adaptation
• Carnivore
• Decomposer
• Environment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Which word means animals that feed on other animals.

• Carnivore
• Community
• Environment
• Consumer

Which word means a group of living things that live and interact together within an ecosystem. The effective management and use of resources provide maximum benefits to the ecosystem – today and for generations to come.

• Community
• Cycle
• Food Chain
• Habitat

Which word means an organisms that get their energy from feeding on other organisms.

• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Omnivore
• Ecosystem

Which word means a series of continuous changes that always return to their starting point.

• Cycle
• Ecosystem
• Habitat
• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which word means an organisms that break down dead materials into simpler forms, such as fungi, insects, and bacteria.

• Decomposer
• Community
• Natural Resources
• Consumer

Which word means a unit of living organisms and nonliving elements that interact.

• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Organism
• Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which word means everything that surrounds an organism, both living organisms and nonliving matter.

• Environment
• Habitat
• Food Chain
• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which word means the transfer of food energy through a series of organisms as each one is fed upon by the next – from producers to consumers.

• Food Chain
• Cycle
• Herbivore
• Natural Resources

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which word means the environment in which an organism lives that provides food, water, shelter, and space for the organism.

• Habitat
• Ecosystem
• Cycle
• Producer