Ecosystems & Food Chains: Vocabulary Review

_____ _____ are required for an organism to survive; air, water, nutrients, light, food, shelter (for animals), etc.

• basic needs

• consumer

• behavior

• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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________ is the actions or reactions of an object or organism.

• basic needs

• behavior

• producer

• consumer

A ________ is an organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food.

• basic needs

• behavior

• consumer

• dormancy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

________ is a phase of minimal activity (e.g., trees in winter, frogs in winter).

• basic needs

• consumer

• behavior

• dormancy

An ___________ is all of the living and nonliving elements in a particular (geographic) area.

• environment

• food chain

• growth

• hibernation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A ____ _____ is a representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers in an environment

• basic needs

• food chain

• polar bear

• environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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______ is an increase in size, number, value, or strength; the act of growing, getting bigger or higher

• behavior

• environment

• growth

• consumer

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___________ is a deep sleep-like state of inactivity in animals in which body processes slow down.

• environment

• food chain

• growth

• hibernation

_______________ is a beneficial relationships between organisms.

• interdependence

• food chain

• growth

• hibernation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

_________ means to move from one place to another in search of food, water, or different temperatures.

• hibernation

• migration

• dormancy

• environment