Ecosystems Vocab Quiz

A model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

• ecosystem

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The movement of water through Earth, its atmosphere, and living things

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Photosynthesis Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

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An organism that gets its energy by eating, or consuming other organisms

• Transpiration

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

A non-living physical or chemical part of an ecosystem

• Energy Pyramid

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Cycle

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Scientific study of how organisms interact with their environment and all the other organisms that live in that environment

• Ecosystem

• Geology

• Ecology

• Biology

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The release of water vapor by plants

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Respiration

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The feeding relationship between a producer and a single chain of consumers in an ecosystem

• Food Web

• Photosynthesis

• Food Chain

• Energy Pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A living thing in an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Consumer

• Producer

An organism that captures energy and stores it in food as chemical energy

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Producer

• Consumer

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A particular environment and all the living things that are supported by it

• Water Cycle

• Ecology

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Ecosystem

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