an organism that eats other organisms (plants and or animals) for food

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Dependent

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Producer

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

to rely on someone or something else

• Dependent

• Ecosystem

• Food chain

• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a unit consisting of living organisms and the environment that they live in

• Ecosystem

• Food web

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

• Food chain

• Food web

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

representation of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways

• Food web

• Food chain

• Photosynthesis

• Dependent

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the place where an organism lives; supply the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

• Photosynthesis

• Ecosystem

having too many people or organisms in a particular area, straining available resources and impacting the environment

• Overpopulation

• Photosynthesis

• Producer

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

process by which producers / plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food

• Photosynthesis

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

an organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Dependent

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4