Matter and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem - Vocabulary

requirements for the well-being of an organism

• needs

• goods

• wants

• values

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

a single, self-contained, living thing

• bacteria

• organism

• fungus

• microbe

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

what is needed to do work or cause change

• ecosystem

• energy

• motion

• bacteria

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an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals without need for internal digestion

• ecosystem

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

the process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar and release oxygen

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• decomposer

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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the space, conditions, and all the living things around an organism

• growth

• organism

• environment

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

a type of organism that can break down just about any type of organic matter and is too small to see without tools

• bacteria

• archaea

• microbe

• fungus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the matter from which a thing is or can be made

• matter

• nontemporal

• material

• identical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

an increase in size, abundance, or complexity

• environment

• growth

• gradual

• development

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

• director

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6