Energy and Matter in Organisms

A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• community

• consumer

• prey

• predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things.

• community

• consumer

• predator

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.

• niche

• ecosystem

• environment

• habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.

• ecosystem

• environment

• habitat

• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.

• ecosystem

• environment

• habitat

• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.

• ecosystem

• environment

• habitat

• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The process that plants use to make sugar.

• population

• producer

• environment

• photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given area.

• population

• environment

• habitat

• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals.

• consumer

• niche

• predator

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Animals that are caught and eaten by predators.

• producer

• predator

• consumer

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3