Energy Flow in Ecosystems

A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.

• decomposer

• scavenger

• producer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A producer is

• an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

• an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• an organism that can make its own food

• a consumer that eats both plants and animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A consumer that eats only animals

• omnivore

• producer

• herbivore

• carnivore

A consumer that eats only plants

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• consumer

The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem is a food _

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposer

• an organism that can make its own food

• an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

• an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• a consumer that eats only plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• producer

• consumer

• scavenger

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• food chain

• producer

• scavenger

• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• scavenger