Ecosystems Week 2

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

• habitat

• community

• producer

• consumer

Organisms that make their own food, usually through photosynthesis.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

• consumer

A group of interdependent organisms of different species living together in a particular place.

• habitat

• community

• producer

• consumer

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

• habitat

• food chain

• food web

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A sequence of organisms in which nutrients and energy is transferred from one organism to another.

• habitat

• food chain

• food web

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that feeds on plants.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

An animal that feeds on meat.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

An animal that feeds on both plants and meat.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

An organism that breaks down organic matter into nutrients for plants.  Earthworms, bacterium, fungus, and certain invertebrates are examples of this.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer