Chapter 2 Vocabulary REVIEW

The process by which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to a gas.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• nitrogen fixation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

• herbivore

• food web

• producer

• consumer

A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.

• herbivore

• scavenger

• carnivores.

• consumer

Forests in which large amounts of rain fall year round.

• biome

• rain forest

• climate

• desert

Consumers that eat both plants and animals.

• herbivore

• omnivores

• carnivores.

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The tallest layer of the rain forest which receives the most sunlight and can reach up to 70 meters.

• emergent layer

• canopy

• grassland

• understory

Consumers that only eat plants.

• herbivore

• food web

• producer

• consumer

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

• energy pyramid

• food chain

• food web

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year.

• deciduous tree

• boreal forests

• grassland

• savanna

Consumers that eat only animals.

• herbivore

• food web

• carnivores.

• consumer