Matter and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem Vocab

The process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar and release oxygen.

• producer

• matter

• photosynthesis

• food chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A single, self contained, living thing.

• organism

• movement

• producer

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals without need for internal digestion.

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• omnivore

What is needed to do work or cause change.

• motion

• energy

• force

• body repair

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

An increase in size, abundance, or complexity.

• energy

• powerup

• growth

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

How an object moves from one place to another.

• motion

• energy

• food web

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

• producers

• decomposers

• stuff

• material

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Anything that has mass or takes up space.

• air

• matter

• material

• stuff

A type of living thing that gets its energy from the sun and is unable to move from place to place on its own.

• plant

• consumer

• matter

• growth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

to make the body well again

• energy

• food chain

• producer

• body repair