Ecosystems Vocabulary Part One

What is an animal that eats only other animals?

• food chain

• omnivore

• carnivore

• niche

This is the role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.

• niche

• food chain

• era

• camouflage

This is an organism that breaks down the remains of dead organisms.

• adaptation

• decomposer

• omnivore

• era

This is the path of food energy in an ecosystem as a living thing eats another.

• decomposer

• herbivore

• habitat

• food chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is the place where an organism lives.

• niche

• habitat

• camouflage

• herbivore

This is an animal that eats only plants.

• herbivore

• era

• omnivore

• food chain

This is an animal that can eat both plants and animals.

• era

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

This is a physical feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.

• adaptation

• era

• decomposer

• carnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This is the coloring, marking, or other physical appearance of an animal that enables it to blend in with its environment.

• habitat

• niche

• era

• camouflage

This is a major division of geologic time defined by events that took place during that time.

• era

• adaptation

• decomposer

• habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4