Matter in Ecosystems

All energy in ecosystems starts here:

• the producers

• the clouds

• the sun

• the consumers

Ecosystems change as a result of natural and human-influenced processes.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Matter is neither created nor destroyed in ecosystems

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A nonliving part of an ecosystem

• nonlimiting factor

• limiting factor

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

• decomposers

• producers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A specific classification of plant or animal that is not native to an ecosystem

• invasive species

• limiting factor

• non native species

• native species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A living part of an ecosystem

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• limiting factor

• unlimiting factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• fast food

• food path

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

organisms that eats plants or other animals (animals, humans)

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

organisms that make their own food (plants)

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6