Ecosystem vocabulary ESL

Ecosystem on land

• terrestrial

• habitat

• population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Organism hunted by another for food

• predator

• prey

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Position an organism occupies in a food web

• tolerant

• abiotic

• trophic level

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Animals job or position

• food web

• habitat

• niche

Organism that performs photosynthesis

• consumer

• producer

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Nonliving

• abiotic

• biotic

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organism that must consume others for nutrients

• prey

• predator

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Several species need the same limited resource

• competition

• habitat

• tolerant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Organism that hunts for its food

• consumer

• predator

• prey

organism that breaks down dead plants & animals

• decomposer

• biotic

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3