Ecosystem Interactions Vocabulary

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

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

to rely on someone or something else

• dependent

• consumer

• offspring

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

• habitat

• ecosystem

• food web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• photosynthesis

• food web

• food chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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 chain

• food web

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• habitat

• ecosystem

• overpopulation

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

• dependent

• overpopulation

• interaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• overpopulation

• photosynthesis

• absorption

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer