Ecosystems: Food Chains and Food WEbs

An organism that eats other organisms to get energy

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

An organism that breaks down dead organisms and return nutrients to soil.

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that can make its own food using the sun’s energy.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that feeds on dead organisms.

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Scavenger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that eats only animals (meat).

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

An organism that eats only plants.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

An organism that eats both plants and animals (meat).

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

How much energy is passed on in an energy pyramid?

• 100%

• 20%

• 10%

• 0%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What to the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?

• The flow of energy between organisms

• Point out the name of the orgainisms

• Point to the living things in the food web.

• Point to the nonliving things in the food chain.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If an arrow points from a rabbit to a fox it means

• The energy is going from the rabbit to the fox when it eats it.

• The energy is going from the fox to the rabbit when the fox eats the rabbit.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3