Ecosystems Vocab

An ___________ is all of the living things, which includes plants and animals that are living within a certain area.

• Ecosystem

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A _______ describes how different organisms eat each other, starting out w/ a plant & ending w/ an animal.

• Organism

• Food Chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that makes its own food Example: plants

• Producer

• Consumer

Animals are consumers because they don't produce energy, they just use it up. Examples: zebra, cow, fish

• Consumers

• Producer

They eat decaying matter (like dead plants and animals). They help put nutrients back into the soil for plants to eat. Examples: worms, bacteria, and fungi.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

• Predator

• Prey

An animal that hunts other animals for food

• Predator

• Prey

A consumer that eats only plants.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

A consumer that only eat Animals

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Omnivore