Ecology Vocabulary Test 2

An organism that can make its own food.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

• herbivore

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Break down biotic waste and dead organisms, returning the raw materials to the ecosystem.

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• carnivore

A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.

• scavenger

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

Consumers that eat only meat.

• scavenger

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

Consumers that eat only plants and other photosynthetic organisms.

• scavenger

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

Consumers that eat both plants and animals.

• scavenger

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy and nutrients.

• Role

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Energy Pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Part

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Role

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

• Role

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Web

• Food Chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3