PLTW vocabulary - ecosystems

Animals that eat other animals.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

An organism that consumes, or eats, a plant or animal for energy.

• consumer

• producer

• omnivore

An organism that breaks down dead plants or animals and returns nutrients to the soil.

• comsumer

• producer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A community of organisms that interact with each other and their environment.

• food chain

• ecosystem

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The ability to do work. The Sun is the primary source of energy in an ecosystem.

• energy

• producer

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram showing the direct path of energy from producers to consumers.

• ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A diagram showing interconnecting food chains that illustrate the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

• ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats only plants.

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

The process plants use to make glucose using sunlight, air, and water.

• energy

• photosynthesis

• chloroplasts

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3