Topic 9 Vocabulary Lessons 1-2

A/An ___________ is all organisms living in an ecosystem.

• ecosystem

• biome

• community

• system

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

To _______ is to change or move from one object to another.

• interact

• transfer

• produce

• consume

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A _________ is a model that shows how matter and energy flow from one organism to another.

• food chain

• food web

• starch

• microbe

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A _________ is an organism that can make its own nutrients, usually with energy from the sun.

• producer

• microbe

• consumer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

To ________ is to affect another organism and be affected by it.

• transfer

• interact

• consume

• produce

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A/An ________ is made up of the living and nonliving things in an area.

• ecosystem

• biome

• community

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A ________ is an organism that is too small to see.

• producer

• microbe

• consumer

• decomposer

A ______ is an organism that needs to eat other organisms to survive.

• producer

• microbe

• consumer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called ______.

• abiotic

• biotic

• community

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A model of the transfer of energy within a set of interconnected food chains is a ________.

• transfer

• food chain

• food web

• community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3