Marine Science - Unit 1

auto-

• self, own

• food, nourishment

• different

-troph

• An organism that makes their own food.

• food, nourishment

• same

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

hetero-

• At or near the sea floor.

• same

• different

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

producer

• An organism that makes it own food.

• food, nourishment

• An organism that eats other plants/animals for food

consumer

• An organism that eats other plants/animals for energy.

• different

• An organism that makes it own food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposer

• bottom of the ocean

• organism that breaks down and gets energy from dead matter

• An organism that makes it own food.

Autotroph

• An organism that eats other organisms for energy; a consumer

• floats on top of water

• An organism that makes its own food; a producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Heterotroph

• An organism that eats other plants/animals for energy/food

• at or near the sea floor

• An organism that makes its own food

scavenger

• An organism that makes its own food; a producer

• organism that breaks down and gets energy from dead matter

• An animal that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

benthic

• at or near the sea floor

• food, nourishment

• community of organisms