Ecosystem Vocabulary

What is a living thing that makes its own food from the sun?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that eats both plants and animals is called a what?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

An organism that gets its energy by breaking down dead and decaying matter and putting nutrients back into the soil is called what?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

What is the process called where plants make their own food?

• photogenesis
• photosynthesis
• energy pyramid
• food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is an organism called that eats only meat?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

An organism that eats only plants is called what?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

An organism that eats only plants is called what?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

An animal that HUNTS and eats other animals is called what?

• prey
• predator
• herbivore
• scavenger

An animal that is EATEN by other animals is a what?

• predator
• prey
• herbivore
• scavenger

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Any living thing is called a what?

• animal
• plant
• organism
• human