Ecosystem Vocab Quiz

Living and non-living things interacting in an environment.

• ecosystem

• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A group of ecosystems with similar climates based on their latitude.

• ecosystem

• biome

A consumer that eats only plants.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

A consumer that eats only animals.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

A consumer that eats plants AND animals.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that finds and eats other organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

An organism that creates its own food.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A diagram that shows the the path of food energy in an ecosystem as one living thing eats another.

• food pyramid

• food chain

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A model that shows the loss of energy from one trophic level to another.

• food pyramid

• food chain

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6