Flow of Matter and Energy Vocab

An organism's position on a food chain

• Trophic Level

• Biomass

• Energy Pyramid

• Ecological Pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An organism that is capable of performing photosynthesis, transforming energy from the Sun, and using carbon dioxide and water to make food

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• Producer

• Consumer

• Autotroph

• Cannibal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats the producers

• Secondary Consumer

• Autotroph

• Tertiary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An animal that eats the primary consumers

• Producer

• Secondary Consumer

• Heterotroph

• Tertiary Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats the secondary consumers.

• Primary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producer

• Autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Material derived from living things

• Biomass

• Matter

• Energy

• Detritus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The amount of energy moving through the food chain

• Gene Flow

• Trophic Level

• Energy Pyramid

• Energy Flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Anything that has volume and mass

• Biomass

• Energy

• Matter

• Trophic Pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that obtains its energy from an abiotic source such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Consumer

• Carnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3