Ecology Vocabulary

This term describes an organism that only eats other animals.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

An organism's position in the food chain.

• Population

• Trophic Level

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The amount of energy that a trophic level stores from the trophic level beneath it.

• 50%

• 10%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A non-living factor of an ecosystem

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that can make its own food; it is the first step in any food chain

• Carnivore

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A second level consumer; it is an organism that eats a primary consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that canNOT make its own food; it is the synonym of consumer

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

An animal that eats both plants and animals

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

This animal only eats plants/producers

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

This is a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit

• Mutualism

• Predation