Energy and Ecosystems

Energy is

• Stuff things are made of

• Stuff that allows things to move

• Stuff that has mass and takes up space

• Electricity

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Joules are

• Fancy, shiny, expensive rocks

• A unit of matter

• A unit of Energy

• A unit of mass

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Trophic levels are

• Levels used to describe how energy is passed in a food chain

• Levels used to describe how matter is passed around in a food chain

• Levels used to describe how matter is passed around our planet

• Levels used to describe the flow of from animals toward the sun

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Heterotroph

• An organism can eat both plants and animals

• An organism relies directly on the sun alone for its energy

• An organism that can get its energy from the sun or eating other organisms

• An organism that eats other organisms for their energy needs

Producers are

• Organisms that can eat both plants and animals

• Organisms that can get their energy directly on the sun alone

• Organisms that can get their energy from the sun or eating other organisms

• An organism that eats other organisms for their energy needs

The Primary Consumer level is

• The trophic level with animals that eat only producers (herbivore)

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Primary Consumers

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Secondary Consumers

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Tertiary Consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The Secondary Consumer level is

• The trophic level with animals that eat only producers (herbivore)

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Primary Consumers

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Secondary Consumers

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Tertiary Consumers

The Teriary Consumer level is

• The trophic level with animals that eat only producers (herbivore)

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Primary Consumers

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Secondary Consumers

• The trophic level with animals that eat only Tertiary Consumers

An herbivore is

• Animals that eat both plants and animals

• Animals that eat only other animals or other insects

• Animals that eat only plants

• Animals that don't eat but rely on the sun for their energy

An Carnivore is

• Animals that eat both plants and animals

• Animals that eat only other animals/insects

• Animals that eat only plants

• Animals that don't eat but rely on the sun for their energy