Matter in Ecosystems

A living thing in an ecosystem, such as a plant, and animal, or a bacterium

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Consumer

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The effects on the ecosystem that are a result of the nonliving parts of that ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Decomposer

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the role of an organism in an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Niche

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem

• Niche

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Produce

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the overlapping chains in an ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Consumer

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that eats plants or other animals

• Food Chain

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

an organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food

• Consumer

• Producer

• Consumer

• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

anything that controls the growth or survival of a population

• Limiting Factor

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Invasive Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a relationship between two kinds of organisms over time

• Symbiosis

• Limiting Factor

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2