Ecosystem, Food Chain, and Energy Transfer

Interconnected food chains

• food chain

• food web

• food pyramid

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

energy relationships; how energy is passed from organism to organism

• food chain

• food web

• food pyramid

• energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that only eats plants

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

an organism that only eats meat/animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

an organism that eats both meat/animals and plants

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

the process plants go through to make energy

• producing

• decomposing

• respiration

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

an example of an organism found at the top of a food web

• oak tree

• tomato plant

• lion

• grass

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

bacteria, insects, and fungi that break down plants and animals into nutrients for the soil

• herbivore

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

living and non-living things that interact with each other in their environment

• ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

which of the following is NOT an example of a type of ecosystem

• desert

• forest

• garage

• swamp