Interactions in Ecosystems

A non-living part of an ecosystem

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• terrestrial

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Of or relating to land instead of water or air.

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• terrestrial

• producer

An organism, such as a plant that makes its own food.

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• terrestrial

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Growing or living in water

• food chain

• decomposer

• consumer

• aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

an organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms into simpler substances

• food chain

• decomposer

• consumer

• aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the path that energy takes from one organism to another in the form of food.

• food chain

• decomposer

• consumer

• aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the food chains that overlap in an ecosystem

• food chain

• decomposer

• food web

• aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A consumer that eats meat only

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

• herbivore

A consumer that eats plants only

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

• herbivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A consumer that eats plants and animals

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

• herbivore