5.2 Energy Flow in Ecosystems Vocabulary

An organism that can make its own food.

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

• Consumer

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Producer

An organism that gets energy by breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returns raw materials to the soil and water.

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Carnivore

A series of events in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and by being eaten.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The pattern of overlapping feeding relationships or food chains among the various organisms in an ecosystem.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A function played by a person or thing in a particular situation.

• Sequence

• Density

• Resource

• Role