Ecosystems Vocabulary

All of the living and nonliving things in an area.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystems

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the nonliving components in an area.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystems

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the living components in an area.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystems

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A living organism that makes its own food.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A living organism that gets its energy by eating other living things.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Carnivore

• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A living thing that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead animals.

• Producer

• Scavenger

• Carnivore

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.5-LS2-1

A model that shows the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next in an ecosystem.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Bar Graph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A model that shows the path of energy as it flows throughout an ecosystem. 

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Bar Graph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Model that shows the amount of energy as it moves through an ecosystem.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Bar Graph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Process which plants and algae use to make their own food.

• Producer

• Photosynthesis

• Herbivore

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3