BOTLE U1S2 Vocab

A representation of the organisms in an ecosystem organized into separate trophic levels with producers at the bottom and top predators at the top

• Ecological Pyramid
• Detritivore
• Decomposers
• Consumer
• Carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All of the biotic and abiotic factors and the interactions among them in a given area

• Ecosystem
• Ecological Pyramid
• Detritivore
• Decomposers
• Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The ability of a system to do work or produce heat

• Energy
• Ecosystem
• Ecological Pyramid
• Detritivore
• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The amount of energy moving through the food chain

• Energy Flow
• Energy
• Ecosystem
• Ecological Pyramid
• Detritivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A representation of an ecological community showing the total amount of energy contained within each trophic level

• Energy Pyramid
• Energy Flow
• Energy
• Ecosystem
• Ecological Pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A single linear path of energy transfer through the trophic levels of an ecosystem

• Food Chain
• Energy Pyramid
• Energy Flow
• Energy
• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A complex of interconnected food chains showing the trophic interactions in an ecosystem

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Energy Pyramid
• Energy Flow
• Energy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Organisms that consume only plants

• Herbivores
• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Energy Pyramid
• Energy Flow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An organism that must consume other organisms for energy

• Heterotroph
• Herbivores
• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Energy Pyramid

A species that, if removed from an ecosystem, would cause a major change in that ecosystem

• Keystone Species
• Heterotroph
• Herbivores
• Food Web
• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4