STAAR Science Vocabulary #5 Environments and Structures

Any living thing

• atom

• mass

• organism

• rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

An organism that is able to make its own food through the process of photosynthesis

• consumer

• producer

• predator

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms

• producer

• consumer

• predator

• decomposer

An organism that is hunts and kills another organism for food

• producer

• consumer

• predator

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator

• producer

• prey

• consumer

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste

• prey

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The process in which dead organisms are broken down and returned to the soil

• prey

• decomposer

• decomposition

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Shows the path of energy from one organism to another

• habitat

• food chain

• food web

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Many overlapping food chains linked together

• habitat

• food chain

• food web

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The environment where an organism lives

• hibernation

• habitat

• environment

• population