Week 10 Matter Flow In Ecosystems vocabulary

scientists who study ecosystems

• oceanologist

• zoologist

• biologists

• ecologists

 shows the order in which organisms depend on each other for food

• rope web

• food chain

• food web

• concentric loop

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connection of all food chains in an ecosystem

• food web

• spider web

• food chain

• ecoweb

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

 includes all the connections between organisms and their environments

• food web

• ectosystem

• ecosystem

• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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 breaking down of food into smaller pieces

• decay

• digest

• digress

• delay

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must eat food to get new matter and energy for their bodies

• autotrophs

• producers

• consumers

• carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

animals that eat only plants for matter & energy

• autotrophs

• carnivores

• omnivores

• herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

animals that eat other animals for matter & energy

• autotrophs

• carnivores

• omnivores

• herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

animals that eat both meat and plants for matter & energy

• autotrophs

• carnivores

• omnivores

• herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

make their own food (plants)

• farmers

• consumers

• producers

• chefs

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