a single, linear path showing the flow of energy from the Sun to a producer and through different levels of consumers

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• trophic level

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy through an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

• trophic levels

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the position an organism occupies on the food web

• trophic level

• energy pyramid

• food chain

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a diagram that shows the total amount of energy contained within each trophic level

• energy pyramid

• food web

• food chain

• heterotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals without need for internal digestion

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

• autotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that transforms the energy from the Sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food

• producer

• heterotroph

• decomposer

• consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• consumer

• autotroph

• producer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that gets its energy by feeding on producers in the food chain

• primary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• secondary consumer

• decomposer

an animal that eats primary consumers (other animals that eat plants)

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• autotroph

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that gets its energy by eating secondary consumers

• tertiary consumer

• primary consumer

• decomposer

• autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3