Ecology/Ecosystems 1

Green plants are

• producers
• consumers
• herbivores
• omnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Members of a species in a defined area

• Ecosystem
• community
• biodiversity
• population

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Where an organism lives

• habitat
• niche 
• heterotrogh
• biosphere

Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• food chain 
• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Organisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms 

• consumer
• trophic level
• decomposer
• species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that can produce their own source of food are called...

• heterotrophs

• omnivores

• autotrophs

• herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organisms that are unable to make their own food are called...

• autotrophs

• heterotrophs

• homeotrophs

• heterovores