Organisms and Environments (STAAR)

an organism that eats other organisms (plants and or animals) for food

• consumer

• decomposer

• herbivore

• carnivore

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an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

• predator

• producer

• offspring

• decomposer

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

to rely on someone or something else

• ecosystem

• food chain

• dependent

• producer

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NGSS.3-LS4-3

a unit consisting of living organisms and the environment that they live in

• ecosystem

• habitat

• migration

• structure

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NGSS.3-LS4-3

NGSS.5-LS2-1

a representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

• food web

• ecosystem

• food chain

• environment

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

representation of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways

• food web

• food chain

• overpopulation

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

the place where an organism lives; supply the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival

• ecosystem

• consumer

• dormancy

• habitat

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having too many people or organisms in a particular area, straining available resources and impacting the environment

• overpopulation

• photosynthesis

• migration

• dormancy

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process by which producers / plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food

• producer

• dormancy

• photosynthesis

• herbivore

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NGSS.5-LS1-1

NGSS.5-PS3-1

an organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)

• photosynthesis

• consumer

• offspring

• producer

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