Activity 3: Energy Through Food Webs Review

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

• Ecosystem

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Producer

A plant that creates energy through photosynthesis.

• Ecosystem

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

• Ecosystem

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• Ecosystem

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• Energy

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

• Energy

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

• Energy

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Energy

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An animal that eats other animals.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

An animal that eats only plants.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore