Energy in Ecosystems

Plants that make their own food using energy from the Sun

• consumers

• producers

• omnivores

• herbivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organisms that eat only plants

• producers

• consumers

• carnivores

• herbivores

Organisms that eat other organisms in order to survive

• consumers

• producers

• sources

Organisms that eat only animals

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

Organisms that eat both plants and animals

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

Organisms that break down dead organisms to provide nutrients to soil

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• sources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A _________ consumer obtains energy from a producer.

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A ____________ consumer obtains energy from other consumers.

• primary

• secondary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Arrows on a food chain and food web show _______ being transferred between organisms.

• energy

• photosynthesis

• diseases

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

_____ provides energy for producers.

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• The Sun

• Herbivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6