Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

to CHANGE so as to fit a new situation, to ADJUST behavior for survival

• decompose

• adapt

• consume

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

CHARACTERISTICS or BEHAVIORS that enable an organism survive in its environment

• adaptations

• ecosystems

• cells

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Animal CELLS and plant CELLS carry out this process to convert glucose into ENERGY.

• photosynthesis

• digestion

• cellular respiration

The SMALLEST (basic) units of living things – cells make tissues, tissues make organs, organs make systems.

• systems

• tissues

• cells

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

any living thing - all PLANTS & ANIMALS

• omnivore

• organisms

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a group of organisms of the SAME KIND that live in a certain area. (ALL the white-tailed deer in Lancaster, NY)

• population

• species

• producers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Organisms that cannot make their own food, so they must eat plants and/or other animals. (herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores)

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a flesh-eating animal, a meat eating animal or a plant that eats insects (spelling counts)

an animal that eats a diet of BOTH plants and animals (spelling counts)

an animal that feeds only on PLANTS (spelling counts)