Living Systems Vocab Review (Foss Inv. 1)

A community of organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving environment.

• energy

• ecosystem

• food chain

• microorganism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

 An animal that hunts and catches other animals for food.

• consumer

• producer

• prey

• predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism, such as a plant or algae, that makes its own food.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that cannot make its own food; eats other organisms.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism, such as bacteria or fungus, that decomposes organic material.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats only plants or algae

• bacteria

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

An animal that eats only animals. 

• bacteria

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• bacteria

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

Microorganisms that act as decomposers.

• bacteria

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A description of the feeding relationships between organisms in an environment.

• energy

• ecosystem

• food chain

• microorganism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3