Ecosystems Vocabulary,Photosynthesis,CarbonCycle,FoodWebs

The process in which plants and some other organisms use the energy in sunlight to make food.

• Glucose

• Producers

• Consumers

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A carbohydrate; produced by photosynthesis; primary source of energy for some plant and animal cells

• Glucose

• Photosynthesis

• Producers

• Chlorophyll

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organelle in plant and algae cells that converts energy from sunlight into chemical energy that the plant can use

• Chloroplasts

• Chlorophyll

• Producers

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A green pigment that traps energy from the sun.

• Chloroplasts

• Chlorophyll

• Producer

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

All of the living parts of an ecosystem

• Decomposer

• Diffusion

• Biotic

• Hydrocarbon

Living organisms that live and grow on land

• Biotic

• Terrestrial

• Diffusion

• Hydrocarbon

An organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Hydrocarbon

• Diffusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A molecule containing only the elements hydrogen and carbon.

• Hydrocarbon

• Water carbon

• Diffusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1