Ecology Vocabulary - Week 2

an organism that can make its own food by using energy from sunlight and chemical energy

• heterotroph

• decomposer

• biotic factor

• autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Green plants, algae, and certain bacteria are _________

• Autotroph

• Hetrotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A consumer that obtains energy from eating other consumers (animals)

• detritivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A consumer that obtains energy from eating only producers - usually a primary consumer

• detritivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

A consumer that obtains energy from eating both consumers and producers -- usually a secondary consumer

• detritivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

An organism that obtains energy from breaking down organic matter

• decomposer

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that shows a series of organisms that depend on each other as sources of food (energy) -- usually involves a single line of organisms

• food web

• life cycle

• food chain

• predation

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains -- shows multiple feeding relationships and energy transfer and is more Complex

• food web

• life cycle

• food chain

• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an animal that can NOT make it's own food - its energy comes from eating other plants and animals to survive

• heterotroph

• decomposer

• biotic factor

• autotroph

Soil bacterium, fungus, invertebrate are examples of __________?

• Consumer

• Producers

• Decomposer

• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3